Ten films qualify for this year's 'Best Animated Feature' Oscar

Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 1:44 PM Central

by Tim Briscoe

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- a.k.a. the Oscar people -- have announced the 10 animated movies which are eligible for the 2005 Best Animated Feature award. They are:

• Chicken Little
• Gulliver's Travel
• Hoodwinked
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Madagascar
• Robots
• Steamboy
• Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
• Valiant
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Following the rules for the category, a maximum of three films from the list will be nominated for the prize. These films also qualify for other Academy Award categories including Best Picture, provided the meet those rule criteria.

Last year's winner in this category was Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles, beating out Dreamworks Animation's Shark Tale and Shrek 2.

All the nominees for this year's Oscars will be announced Jan. 31. The awards ceremony will be presented on Mar. 5.