`Up' wins best animated feature at Annie Awards

Feb. 8, 2010 | AP

The travel adventure "Up" is the winner of the best animated feature at the 37th annual Annie Awards.

Also competing for top honors at the Annies, presented exclusively for animated films, were the musical fairy tale "The Princess and the Frog," the storybook adaptations "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," the dark family tale "Coraline" and the Irish adventure "The Secret of Kells."

All the films, except "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," are nominees for best animated feature film at this year's Academy Awards.

"Up" is also nominated for best picture at the Oscars.

The winners of the Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society, were announced Saturday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

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