14 Animated Films Put Up Their CGI Dukes for Oscar Gold

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 11, 2008

Will Wall-E win an Oscar?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known to many of us as The Academy, has announced the 14 submitted films for the Best Animated Feature Award that will be handed out next February. Among the finalist are some of the usual suspects such as Pixar’s WALL-E and Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda as well as some long shots, including The Weinstein Co.’s Igor and Summit Entertainment’s Fly Me to the Moon.

Check out the complete list below:

Bolt
Delgo
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!
Dragon Hunters
Fly Me to the Moon
Igor
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
$9.99
The Sky Crawlers
Sword of the Stranger
The Tale of Despereaux
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

At this point these are just the submitted films from the studios. The list of finalists will be announced sometime in late December/early January, so we have some time to stew over this list. And for those wondering about WALL-E’s Best Picture chances, check out this official rule: “Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.”

But if you had to choose right now, which film would you pick as the Best Animated Feature of 2008?

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Bob Funn

Easy, KFP was way more entertaining then all of those. although I haven't seen Skycrawlers Oshii tends to be a little too esoteric even for me.

Go ahead IT geeks, lets hear the uproar over your precious little johnny 5 lookalike not being picked.

Bob Funn

Entertaining=Well done story and characterizations in a whole package and not the first dialogue free 45 minutes.

dos

knowing the academy, they're gonna make a decision that's just going to agitate people, like walle will not even get nominated and $9.99 (sounds weird, it has to win) will take home best animated feature.

Davebaxter1989

Since when has the best animated film been a weird choice? Wall-E will most likely win and the only one likely to maaaaybe cause an upset would be Waltz With Bashir. As for Kung Fu Panda it was entertaining just not as entertaining as Wall-E.

David G

I agree, Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda are a the top of the list for a win. So much went into those and are visually amazing. The only others that should even be considered would be Desperaux or Bolt. But those havent been released yet.

Netbug

WALL-E. WALL-E for sure. Heck, WALL-E DESERVES Best Picture. Whether the Oscars get over their bias for it is still a question, but WALL-E for Best Animation all the way.

14 Animated Films Put Up Their CGI Dukes for Oscar Gold

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