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Thursday, February 4, 2016

88th Academy Awards: Best Animated Feature

The nominees are:

Anomalisa

Director: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
Plot: A self-help author depressed by how mundane life has become experiences a brief encounter with a woman who makes him see things in a different way.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film for Duke Johnson. Charlie Kaufman: 1 previous win for Best Original Screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); 2 previous nominations for Best Original Screenplay for Being John Malkovich (1999), and Best Adapted Screenplay for Adaptation. (2002)


Boy & the World

Director: Ale Abreu
Plot: A little boy goes on an adventure as he searches for his father.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film


Inside Out

Director: Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Plot: Five personified emotions attempt to guide a young girl through life, but when Joy, the lead emotion, and Sadness get trapped away from the brain's command center, things go awry.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film for Ronnie del Carmen. For Pete Docter: 1 previous win for Best Animated Feature for Up (2009); 1 previous nomination for Best Animated Feature for Monster's, Inc (2001); 3 previous nominations for Best Original Screenplay for Toy Story (1995), Wall-E (2008), and Up (2009); 1 previous nomination for Best Animated Short Film for Mike's New Car (2002)

Also nominated for Best Original Screenplay


Shaun the Sheep

Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Plot: Shaun and his flock head off to the big city to rescue their farmer after he's rendered an amnesiac as a result of their antics.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film


When Marnie Was There

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Plot: An adolescent girl is sent to live with relatives in a seaside village and becomes obsessed with a girl she finds living in an abandoned mansion.

Director's Oscar History: First nominated film


What I've Seen: Inside Out

Predicted Winner: Inside Out

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