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Fri 11 Nov 2009Oscar intrigue over animation nominations
REEL NEWS: Something fishy may be afoot in the campaign for the best animated feature Oscar. Indulge us while we list the tedious regulations.
If there are fewer than 16 films eligible for the award, then just three releases get nominated. If there are more than 16, then a full five get the nod. The last time the Academy checked, there were 20 features (among them our own fine The Secret of Kells) vying for the gong, so it begins to look as if we may see, yes, five cartoons in the shortlist.
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