2026 Oscar® nominations announced
Skwigly
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have today announced their nominations for the 98th Academy Awards®! As regards animation, the nominations are as follows:
Animated Feature
- Arco (Ugo Bienvenu/Félix de Givry/Sophie Mas/Natalie Portman)
- Elio (Madeline Sharafian/Domee Shi/Adrian Molina/Mary Alice Drumm)
- KPop Demon Hunters (Maggie Kang/Chris Appelhans/Michelle L.M. Wong)
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Maïlys Vallade/Liane-Cho Han/Nidia Santiago/Henri Magalon)
- Zootopia 2 (Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino)
KPop Demon Hunters also scored a nomination for Music (Original Song) with Golden (EJAE/Mark Sonnenblick/Joong Gyu Kwak/Yu Han Lee/Hee Dong Nam/Jeong Hoon Seon/Teddy Park)
Animated Short Film
- Butterfly (Florence Miailhe/Ron Dyens)
- Forevergreen (Nathan Engelhardt/Jeremy Spears)
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls (Dir. Chris Lavis/Maciek Szczerbowski)
- Retirement Plan (John Kelly/Andrew Freedman)
- The Three Sisters (Konstantin Bronzit)
Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (Joe Letteri/Richard Baneham/Eric Saindon/Daniel Barrett)
- F1 (Ryan Tudhope/Nicolas Chevallier/Robert Harrington/Keith Dawson)
- Jurassic World Rebirth (David Vickery/Stephen Aplin/Charmaine Chan/Neil Corbould)
- The Lost Bus (Charlie Noble/David Zaretti/Russell Bowen/Brandon K. McLaughlin)
- Sinners (Michael Ralla/Espen Nordahl/Guido Wolter/Donnie Dean)
The 98th Academy Awards® will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, March 15th and will be hosted by Conan O’Brien.