Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature

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The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is an annual award given out by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Toy Story is the only franchise with multiple wins, winning two times for Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019).

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Winners and nominees

2000s

YearFilmDirector(s)Nominees
2002 Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Chris Wedge
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • Kelly Asbury
  • Treasure Planet
  • Ron Clements, John Musker
  • The Wild Thornberrys Movie
  • Jeff McGrath, Cathy Malkasian
    2003 Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker
  • The Triplets of Belleville
  • Sylvain Chomet
    2004 The Incredibles Brad Bird Vicky Jenson
  • Shrek 2
  • Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury
    2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park and Steve Box Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Hayao Miyazaki
    2006 Happy Feet George Miller John Lasseter
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown
  • Carlos Saldanha
  • Monster House
  • Gil Kenan
  • Over the Hedge
  • Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
    2007 Ratatouille Brad Bird Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
  • Shrek the Third
  • Chris Miller, Raman Hui
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • David Silverman
  • Surf's Up
  • Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
    2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton Chris Williams, Byron Howard
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
  • Persepolis
  • Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
  • The Tale of Despereaux
  • Rob Stevenhagen, Sam Fell
    2009 [1] Up Pete Docter Shane Acker
  • Coraline
  • Henry Selick
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Wes Anderson
  • Ponyo
  • Hayao Miyazaki

    2010s

    YearFilmDirector(s)Nominees
    2010 Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
  • How To Train Your Dragon
  • Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
  • The Illusionist
  • Sylvain Chomet
  • Tangled
  • Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
    2011 Rango Gore Verbinski Steven Spielberg
  • Puss in Boots
  • Chris Miller
  • Rio
  • Carlos Saldanha
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • Stephen Anderson and Don Hall
    2012 ParaNorman Sam Fell and Chris Butler Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • Genndy Tartakovsky
  • Rise of the Guardians
  • Peter Ramsey, William Joyce
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • Rich Moore
    2013 Frozen Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco
  • Despicable Me 2
  • Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
  • Epic
  • Chris Wedge
  • Monsters University
  • Dan Scanlon
    2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Don Hall, Chris Williams
  • The Book of Life
  • Jorge Gutierrez
  • The Boxtrolls
  • Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • Dean DeBlois
    2015 [2] Inside Out Pete Docter Peter Sohn
  • Hotel Transylvania 2
  • Genndy Tartakovsky
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • Steve Martino
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie
  • Richard Starzak, Mark Burton
    2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
  • Finding Dory
  • Andrew Stanton
  • Moana
  • Ron Clements, John Musker
  • Zootopia
  • Byron Howard, Rich Moore
    2017 Coco Lee Unkrich Nora Twomey
  • Despicable Me 3
  • Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
  • The Lego Batman Movie
  • Chris McKay
  • Loving Vincent
  • Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
    2018 Isle of Dogs Wes Anderson Brad Bird
  • Mirai
  • Mamoru Hosoda
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
    2019 Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley [3] Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • Dean DeBlois
  • Klaus
  • Sergio Pablos
  • Missing Link
  • Chris Butler

    2020s

    YearFilmDirector(s)Nominees
    2020 [4] Soul Pete Docter [5] Joel Crawford
  • Onward
  • Dan Scanlon
  • Over the Moon
  • Glen Keane
  • Wolfwalkers
  • Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
    2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda [6] [7] Jared Bush and Byron Howard
  • Flee
  • Jonas Poher Rasmussen
  • Luca
  • Enrico Casarosa
  • Raya and the Last Dragon
  • Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada
    2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro [8] Richard Linklater
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Dean Fleischer Camp
  • Turning Red
  • Domee Shi
  • Wendell & Wild
  • Henry Selick
    2023 [9] Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Kemp Powers and Joaquim Dos Santos [10] Peter Sohn
  • Nimona
  • Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  • Jeff Rowe
  • The Boy and the Heron
  • Hayao Miyazaki
    2024 [11] The Wild Robot Chris Sanders Gints Zilbalodis
  • Inside Out 2
  • Kelsey Mann
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Adam Elliot
  • Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park

    See also

    References

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    2. 'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C. - Area Film Critics|Hollywood Reporter
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    4. Nomadland tops the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Metro Weekly
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    8. DC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics
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    11. Next Best Picture - 2024 Washington DC Critics Nominations (WAFCA)