The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is an annual award given by the Austin Film Critics Association, honoring the best in animated filmmaking.

Winners

2000s

2010s

2020s

Nominees

2015

  • Anomalisa - Charlie Kaufman
  • The Good Dinosaur - Peter Sohn
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie

2016

  • The Little Prince
  • Moana
  • Tower
  • Zootopia - Byron Howard and Rich Moore

2017

  • The Breadwinner - Nora Twomey
  • The Lego Batman Movie
  • Loving Vincent
  • Your Name

2018

  • Incredibles 2 - Brad Bird
  • Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet - Rich Moore

2019

  • Frozen II
  • Klaus
  • Missing Link
  • Toy Story 4

2021

  • Belle
  • Flee
  • Encanto - Byron Howard and Jared Bush
  • Luca

2022

  • Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood - Richard Linklater
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro
  • Mad God - Phil Tippett
  • Turning Red - Domee Shi

2023

  • The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki
  • Elemental - Peter Sohn
  • Suzume
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

2024

  • Flow - Gints Zilbalodis
  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park

Sources:

Multiple winners

  • Pete Docter - 2
  • Lee Unkrich - 2

References


Film Awards. Best Animated Short Film. 4... Stock Video Pond5

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film — Full List

Academy Award Best Animated Feature Over 19 RoyaltyFree Licensable

The 2021 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners Next Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Moviepedia Fandom