How many Academy Award nominations did Moana receive? Moana received two Academy Award nominations.
At the 89th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. The song nomination was for “How Far I’ll Go,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed in the film by Auliʻi Cravalho.
Moana did not win either category: Zootopia won Best Animated Feature, while “City of Stars” from La La Land won Best Original Song. A common mistake is counting only the feature-film nomination or confusing Academy Award nominations with the film’s many other honors, including Golden Globe, Annie, and Grammy recognition. Its two Oscar nominations came from separate categories.