Talk:Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Best Picture

It is often claimed that the introduction of the Best Animated Feature award means that no other animated feature (after Beauty and the Beast) will ever be nominated for Best Picture. Is that actually a rule?—that is, is an animated feature now no longer eligible for Best Picture? AJD 16:44, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

No, they are still eligible, just like Foreign films. Documentaries are eligible I think as well. Shipguy 05:15, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Of course they're still eligible. The academy wouldn't say that a film can't be the best animated film and the best film. It's just NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER going to happen because they have their own categories and therefore the academy doesn't feel obligated to nominate any of the minor best feature films for best picture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.253.53 (talk) 11:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Link

This article needs a link to an official page where all of these rules are clearly stated. Does anyone know why Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss ([1]) was not in the running to be nominated this year? It seemed to fulfill all of the requirements - it's 76 minutes long and was released in a Los Angeles theatre in October. If it had been in the running, there would have been 16 contestants and thus 5 nominees. Esn 10:43, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

According to the general rules for Elegibility for the Academy Awards ([2])

'Films that, in any version, receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release will not be eligible for Academy Awards in any category. (This includes broadcast and cable television as well as home video marketing and Internet transmission.) However, ten minutes or ten percent of the running time of a film, whichever is shorter, is allowed to be shown in a nontheatrical medium prior to the film’s theatrical release.'

And according to IMDb ([3]), Romeo and Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss was originally released as an Australian DVD, thus making it not eligible for the Oscars. Also, it might not have met the 'advertised and exploited during their Los Angeles run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry' requirement, because that requirement seems a little vague. It's also required that the filmmaker submit specific forms to the Academy. I know the pages says that there are exceptions in animation, but on the page of animation rules ([4]) it says that it must meet the requirments stated in the general rules. Cheesechimp 07:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Recipient

Is this award presented to the producer of the film (like Best Picture) or is it presented to the director or is it presented to the studio? which ever it is, I think they ought to be listed in the table. Thanks, -ErinHowarth (talk) 20:05, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Ice Age 3 Vandal

This guy won't give up. Someone's got to block this vandal and protect this page.Crboyer (talk) 08:51, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Add All Submitted Films?

This article only lists the final nominees/winners. Would it be enlightening to list all 10 to 20 films that were submitted each year for consideration?

208.101.200.47 (talk) 11:08, 25 December 2011 (UTC)NealP