Animators push back after Academy excludes Apollo 10 1/2 from Oscar consideration.
for consideration in the Oscars' Best Animated Feature Film category. A letter from the committee explaining the decision said that the group"does not feel that the techniques meet the definition of animation in the category rules" due to"extensive use" of live-action footage. That conclusion was vigorously disputed by the film's animators, Austin's
, which released a statement on Twitter:"Despite meeting the written requirements for consideration, and having precedent setting films that used the same approach,was rejected by a small committee of insiders for its naturalistic style. This independent film, using a 100-year-old hand-drawn 2D animation technique, has been rejected from an animation category dominated by big budget films made with cutting edge 3D technology.
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