Two decades in, the Academy’s Best Animated Feature category isn’t living up to its promise
, but it’s true — in most cases, the nomination is the prize,” says Cartoon Saloon co-founder Tomm Moore, who directed that 2020 nominee. He notes that “it’s not so much our business model as a nice bonus if it happens.”
“You don’t have to argue anymore that there’s a bias,” Staggs says. Though it is no longer the sole arbiter of the nominees, he sees the makeup of the Short Films and Feature Animation branch as one problem: “More people that have worked for Disney vote on these films through the Academy than any other company. And the second, I think, is DreamWorks, who have won the second most. So it’s a direct result of representation. It goes against the stated spirit of the awards.
“Having been in those meetings, the old guard is very, very, very stubborn,” says Gutierrez. “A lot of the older Academy members are the ones that go to all the meetings, go to all the screenings, and they’re definitely the ones who vote — just like real politics.”as a barrier to entry for new voters for Best Animated Feature.
Other branch members point out, however, that the last two decades haven’t been a complete shutout. Films made by neither Disney nor Pixar have broken through and won the award six times. DreamWorks won the award once fora co-production with indie studio Aardman Animations. Seven anime films have been nominated for Best Animated Feature with one winner in 2003,, which Disney distributed in North America.
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