If you happen to be sitting on an Oscar-worthy animated feature, you’re running out of time to get it to the Academy. To qualify in the Animated Feature Film category for the 81st Academy Awards, filmmakers must submit entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. (PT) on Monday, November 3. The deadline to submit accompanying film prints is Friday, Nov. 14.
Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. (PT) in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The awards ceremony will then be presented on Sunday, Feb. 22 at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The event will be televised live by the ABC Television Network in the U.S., and will be seen live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Complete rules for submission are available at www.oscars.org/81academyawards. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Wil Goldenberg via phone at (310) 247-3000, ext. 190, by fax at (310) 247-2600, or by e-mail at wgoldenberg@oscars.org.