The Goya Award for Best Animated Film (

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's principal national

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awards. The category was first presented at the fourth edition of the

with the film ''

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'' being the first winner of the award. The category was not presented from 1990 to 1993 and 1995 to 1996.

Significance

The films '' Chico and Rita'' (2010) and '' Klaus'' (2019) were also nominated for the

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with the latter winning the

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, '' Chico and Rita'' (2010) and '' Klaus'' (2019) were nominated for

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with the latter winning the category while '' Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles'' (2019) was nominated for Best Animated Feature – Independent. At the

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, '' Planet 51'' (2009), '' Wrinkles'' (2011), '' Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (2016) and '' Klaus'' (2019) have received nominations for Best Animated Feature Film, while '' Chico and Rita'' (2010), '' Another Day of Life'' (2018) and '' Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles'' (2019) won the award. In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

Winners and nominees

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Official siteIMDb: Goya Awards
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