BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
Awarded for	Excellence in animated films
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	1955
Currently held by	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
Website	https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/animated-film

The BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards. BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television).

The original version of the category, introduced in the 1955 ceremony and awarded until the 1982 ceremony, covered both short and feature-length animated films. Subsequently, two separate animation award categories have been used, based on the films' running times: in the 1980s, the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation was introduced, and in the 2007 ceremony, the Best Animated Film title was re-introduced, now as an award only for feature films.

Winners and nominees

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Note: In the following tables, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients; those not in bold are the nominees. The dates given below refer to the years in which the films under consideration were released or eligible, not to the years in which the award ceremonies took place. (This differs from the BAFTA website's awards history feature, which uses years based on the award ceremonies' dates.)

1950s (inauguration)

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
1954 (8th) [1]	Árie prérie (Song of the Prairie, 1949)
	Little Brave Heart
	Power to Fly
	The Unicorn in the Garden	William Hurtz		United States
1955 (9th) [2]	Blinkity Blank	Norman McLaren		Canada
	Animal Farm	John Halas, Joy Batchelor		United Kingdom, United States
	Down a Long Way
	Fudget's Budget			United States
	Lady and the Tramp	Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson	Walt Disney	United States
	Magoo Express
1956 (10th) [3]	Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
	Calling All Salesmen
	Christopher Crumpet's Playmate
	The History of the Cinema
	The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy
	Love and the Zeppelin
	Rythmetic
1957 (11th) [4]	Pan-tele-tron
	Earth is a Battlefield
	The Magic Fluke
	The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep (La Bergère et le Ramoneur)
1958 (12th) [5]	The Little Island	Richard Williams	Richard Williams	United Kingdom
	The Juggler of Our Lady
	The Blackbird (Le Merle)
1959 (13th) [6]	The Violinist	Ernest Pintoff	Ernest Pintoff	United States
	Beep Peep
	Dom	Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica
	Short and Suite	Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart [a]

1960s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Country
1960 (14th) [7]	Universe	Roman Kroitor, Colin Low	Canada
	The Interview	Ernest Pintoff	United States
	Piccolo	Dušan Vukotić	Hungary
1961 (15th) [8]	One Hundred and One Dalmatians		United States
	Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit
	For Better... For Worse
1962 (16th) [9]	The Apple
	Four Line Conics
	The Travelling Tune
1963 (17th) [10] [11]	Automania 2000 [b]	John Halas	United Kingdom
	The Critic [b]	Ernest Pintoff	United States
1964 (18th) [12]	The Insects	Jimmy T. Murakami [13]
1965 (19th) [14] [15]	Do Be Careful Boys	Vera Linnecar, Nancy Hanna, Keith Learner
	The Bargain [16]	Beryl Stevens
	Birds, Bees And Storks	John Halas	United Kingdom
	The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra	Harold Whitaker	United Kingdom
1966 (20th) [17]	Not awarded. [c]
1967 (21st) [18] [19]	Notes On A Triangle	René Jodoin
	Tidy Why	Bill Sewell
	Toys	Grant Munro	Canada
1968 (22nd) [20] [21]	Dance For Two (Pas de deux)	Norman McLaren	Canada
	The Hand	Jiří Trnka	Czech Republic
	The House That Jack Built	Ron Tunis	Canada
	The Question	John Halas	United Kingdom
1969 (23rd) [22]	Not awarded. [c]

1970s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Country
1970 (24th) [23] [24]	Henry 9 'til 5	Bob Godfrey	United Kingdom
	Children And Cars	John Halas	United Kingdom
	Espolio	Sidney Goldsmith
	It's Tough to Be a Bird	Ward Kimball	United States
1971 (25th) [25]	Not awarded. [c]
1972 (26th) [26]	Not awarded. [c]
1973 (27th) [27]	Tchou-tchou
	Balablok		Canada
1974 (28th) [28]	Hunger (La Faim)	Peter Foldes	Canada
	Cat's Cradle	Paul Driessen	Canada
1975 (29th) [29]	Great	Bob Godfrey	United Kingdom
	The Owl Who Married a Goose	Caroline Leaf (advised by Co Hoedeman)	Canada
1976 (30th) [30]	Not awarded. [d]
1977 (31st) [31]	Not awarded. [d]
1978 (32nd) [32]	Not awarded. [d]
1979 (33rd) [33]	Not awarded. [d]

1980s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Country
1980 (34th) [34]	The Three Inventors	Michel Ocelot
	Bio Woman	Bob Godfrey
	The Cube	Kamil Pixa
	Seaside Woman	Oscar Grillo
1981 (35th) [35]	The Sweater	Sheldon Cohen	Canada
	Beginnings	Clorinda Warny	Canada
	Creole	Sam Weiss

2000s (re-inauguration)

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
2006 (60th) [36] [37]
	Happy Feet	George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris	Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Philip Hearnshaw	United States Australia
	Cars	John Lasseter, Joe Ranft	Darla K. Anderson	United States
	Flushed Away	David Bowers, Sam Fell	Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Simon Nye	United Kingdom United States
2007 (61st) [38]
	Ratatouille	Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava	Brad Lewis, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Galyn Susman	United States
	Shrek the Third	Chris Miller, Raman Hui	Aron Warner, Andrew Adamson, Denise Nolan Cascino	United States
	The Simpsons Movie	David Silverman	James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, Richard Sakai
2008 (62nd) [39]
	WALL-E	Andrew Stanton	Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, John Lasseter	United States
	Persepolis	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud	Marc-Antoine Robert	France Iran
	Waltz with Bashir	Ari Folman	Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli, Roman Paul	Israel
2009 (63rd) [40]
	Up	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson	Jonas Rivera, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton	United States
	Coraline	Henry Selick	Claire Jennings	United States
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson	Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Allison Abbate, Steven Rales

2010s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
2010 (64th) [41]
	Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich	Darla K. Anderson, John Lasseter, Nicole Paradis Grindle	United States
	Despicable Me	Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud	John Cohen, Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri	United States
	How to Train Your Dragon	Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois	Bonnie Arnold, Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Michael Connolly, Tim Johnson
2011 (65th) [42]
	Rango	Gore Verbinski	John B. Carls, Graham King, Gore Verbinski	United States
	The Adventures of Tintin	Steven Spielberg	Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg	United States New Zealand
	Arthur Christmas	Sarah Smith	Steve Pegram, Chris Juen	United Kingdom United States
2012 (66th) [43]
	Brave	Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman	Katherine Sarafian	United States
	Frankenweenie	Tim Burton	Tim Burton, Allison Abbate	United States
	ParaNorman	Sam Fell, Chris Butler	Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
2013 (67th) [44]
	Frozen	Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee	Peter Del Vecho	United States
	Despicable Me 2	Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud	Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri	United States
	Monsters University	Dan Scanlon	Kori Rae
2014 (68th) [45]
	The Lego Movie	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Dan Lin, Roy Lee	United States Denmark Australia
	Big Hero 6	Don Hall, Chris Williams	Roy Conli	United States
	The Boxtrolls	Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable	Travis Knight, David Ichioka
2015 (69th) [46]
	Inside Out	Pete Docter	Jonas Rivera	United States
	Minions	Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda	Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy	United States
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Richard Starzak, Mark Burton	Paul Kewley, Julie Lockhart	United Kingdom
2016 (70th) [47]
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Travis Knight	Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner	United States
	Finding Dory	Andrew Stanton	Lindsey Collins	United States
	Moana	Ron Clements, John Musker	Osnat Shurer
	Zootopia	Byron Howard, Rich Moore	Clark Spencer
2017 (71st) [48] [49]
	Coco	Lee Unkrich	Darla K. Anderson	United States
	Loving Vincent	Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman	Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart, Sean Bobbitt	Poland United Kingdom
	My Life as a Courgette	Claude Barras	Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot, Marc Bonny	Switzerland France
2018 (72nd) [50] [51]
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman	Phil Lord	United States
	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird	John Walker	United States
	Isle of Dogs	Wes Anderson	Jeremy Dawson	United States Germany
2019 (73rd) [52]
	Klaus	Sergio Pablos	Jinko Gotoh	Spain United States
	Frozen 2	Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee	Peter Del Vecho	United States
	A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon	Will Becher, Richard Phelan	Paul Kewley	United Kingdom
	Toy Story 4	Josh Cooley	Mark Nielsen	United States

2020s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Country
2020 (74th) [53]
	Soul	Pete Docter, Kemp Powers	Dana Murray	United States
	Onward	Dan Scanlon	Kori Rae	United States
	Wolfwalkers	Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart	Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants	United Kingdom Ireland Luxembourg France
2021 (75th) [54]
	Encanto	Jared Bush, Byron Howard	Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer	United States
	Flee	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen	Denmark United States
	Luca	Enrico Casarosa	Andrea Warren	United States
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mike Rianda	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Kurt Albrecht
2022 (76th) [55]
	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson	Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley	United States Mexico
	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	Dean Fleischer Camp	Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey	United States
	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Joel Crawford	Mark Swift
	Turning Red	Domee Shi	Lindsey Collins
2023 (77th) [56]
	The Boy and the Heron	Hayao Miyazaki	Toshio Suzuki	Japan
	Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	Sam Fell	Steve Pegram, Leyla Hobart	United Kingdom
	Elemental	Peter Sohn	Denise Ream	United States
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson	Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, Christina Steinberg
2024 (78th) [57]	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham	Richard Beek	United Kingdom
	Flow	Gints Zilbalodis	Matīss Kaža	Latvia
	Inside Out 2	Kelsey Mann	Mark Nielsen	United States
	The Wild Robot	Chris Sanders	Jeff Hermann	United States

Multiple Studio Wins and Nominations

Studio	Wins	Nominations	Films
Pixar	8	19	Cars , Ratatouille , WALL-E , Up , Toy Story 3 , Brave , Monsters University , Inside Out , Finding Dory , Coco , Incredibles 2 , Toy Story 4 , Onward , Soul , Luca , Turning Red , Elemental , Inside Out 2
DreamWorks Animation	0	5	Flushed Away , Shrek the Third , How to Train Your Dragon , Puss in Boots: The Last Wish , The Wild Robot
Disney	2	7	Frankenweenie , Frozen , Big Hero 6 , Zootopia , Moana , Frozen 2 , Encanto
Aardman	1	6	Flushed Away , Arthur Christmas , Shaun the Sheep Movie , A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon , Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget , Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Nickelodeon Movies	1	2	Rango , The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Laika	1	4	Coraline , ParaNorman , The Boxtrolls , Kubo and the Two Strings
Sony	1	6	Persepolis , Arthur Christmas , The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn , Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , The Mitchells vs. the Machines , Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
20th Century Fox	0	3	The Simpsons Movie , Fantastic Mr. Fox , Isle of Dogs
Tim Burton	0	1	Frankenweenie
Illumination	0	3	Despicable Me , Despicable Me 2 , Minions
Netflix	2	2	Klaus , Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Other Companies	0	8	Persepolis , Waltz with Bashir , Loving Vincent , My Life as a Courgette , Wolfwalkers , Flee , Marcel the Shell with Shoes On , Flow
Studio Ghibli	1	1	The Boy and the Heron

See also

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
• Japan Media Arts Festival
• Animation Kobe
• Tokyo Anime Award
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

Notes

1. Listed as "Evelyn Lambert" on BAFTA website.
2. BAFTA's website lists both Automania 2000 and The Critic as winners. ^{[10] [11]}
3. The cited archived version of the BAFTA website specifically states "Category not awarded this year".
4. The cited archived version of the BAFTA website does not specifically state that this category was not awarded in this year.

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