February 8th, 2022 
Jerry Beck 
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 94th Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors:
Best Animated Feature nominees are:
ENCANTO (Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
FLEE Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
LUCA (Pixar) Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES (Sony/Netflix) Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (Disney) Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
Best Animated Short nominees are:
• AFFAIRS OF THE ART — Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
• BESTIA — Hugo Covarrubias
• BOX BALLET — Anton Dyakov
• ROBIN ROBIN — Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
• THE WINDSHIELD WIPER — Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27th, 2022, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
In Addition:
ENCANTO was nominated for Best Score
ENCANTO WAS nominated for Best Song (“Dos Oruguitas”)
FLEE for Best Documentary Feature
FLEE for Best International Feature
FILMMAKER REACTIONS:
Mike Rianda/Director, Co-Writer, Phil Lord/Producer, Chris Miller/Producer, Kurt Albrecht/Producer, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines:
“We’d like to THANK THE ACADEMY (WHAT IS HAPPENING!??!?!?) for this nomination.
We’re so happy that our amazing team of artists and filmmakers are getting recognized for this film. Our family of hundreds of crew set out to make the most original, heartwarming, funny, surprising and groundbreaking film we could make, and to do it with the love and enthusiasm of a movie lover making her first film.
Our art team constantly proved that you could break formulas and invent new tools to have CG animation reveal our artists’ humanity instead of hiding it. Our LGBTQ+ teammates helped us make our main character authentically queer. And all our artists infused every shot with the love and passion and infectious joy of our fellow first time filmmaker main character: Katie Mitchell.
This movie is a celebration of humanity, and we’re so grateful to the humans who made it, and just as grateful to the humans who loved it.”
Alberto Mielgo (writer director, The Windshield Wiper): “As a filmmaker, I can’t think of anything more fulfilling and satisfying than your film getting nominated for an Oscar. I’m not going to lie, but this is something I fantasized about many times, always distant as a real possibility. Film is my favorite of the arts BY FAR. I love animation as an art and as a tool, and I have spent what I lived so far experimenting, studying, honoring and enhancing an art form that fascinates me. I am very happy to witness that my fellow animated short nominees are films that do not necessarily meet the requirements of what is mainstream or commercial. What happened today is extremely important for the industry of animation because the Academy is also honoring this art by selecting these new narratives. I consider animation the winner today.”
Leo Sanchez (producer, The Windshield Wiper): “Wow, we are so overwhelmed by this honor. This is all totally surreal, I am so happy, it’s hard to find the words. The Windshield Wiper was a passion project for the past seven years that we worked hard to keep on track in between life and work. We are so thankful to all of our friends in the industry who jumped on board and believed in the film from the start. They helped us take it to the finish line to a point where we could share it with the world. We are so excited to see what comes next with this amazing recognition!”
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