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 YearWinnerDirector(s)2005 Sin City Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez2006 Cars John Lasseter2007 Ratatouille Brad Bird2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton2009 Up Pete Docter
2010s YearWinnerDirector(s)2010 Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich2011 Rango Gore Verbinski2012 Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore2013 Frozen Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller2015 Inside Out Pete Docter2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight2017 Coco Lee Unkrich2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman2019 I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin
2020s YearWinnerDirector(s)2020 Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart2021 The Mitchells vs. the MachinesMike Rianda2022 Marcel the Shell with Shoes OnDean Fleischer Camp2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseKemp Powers2024 The Wild RobotChris Sanders2025 KPop Demon HuntersMaggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
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 Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood - 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2024 Flow - Gints Zilbalodis Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park
2025 Arco Elio Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 - Byron Howard
Sources:AwardsWatch - 2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners: ‘Anora’ Sweeps
Multiple winners Pete Docter - 2 Lee Unkrich - 2
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