Howl's Moving Castle and Steamboy On Long List for Oscars

Date: 2005 November 17 18:33

Posted by Joe

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, have just published a press release revealing the long list of ten films to compete for the Animated Feature Oscar. Three of the top films on the list will then go on to be nominated for the Oscar. Anime fans should be cheering for Howl's Moving Castle and Steamboy.

It's clear to see that the competition is very tough this year, with Madagascar, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit; also in the running.

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Press release as follows:

Ten Films to Compete for Animated Feature Oscar®


Beverly Hills, CA - Ten films will compete in the Best Animated Feature Film category in the 2005 Academy Awards® competition.

The 10 films have been accepted as eligible to compete by the executive committee of the short films and feature animation branch of the Academy, which has recommended to the Academy's Board of Governors that the category be activated and the Award be given for this year. The board has approved that recommendation.

Films that have not yet been released in Los Angeles County must fulfill all of the general release qualifying rules before the end of the year.

The eligible films are:

"Chicken Little"

"Gulliver's Travel"

"Hoodwinked"

"Howl's Moving Castle"

"Madagascar"

"Robots"

"Steamboy"

"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"

"Valiant"

"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"


Under the rules for this category, a maximum of three films can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least eight but fewer than sixteen.

Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories.

The 78th Academy Award® nominations will be announced at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, January 31, 2006.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements for 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST.