83rd Academy Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards have been announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar winner Mo‘Nique.

Sherak and Mo‘Nique, who won an Academy Award for her supporting performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push‘ by Sapphire," announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives.

Here are the nominations for Best Animated Feature, VFX and Short Film (Animation) -

Animated Feature Film

"How to Train Your Dragon" Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

"The Illusionist" Sylvain Chomet

"Toy Story 3" Lee Unkrich

Visual Effects

"Alice in Wonderland" Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi

"Hereafter" Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell

"Inception" Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

"Iron Man 2" Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Short Film (Animated)

"Day & Night" Teddy Newton

"The Gruffalo" Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

"Let‘s Pollute" Geefwee Boedoe

"The Lost Thing" Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

"Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)" Bastien Dubois

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.