Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

Winners

2000s YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref2003 Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record, December 18, 2003.2004 The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) Sylvain Chomet "Sideways named best film of 2004 by Toronto critics". Sault Star, December 17, 2004.2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box, Nick Park "Cronenberg's History of Violence tops T.O. critics' best-of list". Sudbury Star, December 22, 2005.2006 Happy Feet George Miller Lee-Anne Goodman, "'The Queen' named best picture by Toronto's film critics". Canadian Press, December 20, 2006. Over the Hedge Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater2007 Ratatouille Brad Bird Bruce Kirkland, "Old Men No. 1; Coen Brothers flick tops T.O. film critics' 2007 list". Toronto Sun, December 19, 2007. Paprika Satoshi Kon The Simpsons Movie David Silverman2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton Chris Knight, "Toronto critics pick Wendy and Lucy". Windsor Star, December 17, 2008. Kung Fu Panda John Stevenson, Mark Osborne Persepolis Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson "Basterds, Hunger top Toronto critics' picks". Waterloo Region Record, December 17, 2009. Coraline Henry Selick Up Pete Docter

2010s YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref 2010 How to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire, December 14, 2010. Despicable Me Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich2011 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Steven Spielberg Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's, December 14, 2011. Puss in Boots Chris Miller Rango Gore Verbinski2012 ParaNorman Sam Fell, Chris Butler Cassandra Szklarski, "'The Master' rules with Toronto film critics, named best film, screenplay". Canadian Press, December 18, 2012. Brave Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Frankenweenie Tim Burton2013 The Wind Rises Hayao Miyazaki "Toronto Film Critics Association awards for 2013". Toronto Star, December 17, 2013. The Croods Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee2014 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now, December 16, 2014. Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dean DeBlois The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton, Richard Starzak Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily, December 14, 2015. Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson Inside Out Pete Docter2016 Zootopia Byron Howard, Rich Moore Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now, December 12, 2016. Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight The Red Turtle Michael Dudok de Wit2017 The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017. Coco Lee Unkrich Window Horses Ann Marie Fleming2018 Isle of Dogs Wes Anderson Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada, December 10, 2018. Ralph Breaks the Internet Rich Moore, Phil Johnston Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman2019 Missing Link Chris Butler Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now, December 9, 2019. Frozen 2 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Dean DeBlois Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley

2020s YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref 2020 Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Soul Pete Docter The Willoughbys Kris Pearn2021 Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Sarah Curran, "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Wins Big At Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". ET Canada, January 16, 2022. Encanto Jared Bush, Byron Howard The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda2022 Turning Red Domee Shi Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View, January 8, 2023. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp2023 Robot Dreams Pablo Berger AwardsWatch - Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director'Zone of Interest' wins Toronto Film Critics Association award for best film of 2023|The Star The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers2024 Flow Gints Zilbalodis Nickel Boys Leads 2024 TFCA Awards Winners Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot The Wild Robot Chris Sanders2025 Endless Cookie Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver Matt Neglia, "The 2025 Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture, December 7, 2025. KPop Demon Hunters Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang Space Cadet Kid Koala

Multiple wins Wes Anderson - 2 Chris Butler - 2 Andrew Stanton - 2

Multiple nominations

References

External links Toronto Film Critics Association - Past Award Winners