AwardsWatch - 2015 Oscars: 20 Films Submitted for Animated Feature Oscar®

2015 Oscars: 20 Films Submitted for Animated Feature Oscar®

Disney's Big Hero 6 — Disney’s *Big Hero 6*

LOS ANGELES, CA – Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Big name films include Disney’s Big Hero 6 (opening this weekend), Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Focus Features’ The Boxtrolls.

The submitted films, in alphabetical order, are:

Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
Cheatin’
Giovanni’s Island
Henry & Me
The Hero of Color City
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
The Lego Movie
Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Penguins of Madagascar
The Pirate Fairy
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Rio 2
Rocks in My Pockets
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Currently, almost half of the films submitted still have to have their Los Angeles qualifying runs before their submissions are validated.

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