British Academy Children's Award for Feature Film

The British Academy Children and Young People Award for Feature Film is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given to "feature length content of any genre with a specific appeal to children and young people".^[1] Films with a certificate of U, PG, 12, 12A or 15 may be considered. The category includes international films that have been released in the United Kingdom on any platform. It was first presented at the 4th British Academy Children's Awards in 1999, with American comedy film Paulie being the first recipient.

British Academy Children and Young People Award for Feature Film
Awarded for	The best feature length content of any genre with a specific appeal to children and young people.
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by	Wolfwalkers (2022)
Website	www.bafta.org/children

While no film can win the award more than once, several film series have been nominated multiple times such as the entire The Lord of the Rings film series, seven out of eight of the Harry Potter films, and three of the four Toy Story films. Out of the twenty-two winners, fourteen have been animated films while eight have been live-action ones.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Studio(s)
1999 (4th) [2][3]	Paulie	Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Allison Lyon Segan, John Roberts	DreamWorks Pictures
	A Bug's Life	Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher, John Lasseter	Pixar, Walt Disney Pictures
	Dr. Dolittle	John Davis, Joseph M. Singer, David T. Friendly, Betty Thomas	20th Century Fox
	The Rugrats Movie	Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, Norton Virgien, Igor Kovalyov	Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies

2000s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Studio(s)
2000 (5th) [4][5]	The Iron Giant	Allison Abbate, Des McAnuff, Brad Bird, Tim McCanlies	Warner Bros. Animation
	Chicken Run	Peter Lord, Dave Sproxton, Nick Park, Karey Kirkpatrick	Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation
	Stuart Little	Douglas Wick, Rob Minkoff, M. Night Shyamalan, Greg Brooker	Columbia Pictures
	Toy Story 2	Helene Plotkin, Karen Robert Jackson, John Lasseter	Pixar, Walt Disney Pictures
2001 (6th) [6]	Shrek	Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, Aron Warner, Jeffrey Katzenberg	DreamWorks Animation
	The Emperor's New Groove	Randy Fullmer, Mark Dindal, David Reynolds	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman	Universal Pictures
	Spy Kids	Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez	Troublemaker Studios, Dimension Films
2002 (7th) [7][8]	Monsters, Inc.	Darla K. Anderson, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson	Pixar
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Steve Kloves	Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders	New Line Cinema
	Stuart Little 2	Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Rob Minkoff, Bruce Joel Rubin	Columbia Pictures
2003 (8th) [9][10]	Whale Rider	Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hübner, Niki Caro	South Pacific Pictures
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Steve Kloves	Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh	New Line Cinema
	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, Jeff McGrath, Cathy Malkasian	Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies
2004 (9th) [11]	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Alfonso Cuarón	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Finding Nemo	Graham Walters, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich	Pixar
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh	New Line Cinema
	Shrek 2	Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury	DreamWorks Animation
2005 (10th) [12][13]	The Incredibles	John Walker, Brad Bird	Pixar
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Richard D. Zanuck, Tim Burton	Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Polar Express	Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
	Shark Tale		DreamWorks Animation
2006 (11th) [14][15]	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Nick Park, Steve Box, Peter Lord, David Sproxton	Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson	Walt Disney Pictures
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	David Heyman, Mike Newell, Steve Kloves	Warner Bros. Pictures
2007 (12th) [16][17]	Happy Feet	George Miller, Bill Miller, Doug Mitchell	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Bridge to Terabithia	Hal Lieberman, Lauren Levine, David L. Paterson, Gábor Csupó	Walt Disney Pictures
	Flushed Away	Peter Lord, Cecil Kramer, Sam Fell, David Bowers	Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	David Heyman, David Barron, David Yates, Michael Goldenberg	Warner Bros. Pictures
2008 (13th) [18]	WALL·E	Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton	Pixar
	Horton Hears a Who!	Steve Martino, Jimmy Hayward	20th Century Fox
	Ratatouille	Brad Lewis, Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava	Pixar
	Stardust	Matthew Vaughn, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Michael Dreyer, Neil Gaiman	Paramount Pictures
2009 (14th) [19][20]	Coraline	Bill Mechanic, Henry Selick, Claire Jennings, Mary Sandell	Laika
	Bolt	Clark Spencer, Chris Williams, Byron Howard, Dan Fogelman	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush, Kenny Ortega, Peter Barsocchini	Walt Disney Pictures
	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Lori Forte, John C. Donkin, Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier	Blue Sky, 20th Century Fox

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Studio(s)
2010 (15th) [21][22]	Up	Jonas Rivera, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson	Pixar
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson, Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson	20th Century Fox
	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Lindsay Doran, Eric Fellner, Susanna White, Emma Thompson	Universal Pictures
	Toy Story 3	Darla K. Anderson, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt	Pixar
2011 (16th) [23][24]	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	David Barron, David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, David Yates	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Melissa Cobb, Jennifer Yuh Nelson	DreamWorks Animation
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : Part 1	David Barron, David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, David Yates	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Tangled	Roy Conli, Dan Fogelman, Nathan Greno, Byron Howard	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2012 (17th) [25][26]	The Hunger Games	Gary Ross, Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik	Lionsgate
	Arthur Christmas	Peter Lord, Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham	Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
	Hugo	Martin Scorsese, Graham King, Tim Headington, Johnny Depp	Paramount Pictures
	The Muppets	David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, James Bobin	Walt Disney Pictures
2013 (18th) [27][28]	Life of Pi	Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark	20th Century Fox
	Brave	Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, John Lasseter	Pixar
	ParaNorman	Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight, Sam Fell, Chris Butler	Laika
	Wreck-It Ralph	Rich Moore, Clark Spencer, John Lasseter	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2014 (19th) [29][30]	The Lego Movie	Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dan Lin, Roy Lee	Warner Animation Group
	Frozen	Peter Del Vecho, Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck	Walt Disney Pictures
	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold	DreamWorks Animation
	Maleficent	Joe Roth, Robert Stromberg, Linda Woolverton	Walt Disney Pictures
2015 (20th) [31][32]	Paddington	Paul King, David Heyman	StudioCanal
	Big Hero 6	Roy Conli, Chris Williams, Don Hall	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Inside Out	Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen, Jonas Rivera	Pixar
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Julie Lockhart, Paul Kewley	Aardman Animations
2016 (21st) [33][34]	Zootropolis	Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	The Jungle Book	Jon Favreau, Brigham Taylor	Walt Disney Pictures
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Kathleen Kennedy, Bryan Burk
	The Good Dinosaur	Peter Sohn, Meg LeFauve	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2017 (22nd) [35][36]	The Little Prince	Mark Osborne, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb, Dimitri Rassam	On Animation Studios, Netflix
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner	Laika
	Moana	Ron Clements, John Musker, Osnat Shurer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Sing	Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Garth Jennings	Illumination Entertainment
2018 (23rd) [37][38]	Paddington 2	Paul King, Simon Farnaby, David Heyman	StudioCanal
	Coco	Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson	Pixar
	The Greatest Showman	Michael Gracey, Laurence Mark, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping	20th Century Fox
	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird, John Walker, Nicole Grindle	Pixar
2019 (24th) [39]	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord	Sony Pictures Animation
	Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans	Will Clarke, Caroline Norris, Dominic Brigstocke	Altitude Film Distribution, BBC Films
	Mary Poppins Returns	Rob Marshall, John Deluca, Marc Platt	Walt Disney Pictures
	Toy Story 4	Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, Mark Nielsen	Pixar

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Studio(s)
2022 (25th) [40][41]	Wolfwalkers	Will Collins, Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart	Cartoon Saloon, Apple TV+
	Klaus	Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh	Netflix
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kurt Albrecht
	Over the Moon	Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou

• Note: The films that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.

References

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External links

• Official website