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The Projectionist Chronicles the Awards Season The Oscars aren’t until March, but the campaigns have begun. One exception that earned an Academy nod is Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion meditation on loneliness and companionship, “ Anomalisa.” It also evinces that the studio-dominated American animation industry seldom finances this type of audacious filmmaking. Their recognition at the Oscars helps to push beyond any assumptions that the medium’s sole virtue is to serve as a vehicle for children-oriented narratives. Some of these notable candidates have included the Cuba-set romance “Chico and Rita,” the poetic, French-language drama on fate, “I Lost My Body,” and an adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel “Persepolis.” These more adult-oriented titles are often hand drawn productions conceived abroad in languages other than English and without the involvement of large corporations. Since the inception of the best animated feature Oscar category in 2001, the Academy has sporadically celebrated thematically mature works alongside box-office powerhouses aimed at audiences of all ages.

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