Members of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy will screen 15-minute excerpts of each candidate film to pare the list down to three final nominees for Oscar® consideration.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The 2009 Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, televised live by ABC.