Oscars gets record 20 films for 'Animated Feature Film'

The next year's Academy Awards has received 20 entries for best-animated feature category - the maximum ever. And even if 16 films qualify, there will be five nominees in the feature-length animation category

The last time Oscars saw five nominations in 2002, reports the Telegraph.

Some of the films, which have made the cut, are Up, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Monsters vs. Aliens.

Now these films need to complete in a weeklong theatrical run in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars.

Academy rules for the category also state that a "significant number of the major characters must be animated, and animation must figure in no less than 75% of the picture's running time."

Some more films enlisted for the award are, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel' Astro Boy, Battle for Terra, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.