Animated Films - A Late Entrant to the Oscars

So here’s the somewhat unbelievable truth about the Academy Awards and animated films –there wasn't even a permanent category for animated movies till the year 2001! So imagine globally beloved ‘Lion King’ not having won an Oscar for best animation, or even, best film (sure, they won Oscars for music, but that’s just not the same as ‘Best Picture’)! If there had been a category for the best animated film in 1994 –or if animated films could compete with feature films for the Best Film altogether- then Lion King would have definitely bagged both those awards, eh?

But that’s the somewhat unfortunate tale of animated feature films at the Oscars. The Academy was rather hesitant about creating an exclusive award for animated films sooner because they asserted that there just weren't enough productions to compete for an award each year at all. But with the advent of technology and animated films growing not only in popularity but also in number, the Academy had no option but to introduce a brand new category for the Best Animated Feature in the year 2001. And thus in 2001 commenced the short history of animated films at the Oscars.

Yet, the new category of best animated feature did not come without a set of rules and regulations. For instance, the Academy defined an animated feature film as one with a running time of at least 40 minutes in which the characters’ performances are created using frame-by-frame techniques, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation absolutely must figure in no less than 75% of the running time. Moreover, they also included a rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year with less than 8 eligible films in the running.

Now since the year 2001, a series of absolutely stunning films have won the Oscar. With the animation industry growing at a rapid rate, if you've been inspired to enter the field of animation, then there are a number of animation studios and Animation Institutes In Delhi that could offer you the education you need. With no scarcity of animation studios and Animation Institutes In Delhi and across the country, there’s nothing stopping you from living your dream –not even the Academy!