On January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. Best Animated Film nominees are the Viking-boy-and-his-dragon story How to Train Your Dragon, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois; The Illusionist, the tale of an underemployed stage performer and a young friend, directed by Sylvain Chomet; and Pixar Animation Studios’ Toy Story 3.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/index.html The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film is designed to honor the most impressive animated film released in 2010.
Best Animated Film Nominees
The three films nominated for the Best Animated Film Academy Awards at the 2011 Academy Awards are How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, and Toy Story 3. Read more about the three films to know which way to vote in your office Oscar pool.
Best Animated Film History
Throughout its history, thee Best Animated Feature Film category has included nominations for films that were both serious and artistic as well as those that were lighthearted and entertainment-focused. In 2009, the film Persepolis, which details the life of a young girl in post-revolutionary Iran, was nominated, but lost to the Disney/Pixar feature Ratatouille.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-present/2008/winners.html This year, The Illusionist, a tale about a down-on-his-luck stage performer faces off against another Disney/Pixar franchise, Toy Story 3.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html
The category for Best Animated Feature Film was first introduced in 2001. Before that, animated films were either nominated as Best Short Film or for the Best Picture category. Since the first year, Disney/Pixar was won the award five out of nine possible times, and has been nominated seven of the award's nine-year history. The award for the 75th Academy Awards went to the Japanese animated film, Spirited Away.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2010-2019/index.html
The Illusionist Trailer
The movie trailer for ‘’The Illusionist’’, one of the pictures nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards for the “Best Animated Feature Film” category, is presented here. The story tells the tale of a French stage performer who travels to Scottland in search of work. While travelling in Scotland, the performer finds a young fan that he befriends.
2011 Nominees for Best Animated Feature Film
- How to Train Your Dragon directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
- The Illusionist directed by Sylvain Chomet
- Toy Story 3 directed by Lee Unkrich
2010 Nominees for Best Animated Feature Film
- Coraline directed by Henry Selick
- The Secret of Kells directed byLee Unkrich
- Up directed by Pete Docter (winner)
- The Princess and the Frog directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
- Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson
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