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AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE:

  1. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
    Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson (directors), Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg (producers)
  2. “Elemental” (Pixar)
    Peter Sohn (director), Denise Ream (producer)
  3. “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids/Toho)
    Hayao Miyazaki (director), Toshio Suzuki (producer)
  4. “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix)
    Sam Fell (director), Steve Pegram, Leyla Hobart (producers)
  5. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination)
    Aaron Horvath, Michael Lelenic (directors), Chris Meledandri, Shigeru Miyamoto (producers)

NEXT IN LINE

  1. “Nimona” (Netflix)
    Nick Bruno, Troy Quane (directors), Roy Lee, Karen Ann Ryan (producers)
  2. “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures)
    Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn (directors), Peter Del Vecho, Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones (producers)
  3. “Migration” (Illumination)
    Benjamin Renner (director), Chris Meledandri (producer)
  4. “Suzume” (Crunchyroll)
    Makoto Shinkai (director), Kōichirō Itō, Genki Kawamura (producers)
  5. “Robot Dreams” (Neon)
    Pablo Berger (director), Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia, Jérôme Vidal (producers)

OTHER TOP-TIER POSSIBILITIES

  1. “The First Slam Dunk” (GKids)
  2. “Trolls 3: Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation)
  3. “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  4. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures)
  5. “Stopmotion” (IFC Films)
  6. “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” (Gebeka Films)
  7. “Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibbertia” (GKids)
  8. “The Monkey King” (Netflix)
  9. “The Inventor” (Blue Fox)
  10. “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (DreamWorks Animation)

ALSO IN CONTENTION

  1. “Unicorn Wars” (GKids)
  2. “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount Pictures)
  3. “Leo” (Netflix)
  4. “The Magician’s Elephant” (Netflix)
  5. “The Peasants” (No U.S. Distribution) **

ALL ELIGIBLE TITLES (ALPHABETIZED BY STUDIO)**

  • “The Inventor” (Blue Fox)
  • “Suzume” (Crunchyroll)
  • “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (DreamWorks Animation)
  • “Trolls 3: Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation)
  • “Stopmotion” (IFC Films)
  • “Migration” (Illumination)
  • “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination)
  • “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” (Gebeka Films)
  • “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids/Toho)
  • “Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibbertia” (GKids)
  • “The First Slam Dunk” (GKids)
  • “Unicorn Wars” (GKids)
  • “Robot Dreams” (Neon)
  • “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix)
  • “Leo” (Netflix)
  • “The Magician’s Elephant” (Netflix)
  • “The Monkey King” (Netflix)
  • “Nimona” (Netflix)
  • “The Peasants” (No U.S. Distribution)
  • “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount Pictures)
  • “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures)
  • “Elemental” (Pixar)
  • “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
  • “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures)

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