The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month. Initially, only three films are nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards. The Disney Pixar film Cars was the first recipient of the award. The award for best animated film has subsequently been presented to four other Pixar films: Ratatouille received the award in 2008, WALL-E was the recipient in 2009, Up received the award in 2010, and Toy Story 3 won in 2011. In 2012, Cars 2 lost to The Adventures of Tintin. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been awarding Golden Globe Awards since 1944.
All but two of the winners - Cars and "The Adventures of Tintin" - followed up their Golden Globes Awards wins by picking up the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Cars lost out in the 2007 Academy Awards to the Warner Bros. Pictures film Happy Feet. Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up have also won the award for best animated film at the British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs). Cars, Ratatouille, and Up also won the Annie Awards for Best Animated Feature, while WALL-E lost the award to Kung Fu Panda, with a big controversy. And all three have won numerous awards at other film ceremonies.
Films may be nominated in only one feature category. Therefore films nominated in this category are ineligible to be nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture – Drama, or Best Foreign Language Film. This has led to much confusion leading many to believe animated films are snubbed in the Best Motion Picture categories, specifically Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy where animated films have won before, but in reality they simply are not eligible to be nominated.
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