119 - Best Animated Feature Film Nominees: Academy Awards 2022

Welcome to our continuing coverage of this year's Academy Awards®. Like last year, we have compiled interviews from the nominees in the Best Animated Feature Film category. So, if you are an Oscar voter — either as an Academy member or as a fan participating in your annual office pool — you'll have a much better idea of what to watch for as you get to this category on your ballot! Here are the nominated films, in alphabetical order:

• ENCANTO: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, and Clark Spencer
• FLEE: Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie
• LUCA: Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
• THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES:  Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Kurt  Albrecht
• RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer, and Peter Del Vecho

Here's a table of contents of interviews, in case you'd like to jump around:

0:01:28 — ENCANTO - Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

0:21:15 — LUCA - Enrico Casarosa 

0:37:51 — THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES - Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller

1:03:02 — RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON - Carlos López Estrada and Osnat Shurer

NOTE: As always, all nominees were invited to join our conversations and we regret that we weren't able to connect with the talented filmmakers behind FLEE in time for our podcast posting deadline.

Thanks to all the studios for helping us pull these interviews together! Be sure to check out ENCANTO, FLEE, LUCA, THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES and RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON before Oscars voting ends!

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