Here you have a link to see the nominees for the 80th Annual Academy awards (2008)

AND THE NOMINEES ARE ...


And here the category that interest us particularly.

Best animated feature film of the year

?Persepolis?
   (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

?Ratatouille?   
   (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

?Surf's Up?
    (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck


Best animated short film

?I Met the Walrus?
   A Kids & Explosions Production
   Josh Raskin
 
?Madame Tutli-Putli? (National Film Board of Canada)
   A National Film Board of Canada Production
   Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

?M?me Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)? (Premium Films)
   A BUF Compagnie Production
   Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse

?My Love (Moya Lyubov)? (Channel One Russia)
   A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
   Alexander Petrov

?Peter & the Wolf? (BreakThru Films)
   A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
   Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman



So now for the short, we will try to find them on the web if possible and to post them!
But also feel free to comment about the Academy award 2008 

?Madame Tutli-Putli? (National Film Board of Canada)
   A National Film Board of Canada Production
   Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Official Website

The trailer




A making of



And an Animatic

?My Love (Moya Lyubov)? (Channel One Russia)
   A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
   Alexander Petrov


part one


part two


part three

That's it for now, if you find some other interesting link, feel free to post them!

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So I need to watch Surf Up and if possible (if I find it) persepolis, before the Academy Award, I want to see also La vie en rose, but that's not related to animation! (but it's related to the academy award) 

Personnal Point of view of the following.

About the short, I was really not impressed by "Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis"...
I would like to see more of "I Met the Walrus" and "Madame Tutli-Putli" I like both style. But I didn't like to much the style of "My love" I find it's difficult to watch.

I watch Surf's Up yesterday!

It's good but my favorite is still RATATOUILLE!!!

in Surf's Up the water is amazing. The animation is good but not exeptionnal. and the story is average.


also a news found on Animated News


Why Ratatouille could have been nominated for Best Picture

CNN Money elaborates on the interesting notion that Disney/Pixar?s Ratatouille could very well have been nominated for best picture at this year?s Academy Awards if it wasn?t for its ?animated? nature. Even though it was ranked by many critics as one of the year?s best, it was never a serious contender for best picture. Instead, it was relegated to the relatively new category of best animated feature, a category the academy started back in 2002.

Directed by Brad Bird, Ratatouille has garnered a fantastic score of 96 on Metacritic.com, ranking it above this year?s best picture candidates including No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. In total, Ratatouille has been nominated for 5 academy awards: Best Animated Feature, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.

That frustrating! I think they should have nominated them, the camera moves are amazing.

Haha yeah Marion did it! We french can be good too haha!
And obviously congrats to anyone at Pixar who worked on Ratatouille!