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The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was first given out at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It marked the first time the ceremony had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment.
Cars, directed by John Lasseter for Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Initially only three films were nominated each year, compared to five nominations for most other Golden Globe categories. On the 17th of November 2009, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association expanded the category to five nominees starting at the 67th Golden Globe Awards, though it can shrink back to three if fewer than twelve animated films qualify in a given year.
Eligible films must be feature-length, running 70 minutes or longer, with no more than 25% live action. English-language films nominated in this category cannot also be nominated for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, or Best Motion Picture, Drama.
Pixar Animation Studios has won the most Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature Film, with 9 wins from 19 nominations. Walt Disney Animation Studios follows with 3 wins from 15 nominations.
Yes. Under the rules announced on the 17th of November 2009, if fewer than eight animated films qualify in a given year, no award is given, and those films instead become eligible for Best Picture.