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A DIRECTOR'S much-loved film has been nominated for an Oscar. Brighton-born director Will Becher, 41, is thrilled that Shaun the Sheep Farmageddon has been nominated for an Oscar in the animated feature film category. He said: “The nominations were announced three or four weeks ago, and I was in the studio in Bristol animating Shaun when I heard, and I didn’t know what to do with myself because it is the ultimate prize in the film industry. “It is a long process making a film like Farmageddon with a lot of people involved and a lot of time and energy, so it is a nice reward.”

Multimedia Journalist With trademark cool, Bruce Dern gave the best summation of the Oscars experience when he received his second nod - 35 years on from his first - for Nebraska in 2014. Being nominated, Dern contended, was like being selected for an all-star team - it just meant people thought you could play. The 2020/21 all-star team played a blinder in helping us escape from the worst of years, however temporarily, and it's fitting that so many of the films and performances celebrated the human spirit. Really, there are more winners than the ones that will be announced on Sunday night at...

Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, the venue for the 2021 Oscars show. Many overseas contenders will link in remotely to the 93rd Academy Awards but a surprising number — from Korea, Romanian, Italy and elsewhere — are determined to be there in person. If you're an Academy Award nominee this year and you live outside the U.S., getting to L.A. to attend the Oscars in person has been a major hassle. COVID-19 travel restrictions and California's 10-day quarantine rule for anyone arriving from outside the country has meant many of the international contenders for the 2021 awards will be w...

93rd Oscar Nominations: Here Are All The Animation And VFX Nominees The Oscar nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards have been announced. The Academy Awards will be presented on April 25, having been delayed from February 28 as a result of the pandemic. They will be held at Union Station and Dolby Theatre in L.A., and will air live on ABC at 5 p.m. PT. Given the ongoing restrictions, the exact format of the ceremony remains unclear. Exceptionally, films that premiered on streaming platforms were able to qualify for the awards this year, because of disruptions caused by Covid. For the ...

Pete Docter Sets Animated Feature Category Record With 'Soul' Nomination Everett Docter earned his fourth animated feature category nom as a director for the jazz-infused movie, while 'Wolfwalkers' helmer Tomm Moore collected his third nom. Soul director Pete Docter earned his fourth nomination for best animated feature, a record for the category, which was first awarded in 2002. He won the category twice, for Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015), and was additionally nominated for 2001's Monsters, Inc. in the category's debut year. Docter has nine Oscar nominations in total, also having earn...