2022 Oscar® nominations announced

08 February 2022 // News

Skwigly

Animation Magazine

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have today announced their nominations for the 94th Academy Awards^®! As regards animation, the nominations are as follows:

Animated Feature

ENCANTO (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer)

FLEE (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie)

LUCA (Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren)

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES (Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht)

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho)

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Encanto also gets a nod in the Music (Original Song) category with Lin-Manuel Miranda nominated for his musical contribution DOS ORUGUITAS, while Flee is also nominated for International Feature Film and Documentary (Feature).

Short Film (Animated)

AFFAIRS OF THE ART (Joanna Quinn and Les Mills)

We are absolutely thrilled and delighted to hear that our film has got a nomination—it’s the fulfillment of a dream that we’ve had since we first started making films. We are especially grateful to our Canadian co-producers at the NFB for their unstinting support, professionalism, and expertise throughout the whole production process—a million thanks to them and, of course, to all of our fantastic production crew in Wales.

-Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

BESTIA (Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz)

BOXBALLET (Anton Dyakov)

ROBIN ROBIN (Dan Ojari and Mikey Please)

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER (Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez)

As a filmmaker, I can’t think of anything more fulfilling and satisfying than your film getting nominated for an Oscar. I’m not going to lie, but this is something I fantasized about many times, always distant as a real possibility. Film is my favorite of the arts BY FAR. I love animation as an art and as a tool, and I have spent what I lived so far experimenting, studying, honoring and enhancing an art form that fascinates me. I am very happy to witness that my fellow animated short nominees are films that do not necessarily meet the requirements of what is mainstream or commercial. What happened today is extremely important for the industry of animation because the Academy is also honoring this art by selecting these new narratives. I consider animation the winner today.

-Alberto Mielgo

Wow, we are so overwhelmed by this honor. This is all totally surreal, I am so happy, it’s hard to find the words. The Windshield Wiper was a passion project for the past seven years that we worked hard to keep on track in between life and work. We are so thankful to all of our friends in the industry who jumped on board and believed in the film from the start. They helped us take it to the finish line to a point where we could share it with the world. We are so excited to see what comes next with this amazing recognition!

-Leo Sanchez

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VFX

DUNE (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer)

FREE GUY (Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick)

NO TIME TO DIE (Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould)

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS (Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver)

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick)

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