Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The award for best animated feature was first presented in 2002. Animated films have a rich history at the Academy Awards. Walt Disney received a special award in 1938 for the previous ...

Disney's first 10 animated feature films got the studio off to an auspicious start, but which of the early movies is the very best? After years of delivering quality short-form content, Disney opted to do what many thought was impossible, and produce the ...

Cinesite’s summer carried a blue note this year, as the animation and VFX studio helped bring the Smurfs back to the big screen — this time with Paramount Animation. Paramount, already collaborating with Cinesite on other projects, decided early on to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Within the last handful of years, animation has earned a new level of respect. So many animated films check all of the boxes, from good story, good voice casting, they look beautiful ...

The race for the animated feature Oscar includes everything from billion-dollar grossing blockbuster “Inside Out 2” to festival favorites “Chicken for Linda” and Memoir of a Snail,” as well as a huge range of techniques, aesthetics and ...

Sony Pictures Animation is developing a new animated Venom film, putting Marvel’s long-running anti-hero into a feature animation lead role for the first time. Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the filmmaking duo behind the upcoming Final Destination ...

The Board of Governors of the Akademia Sztuki i Wiedzy Filmowej (AMPAS) voted Monday, Feb. 26 to separate the existing “Short Films and Feature Animation Branch” into two new groups: the “Animation Branch” (animated features and animated shorts ...

The directors of this year’s best animated feature hopefuls talk inspiration, originality and why emotional truth comes before technique. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief No Oscar category showcases a broader creative spectrum than animation.