{"id":6988,"date":"2020-02-03T15:37:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T20:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T14:48:42","slug":"2020-oscars-best-animated-feature-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/originals\/2020-oscars-best-animated-feature-film\/","title":{"rendered":"A Creative’s Guide to the 2020 Oscars: Best Animated Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Not long ago\u2014only 20 years ago\u2014this wasn\u2019t even an award. There was no such thing as the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For much of its history, the Academy was resistant to recognize achievement in animation with its own category. Instead, specific movies\u2014like Who Framed Roger Rabbit <\/em>or Toy Story<\/em>\u2014received awards for \u201cspecial achievement.\u201d There were too few animated movies to justify an Oscars category, and almost all of them came from Disney, anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That changed in 2001. Now, Disney finally has worthy competition in animation, and the Oscars field is wide open. Last year\u2019s victory for Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse <\/em>gave animated filmmakers hope\u2014it was a much-needed reprieve from Disney and Pixar\u2019s chokehold on the category. There are four non-Disney films nominated here in 2020, and all of them have a worthy case for the Oscar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each week, we\u2019ve broken down one of Oscar\u2019s more visual categories before the ceremony this Sunday. We\u2019ve highlighted the nominees for Best Cinematography<\/a>, Best Production Design<\/a>, and Best Visual Effects<\/a>. Up next: Best Animated Feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animation is at an interesting crossroads in 2020; while new technology allows artists to do more than ever before, there\u2019s a timelessness associated with traditional methods that keeps audiences coming back. Three of the movies\u2019 animations are completely computer-generated, one features stop-motion animation with some CGI, and one is traditionally animated, meaning it was drawn by hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the nominees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse <\/em>(Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)<\/strong>
2020 Nominees<\/strong>:
– Klaus<\/em>
– How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World<\/em>
– I Lost My Body<\/em>
– Missing Link<\/em>
– Toy Story 4<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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