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

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).

Winners and nominees 2000s YearFilmDirector(s) 2002 Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders and Dean DeBloisIce Age Chris Wedge 2003 Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton and Lee UnkrichBrother Bear Aaron Blaise and Robert WalkerThe Triplets of Belleville Sylvain ChometLooney Tunes: Back in Action Joe DanteRugrats Go WildNorton Virgien and John Eng 2004 The Incredibles Brad Bird 2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park and Steve BoxChicken LittleMark DindalCorpse Bride Tim Burton, Mike JohnsonMadagascar Eric Darnell and Tom McGrathRobots Chris Wedge 2006 Happy Feet George Miller 2007 Ratatouille Brad Bird 2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton 2009"Air" Leads D.C. Critics Winners|IndieWire Up Pete Docter9 Shane AckerCoraline Henry SelickFantastic Mr. Fox Wes AndersonPonyo Hayao Miyazaki

2010s YearFilmDirector(s) 2010 Toy Story 3 Lee UnkrichDespicable Me Pierre Coffin, Chris RenaudHow To Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders, Dean DeBloisShrek Forever After Mike MitchellTangled Nathan Greno, Byron HowardMegamind Tom McGrath 2011 Rango Gore VerbinskiThe Adventures of Tintin Steven SpielbergPuss in Boots Chris MillerArthur Christmas Sarah SmithWinnie the Pooh Stephen Anderson and Don Hall 2012 ParaNorman Sam Fell and Chris ButlerBrave Mark Andrews, Brenda ChapmanFrankenweenie Tim BurtonRise of the Guardians Peter Ramsey, William JoyceWreck-It Ralph Rich Moore 2013 Frozen Chris Buck and Jennifer LeeTurbo David SorenDespicable Me 2 Pierre Coffin, Chris RenaudThe Wind Rises Hayao MiyazakiMonsters University Dan Scanlon 2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris WilliamsThe Book of Life Jorge GutierrezThe Boxtrolls Anthony Stacchi, Graham AnnableHow to Train Your Dragon 2 Dean DeBloisRio 2 Carlos SaldanhaMr. Peabody and Sherman Rob Minkoff 2015'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C. - Area Film Critics|Hollywood Reporter Inside Out Pete DocterThe Good Dinosaur Peter SohnHotel Transylvania 2 Genndy TartakovskyThe Peanuts Movie Steve MartinoShaun the Sheep Movie Richard Starzak, Mark Burton 2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Travis KnightSausage Party Conrad Vernon, Greg TiernanFinding Dory Andrew StantonMoana Ron Clements, John MuskerZootopia Byron Howard, Rich Moore 2017Coco Lee Unkrich The Breadwinner Nora TwomeyDespicable Me 3 Pierre Coffin, Kyle BaldaThe Lego Batman Movie Chris McKayLoving Vincent Dorota Kobiela, Hugh WelchmanThe Boss Baby Tom McGrathCars 3 Brian Fee 2018 Isle of Dogs Wes AndersonIncredibles 2 Brad BirdMirai Mamoru HosodaRalph Breaks the Internet Phil Johnston, Rich MooreSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney RothmanThe Grinch Scott Mosier and Yarrow CheneyEarly Man Nick Park 2019 Toy Story 4 Josh CooleyFrozen 2 Chris Buck, Jennifer LeeHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Dean DeBloisKlaus Sergio PablosMissing Link Chris Butler

2020s YearFilmDirector(s) 2020Nomadland tops the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Metro Weekly Soul Pete DocterThe Croods: A New Age Joel CrawfordOnward Dan ScanlonOver the Moon Glen KeaneWolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart 2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike RiandaAwardsWatch - 2023 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: ‘American Fiction’ is Best Feature, ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes SixEncanto Jared Bush and Byron HowardFlee Jonas Poher RasmussenLuca Enrico CasarosaRaya and the Last Dragon Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del ToroDC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood Richard LinklaterMarcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer CampTurning Red Domee ShiWendell & Wild Henry Selick 2023AwardsWatch - 2023 Washington DC Critics Nominations (WAFCA) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Kemp Powers and Joaquim Dos SantosElemental Peter SohnNimona Nick Bruno and Troy QuaneTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Jeff RoweThe Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki 2024Next Best Picture - 2024 Washington DC Critics Nominations (WAFCA) The Wild Robot Chris Sanders Flow Gints ZilbalodisInside Out 2 Kelsey MannMemoir of a Snail Adam ElliotWallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park 2025 KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans Arco Ugo BienvenuElio Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian MolinaLittle Amélie or the Character of Rain Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho HanZootopia 2 Jared Bush and Byron Howard

See also Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film Annie Award for Best Animated Feature BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie

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