The Goya Award for Best Animated Film (

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's principal national film 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 ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2019) were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature with the latter winning the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. At the

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, ''

'' (2010) and ''

'' (2019) were nominated for Best Animated Feature 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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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2011), '' Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (2016) and ''

'' (2019) have received nominations for

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, while ''

'' (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

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Official siteIMDb: Goya Awards
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