FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE

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While Soul and Wolfwalkers are the only locked nominees here, I’m sticking with the PGA five to round it out. In the past, the PGA has given us a better clue especially if a film missed the top Annie nomination (like Over the Moon did this year and 2017’s Ferdinand did). Had The Willoughbys made it in BAFTA (they only have three slots) I’d have it in here. These are also the Golden Globe five but that #5 spot is super shaky.

  • 1. Soul (Disney/Pixar) – Annie, BAFTA, BFCA, GG, PGA, VES
    Pete Docter, Dana Murray
  • 2. Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+/Cartoon Saloon) – Annie, BAFTA, BFCA, GG, PGA
    Stéphan Roelants, Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, Nora Twomey
  • 3. Onward (Pixar) – Annie, BAFTA, BFCA, GG, PGA, VES
    Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae
  • 4. The Croods: A New Age (Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation) – Annie, GG, PGA, VES
    Mark Swift, Joel Crawford
  • 5. Over the Moon (Netflix) – BFCA, GG, PGA, VES
    Glen Keane, Peilin Chou, Gennie Rim

Watch out for: The Willoughbys (Netflix) – Annie, BFCA, VES

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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