15 Animated Features Line Up for 2010 Oscar® Race

"Idiots & Angels" animation feature by Bill Plympton

Official Press Release from Academy of Motion Pictures, Nov 15, 2010:

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2010/20101115.html

15 Animated Features Line Up for 2010 Oscar® Race

Beverly Hills, CA – Fifteen features have been accepted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®.

The 15 features are:

• “Alpha and Omega”
• “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore”
• “Despicable Me”
• “The Dreams of Jinsha”
• “How to Train Your Dragon”
• “Idiots and Angels”
• “The Illusionist”
• “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole”
• “Megamind”
• “My Dog Tulip”
• “Shrek Forever After”
• “Summer Wars”
• “Tangled”
• “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue”
• “Toy Story 3”

“The Dreams of Jinsha,” “The Illusionist,” “Summer Wars” and “Tangled” have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process.

Under the rules for this category, in any year in which 8 to 15 animated features are released in Los Angeles County, a maximum of 3 motion pictures may be nominated. If 16 or more animated features are submitted and accepted in the category, a maximum of 5 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 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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Among the 15 submitted entries, “Idiots and Angels” is directed and animated by Indie King of animation, Bill Plympton, Perry Chen’s partner in animation short “Beyond the Forest,” about a young Jewish girl’s survival during the Holocaust.

Plympton’s website: http://www.plymptoons.com

“Idiots and Angels” theatrical release schedule nationwide.  The New York Times calls it “relentless and brilliant:”

http://www.idiotsandangels.com

http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/movies/06idiots.html?ref=movies

Bill Plympton was nominated twice for best animated shorts for Oscars, “Your Face” and “Guard Dog.”  Currently, 70 animators worldwide (including Perry Chen) are participating in a “Guard Dog Global Jam,” a recreation of the wildly successful animation short.

Perry is happy to see that some of his favorite 2010 animation films are competing for Oscars nomination, including “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Toy Story 3,” “Despicable Me,” and “My Dog Tulip,” and “MegaMind.”

Perry is looking forward to watching Disney’s “Tangled” tonight (Nov 15, 2010) at the press screening.  He enjoyed the trailers and filmmaker/voice talent interviews.

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Perry S. Chen is a 10-year-old award-winning film critic & artist, TV/radio personality, Annie Awards for Animation presenter, TEDx speaker,  filmmaker and animator.  He writes about movies for San Diego’s largest newspaper, the Union Tribune with over 300,000 readers.  Perry is also the youngest columnist and entertainment critic for the San Diego Entertainer Magazine.  Perry won the San Diego Press Club 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award, and is represented by Rebel Entertainment Partners, a talent agency in Hollywood.

Perry started writing movie reviews using his unique kids-friendly starfish rating system on his website (www.perryspreviews.com ) as an 8-year-old third grader at San Diego’s Torrey Hills Elementary School from the Del Mar Union School District.

Perry became a national sensation when he debuted on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric in May 2009 as the youngest film critic in the country.  He was featured on National Public Radio (NPR) with host Liane Hansen in March 2010, and has reviewed over 50 movies and DVDs on a multi-media platform: TV, radio, print, and web.  He is the youngest member of the Asian American Journalist Association, the San Diego Press Club, the youngest blogger on Animation World Network, and the youngest honoree of Cox Communication Channel 4’s annul Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Perry reviews films on a kids-friendly starfish rating system, 5 being the best.  He was featured on Variety as one of the most active young film critics in the country:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026037.html?categoryid=4137&cs=1

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