Oscars: 6 Animated Features Up For Consideration

LOS ANGELES - Sixteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 88th Academy Awards (www.oscars.org).

The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

Anomalisa

The Boy and the Beast

Boy and the World

The Good Dinosaur

Home

Hotel Transylvania 2

Inside Out

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

The Laws of the Universe - Part 0

Minions

Moomins on the Riviera

The Peanuts Movie

Regular Show: The Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

When Marnie Was There

Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category's other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. At least eight eligible animated features must be theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated. In any year in which 16 or more animated feature films are eligible, a maximum of five motion pictures may be nominated.

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.

The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28th.

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