• LP
  • Home Page
  • LP Lotion Pictorials
  • Online Disney Videos
  • LP Blogs
  • LP Live
  • LP Magazine
  • LP Radio
  • LP Podcast
  • Discussion Boards
  • Disney Headlines
  • The Latest
  • Upcoming Events
  • Features
  • Columns
  • Games
• Disney
  • Disneyland
  • Walt Disney World
  • Movies in Theaters
  • Movies on DVD
  • Tokyo Disneyland
  • Disneyland Paris

Academy Establishes Academy Award ® for Best Animated Feature

Academy Establishes Academy Award ® for Best Animated Feature Could be Given for Next Year's Films

An Academy Award category for feature-length animated films, the first new award category since 1981, was created last night (9/26) by the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It could be presented for the first time at the 74th Annual Academy Awards ® in March, 2002.

Long a dream of Hollywood's animators, the new award for Best Animated Feature will be triggered by the release of eight or more eligible films in a calendar year. If eight to fifteen animated features are released, a maximum of three films may be nominated. If sixteen or more are released, a maximum of five may be nominated.

A recommendation on whether or not to activate the category in a given year will be made by the executive committee of the short films and feature animation branch, which will review all of the feature animation films released in Los Angeles County during the year to determine their eligibility.

If eight or more are found to be eligible, the committee may choose to recommend to the board of governors that there be an animated feature award given for that year. If the governors accept the committee's recommendation, the nomination process will be set in motion.

For this award, that process will begin with the recruiting of a screening committee of 100+ members from among Los Angeles-area members from all branches. That committee would determine the nominated films in the category, and then all Academy members worldwide would be eligible to vote to select the film that would receive the Oscar ®.

To be eligible, an animated feature must be at least 70 minutes in length, "primarily animated," and meet the other general requirements for feature film eligibility as published annually in the Academy Award Rules. The overseeing committee is expected to develop criteria for the definition of "primarily animated" in the coming months.

Films could use cel animation, computer animation, stop motion or other recognized animation techniques.

The Oscar for the new category would be presented to "the key creative talent most clearly responsible for the overall achievement," normally a single individual, on behalf of the entire production. In no case will more than two statuettes be presented.

The short films and feature animation branch will have the right to resolve all questions of eligibility, rules interpretation and the designation of award recipients. As with all awards, the board of governors will make the final determination if an award is to be presented in the category in any given year.

Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories.

The last time new Academy Award categories were established was in 1981, and that year the Academy governors voted two new categories: Makeup and a new honorary Oscar, the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, given for a career of technological contributions that have brought credit to the industry.

-- Posted September 28, 2000

Source: AMPAS Press Release

 

 

 


Disney Fine Art at
The LaughingPlace Store
The LaughingPlace Store now carries a selection of Disney Fine Art from ACME Archives and Sanders CC Gallery

Laughing Place Podcast
The LPP goes presidential this week as they discuss the Hall of Presidents, Hong Kong Disneyland announcements, Princess Protection Program, DCA's possible private club and lots of viewer feedback including Brent's Corner plus the Captain's Challenge and 50 Words on Transformers. Sponsored by HoJoAnaheim.com and MouseEarVacations.com.