Just a little FYI post. As most of you know I’ve been pretty up in arms about the fact that the last 2 years in a row, the #1 critically rated films of the year (Ratatouille and Wall-E) never got nominated for best picture at the Oscars. This brought up a question that a lot of people either asked or suggested they knew the answer to.
With a Best Animated category, are animated films even eligible for the top prize at the Oscars? Many people argued that they weren’t eligible, and many argued that they were. So instead of guessing, I just decided to call the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences and ask. The answer:
YES. Animated films are perfectly eligible for the Best Picture awards at the Oscars even with the Best Animated category there.
That doesn’t mean they WILL be nominated… just saying they are eligible.
