The Golden Globe Awards have jumped on the animation bandwagon, announcing next year's Golden Globes will offer a new category when the awards are announced in January 2007.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. voted last month to establish Best Animated Feature Film commencing with The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2007, it was announced by Philip Berk, president.
Eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, and the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If more than eight do qualify, they would not be eligible for the Best Picture category. The category will be limited to three nominations per year.
The members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. (www.hfpa.org) have recognized several animated feature films in the Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) category in recent years, including BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, TOY STORY, TOY STORY 2, CHICKEN RUN and SHREK, said Berk. Animated features have become an important component of the studio lineup so there was an overwhelming consensus that this new category be created.
The new category of Best Animated Feature Film brings the total number of Golden Globe Awards categories to 25 in addition to the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
