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16 ANIMATED FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2015 OSCAR® RACE

Animated Features
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Sixteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
 
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
 
“Anomalisa”
“The Boy and the Beast”
“Boy and the World”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“Home”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet”
“The Laws of the Universe - Part 0”
“Minions”
“Moomins on the Riviera”
“The Peanuts Movie”
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10 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR’S 2015 SHORTLIST

Documentary short subject
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 88th Academy Awards® has been narrowed to 10 films, of which five will earn Oscar® nominations.

Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

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124 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2015 OSCAR® RACE

Documentary Features
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One hundred twenty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
 
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Above and Beyond”
“All Things Must Pass”
“Amy”
“The Armor of Light”
“Ballet 422”
“Batkid Begins”
“Becoming Bulletproof”
“Being Evel”
“Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery”
“Best of Enemies”
“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution”
“Bolshoi Babylon”
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Chris Rock Returns To Host The Oscars®

87th Oscars
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Multi-hyphenate artist and filmmaker Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars® for a second time, producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today.  The 88th Academy Awards® will be broadcast live on Oscar® Sunday, February 28, 2016, on the ABC Television Network.  Rock previously hosted the 77th Oscars telecast in 2005.

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81 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2015 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR

Foreign Language Films
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Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®.  Paraguay is a first-time entrant.

The 2015 submissions are:

Afghanistan, "Utopia," Hassan Nazer, director;

Albania, "Bota," Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors;

Algeria, "Twilight of Shadows," Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director;

Argentina, "The Clan," Pablo Trapero, director;

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THE LATE SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK AND FAMILY GIVE MAJOR GIFT TO THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES

THE LATE SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK AND FAMILY GIVE MAJOR GIFT TO THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES
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Museum Will Include The Shirley Temple Education Studio And Key Artifacts From The Star’s Career
 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it has received a gift valued at more than $5 million from the late Oscar®-winning Hollywood actress and United States Ambassador Shirley Temple Black and her family. This gift includes both a substantial monetary contribution to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ capital campaign as well as key artifacts from Shirley Temple Black’s indelible early career.

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