The Japanese film, "The Boy and the Heron," has won the Golden Globe Award for the Best Motion Picture in the animation category.

The Golden Globes are described as the bellwether for the Academy Awards or Oscars.

The film was directed by Miyazaki Hayao, who had come out of retirement and spent about seven years on the production. He also wrote the original story and screenplay for the movie.

The film is about a boy who wanders into a mysterious world after losing his mother during World War Two.