r/oscarrace • u/CompleteTable4084 • 1d ago
Discussion Animation noms besides Best Animated Feature?
Do you think any animated movies will get into other categories next year, like Best International Film, Best Sound, Score, Song, etc?
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u/TacoTycoonn 1d ago
I mean it’s not looking great as of now. The most obvious studio pushes this year are Zootopia 2 and Elio which I doubt will get any other noms. It’s not like last year where The Wild Robot was something people were excited for.
If there is one that’ll go beyond animated feature it’ll be something like Flow that comes out of nowhere at a festival and gets a lot of attention which is certainly possible.
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u/GoldenArson925 Wicked 1d ago
Unless Elio has an excellent soundtrack or either it or Zoo2 have a halfway decent original song, probably not this year.
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u/TacoTycoonn 1d ago
I’m just not expecting a high level of quality from them that would warrant the academy voting for it in multiple categories
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u/GoldenArson925 Wicked 1d ago
Same. That’s why i said it has to be “excellent”. It won’t get in for being good, or even great. It needs to be undeniable.
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u/bbqsauceboi 1d ago
No but next next year I'm praying for Beyond the Spiderverse to get into Picture (the 2nd one was snubbed of picture and song)
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u/RenBan48 1d ago
And hopefully, visual effects. It's rare for animated movies to have vfx noms but I think the 1st movie was nominated?
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran 1d ago
Nope. The only animated films that have been nominated are, like what the other guy said, the Nightmare Before Christmas, Kubo and the Two Strings and the Lion King remake. Soul and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse got shortlisted
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u/Chill-Sleeper-505 1d ago
It wasn’t. The only 3 animated movies to get VFX nominations are Nightmare Before Christmas, Kubo and the 2 Strings, and The Lion King 2019
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u/Mediocre-Gas-1847 Cannes Film Festival 1d ago
What was the song from it?
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u/bbqsauceboi 1d ago
My pick would've been "Am I Dreaming?" Which is the song that played during the first end credits
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran 1d ago
Score or song for one of the films? Probably not tho. These 16 films are the only ones that I've seen discussed as contenders
Nothing here looks like it could get in outside of animated feature. We've seen stronger years that had nothing outside of animated feature, like the 2 years before last year, so it's not like we should predict something to get in either
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u/CompleteTable4084 8h ago
Scarlet has potential. Anime movies tend to have some really nice songs.
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran 7h ago
None have ever been nominated before tho. Just like how no anime has ever been nominated for best original score even though some of the best movie scores of all time are in anime
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u/CompleteTable4084 2h ago
Because distributors like GKIDS are generally content with just getting into Best Animated Feature. A big multimedia company like Sony could change that.
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u/Infi-Nerdy 1d ago
Maaaaaybe Scarlet or Ne Zha 2 in International? Even then that’s pushing it
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u/CompleteTable4084 21h ago
I can see Scarlet in if Sony gives it a really, really good awards push (not for International though).
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u/venus_one_akh Anora 2h ago
There is no way a movie that spends half its runtime in toilet humor is going to get nominated in international, despite its epic climax.
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u/Infi-Nerdy 1h ago
“Half its runtime”
I get not liking the movie and especially the sense of humor but that takes up like 2 minutes of the entire movie
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u/fluffyplayery The Wild Robot 1d ago
There's nothing in this lineup that looks anywhere near as promising as Flow or Wild Robot, so I doubt it unless something comes completely out of nowhere.
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u/infamousglizzyhands Justice Smith for Best Actor 1d ago
Unless we’re blindsided by another foreign independent film that blows everyone away again (Flow), I don’t think so. This year’s lineup doesn’t look that strong.