Golden Globes get animated

(Source: www.hfpa.org)

The awards season for animated films has heated up just a little more. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has added Best Animated Feature Film for its 2007 Golden Globes roster, bringing the total categories to 25.

Last January, the HFPA announced the new category would be included in the 64th Golden Globes Awards, airing January 15, 2007.

“The members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 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 HFPA president Philip Berk, announcing the new category. “Animated features have become an important component of the studio lineup so there was an overwhelming consensus that this new category be created.”

To qualify, films must be "feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action," said Berk. "If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. Otherwise they would not be eligible for the Best Picture category. The category will be limited to three nominations per year."

This year's three nominees for the category are Disney/Pixar's Cars, Warner Bros.' Happy Feet and Sony/Amblin's Monster House. Happy Feet got a nod in another category: the tune "The Song of the Heart" is up for Best Song.

It's taken the various film organizations a long time to recognize animated films as a legitimate art form. Despite the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences giving its first Oscar to an animated film in 1937 (Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), it only instituted a Best Animated Feature Film category in 2001.

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