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First animated film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar

First animated film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar
Who
Beauty and the Beast
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
30 March 1992
No feature-length animated films were nominated for the prestigious Best Picture Oscar until 1992, when Disney’s Beauty and the Beast made the shortlist, losing out to Silence of the Lambs at the awards ceremony on 30 March 1992. A separate category for Best Animated Feature was finally introduced in 2001.