At the 2014 Academy Awards, which award did Disney’s Frozen win for its overall film?

At the 2014 Academy Awards, Disney’s Frozen won Best Animated Feature.

Frozen received the award at the 86th Academy Awards, honoring films released during 2013. It was Disney’s second winner in the category after The Lion King won at the inaugural 2002 ceremony, when the award was called Best Animated Feature Film. Frozen competed against The Croods and Ernest & Celestine.

The award recognized the film as the year’s outstanding animated feature, rather than honoring a single performer, song, or technical element. Frozen also won Best Original Song for “Let It Go,” making it one of the ceremony’s two victories.

A common mix-up is confusing the Academy Award with the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, which Frozen also won. The film did not win Best Picture, the Academy’s general top prize, because it was nominated only in the animated-feature and song categories.