Entertainment

The Spanish animation film El Lince Perdido, or The Lost Lynx, is set to compete for the Oscars 2010 after having submitted the required documentation to the Academy of Hollywood.

The film, produced by Antonio Banderas and directed by Raul Garcia, was premiered in Los Angeles on Friday, October 30, and will be on show at theatres for a week, which is the minimum period for the works aiming at a nomination for the statuettes.

The movie features a group of animals looking for a way off of an eccentric billionaire''s own personal Noah''s Ark.

The Lost Lynx was awarded a Goya prize for the best animated work of the current year by the Spanish Film Academy. Its premiere in Spain took place in December 2008.

Among the favourite films selected for the Oscars are Up, The Princess and the Frog, Astro Boy, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Planet 51, another Spanish production which is being premiered in November.