Frozen won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards.
The ceremony was held on March 2, 2014, and honored films released during 2013. Frozen competed against The Croods and Ernest & Celestine in the animated-feature category. Its victory marked a major awards milestone for Walt Disney Animation Studios during the film’s worldwide breakout.
Frozen received two Oscars at that ceremony. In addition to Best Animated Feature, it won Best Original Song for “Let It Go,” written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Idina Menzel performed the song during the ceremony, while the award-winning song had been performed in the film by Menzel as Elsa.
The award is sometimes confused with the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, which Frozen also won. The Academy Award category recognizes the film itself, while the song category recognizes a specific original composition.