Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

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The Academy Awards are the oldest awards given to achievements in film; the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was given the first time for the 2001 film year. It was introduced because the previous year, the people at the Academy Awards were disappointed that the hugely successful Chicken Run had not been nominated for Best Picture in 2000, so the Best Animated Feature category was introduced the following year. The creators of Chicken Run later went on to win Best Animated Feature in 2005 for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

The award is only given if there are at least eight animated feature films (with a theatrical release in Los Angeles). For the purposes of the award, only films over 70 minutes long are considered to be "feature films". If there are 16 or more films submitted for the category, the winner will be voted from a shortlist of five films, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist.

People in the animation industry and fans expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features. Some members and fans however criticize the award, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning Best Picture. Such critics often point out that the award was introduced when the hugely successful Shrek came to theaters, suggesting that it might have won Best Picture otherwise.

[edit] List of winners and nominees

2005:Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Corpse Bride

2004: The Incredibles
- Shark Tale
- Shrek 2

2003: Finding Nemo
- Brother Bear
- The Triplets of Belleville

2002: Spirited Away

2001: Shrek
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Monsters, Inc.

Academy Award
Academy Award of Merit : Current Awards
Best Picture \| Best Leading Actor \| Best Leading Actress \| Best Supporting Actor \| Best Supporting Actress
Best Animated Feature \| Best Art Direction \| Best Cinematography \| Best Costume Design \| Best Director
Best Documentary Feature \| Best Documentary Short Subject \| Best Film Editing \| Best Foreign Language Film \| Best Makeup
Best Original Score \| Best Original Song \| Best Animated Short Film \| Best Live Action Short Film \| Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing \| Best Visual Effects \| Best Adapted Screenplay \| Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award of Merit : Retired awards
Best Assistant Director \| Best Dance Direction \| Best Director of a Comedy Picture
Best Director of a Dramatic Picture \| Best Engineering Effects \| Best Short Film - Color
Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels \| Best Short Film - Novelty \| Best Original Story
Best Title Writing \| Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
Special Awards : Current Awards
Academy Honorary Award \| Academy Special Achievement Award \| Academy Award, Scientific or Technical
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award \| The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award \| Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Special Awards : Retired Awards
Academy Juvenile Award