Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

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 2
• Klaus
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4

2021

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

2022

• ' - 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
• '

2024

• Flow - Gints Zilbalodis
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot
• ' - Nick Park

2025

• Arco
• Elio
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2 - Byron Howard

Sources:

Multiple winners

• Pete Docter - 2
• Lee Unkrich - 2

References