European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film

European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Country	Europe
Presented by	European Film Academy
First awarded	Mia and the Migoo (2009)
Currently held by	Flow (2024)
Website	europeanfilmawards.eu

European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film has been awarded annually since 2009 by the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

2009

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2009 (22nd) [1]
	Mia and the Migoo	Mia et le Migou	Jacques-Rémy Girerd	France,  Italy
	The Flight Before Christmas (Niko & The Way to the Stars)	Niko – Lentäjän poika	Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen	Denmark,  Finland,  Germany,  Ireland
	The Secret of Kells	Brendan et le Secret de Kells	Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey	Belgium,  France,  Ireland

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2010 (23rd) [2]
	The Illusionist	L'Illusionniste	Sylvain Chomet	France,  United Kingdom
	Planet 51	Planeta 51	Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez	Spain,  United Kingdom
	Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage	Le Voyage extraordinaire de Samy	Ben Stassen	Belgium
2011 (24th) [3]
	Chico and Rita	Chico y Rita	Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba	Spain,  Isle of Man
	The Rabbi's Cat	Le Chat du rabbin	Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar	France
	A Cat in Paris	Une vie de chat	Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol	France,  Belgium
2012 (25th) [4]
	Alois Nebel		Tomáš Luňák	Czech Republic,  Germany
	Wrinkles	Arrugas	Ignacio Ferreras	Spain
	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!		Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt	United Kingdom,  United States
2013 (26th) [5]
	The Congress		Ari Folman	Israel,  Germany,  Poland,  Luxembourg,  France,  Belgium[6]
	Jasmine		Alain Ughetto	France
	Pinocchio		Enzo d' AIò	Italy,  Luxembourg,  France,  Belgium
2014 (27th) [7][8]
	The Art of Happiness	L'arte della felicità	Alessandro Rak	Italy[9]
	Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart	Jack et la mécanique du cœur	Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu	France,  Belgium
	Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants	Minuscule – La vallée des fourmis perdues	Hélène Giraud, Thomas Szabo
2015 (28th) [10][11]
	Song of the Sea		Tomm Moore	Ireland,  France,  Luxembourg,  Denmark,  Belgium[12]
	Shaun the Sheep Movie		Richard Starzak & Mark Burton	United Kingdom
	Adama		Simon Rouby	France
2016 (29th) [13]
	My Life as a Courgette	Ma vie de courgette	Claude Barras	Switzerland,  France[14]
	Birdboy: The Forgotten Children	Psiconautas, los niños olvidados	Alberto Vázquez & Pedro Rivero	Spain
	The Red Turtle	La tortue rouge	Michaël Dudok de Wit	France,  Germany
2017 (30th) [15][16]
	Loving Vincent	Twój Vincent	Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman	Poland,  United Kingdom[17][18]
	Ethel & Ernest		Roger Mainwood	United Kingdom,  Luxembourg
	Louise by the Shore	Louise en hiver	Jean-François Laguionie	France,  Canada
	Zombillenium	Zombillénium	Arthur de Pins & Alexis Ducord	France,  Belgium
2018 (31st) [19][20]
	Another Day of Life	Jeszcze dzień życia	Raul de la Fuente & Damian Nenow	Poland,  Spain,  Belgium,  Germany,  Hungary[21][22]
	Early Man		Nick Park	United Kingdom
	The Breadwinner		Nora Twomey	Ireland,  Canada,  Luxemburg
	White Fang	Croc-Blanc	Alexandre Espigares	France,  Luxemburg
2019 (32nd) [23]
	Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles	Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas	Salvador Simó	Spain[24]
	I Lost My Body	J'ai perdu mon corps	Jérémy Clapin	France
	The Swallows of Kabul	Les hirondelles de Kaboul	Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec
	Marona's Fantastic Tale	L'extraordinaire voyage de Marona	Anca Damian	France,  Romania,  Belgium

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2020 (33rd) [25][26]
	Josep		Aurel	France,  Belgium,  Spain
	Calamity		Henri Magalon & Claire Lacombe	France,  Denmark
	Klaus		Sergio Pablos	Spain,  US
	The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks	Нос, или Заговор нетаких	Andrey Khrzhanovsky	Russia
2021 (34th) [27]
	Flee	Flugt	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Denmark,  France,  Sweden,  Norway,  United Kingdom,  United States
	Even Mice Belong in Heaven	Myši patří do nebe	Denisa Grimmová & Jan Bubenícek	Czech Republic,  France, Poland, Slovakia
	The Ape Star	Apstjärnan	Linda Hambäck	Sweden, Norway, Denmark
	Where is Anne Frank		Ari Folman	Belgium, Israel, Netherlands, France
	Wolfwalkers		Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart	Ireland, Luxembourg
2022 (35th)
	No Dogs or Italians Allowed	Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens	Alain Ughetto	France /  Italy /  Belgium /   Switzerland /  Portugal
	Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be	Le Petit Nicolas : Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?	Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre	France /  Luxembourg
	My Love Affair with Marriage		Signe Baumane	Latvia /  United States /  Luxembourg
	My Neighbors' Neighbors	Les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins	Anne-Laure Daffis & Léo Marchand	France
	Oink	Knor	Mascha Halberstad	Netherlands /  Belgium
2023 (36th)
	Robot Dreams		Pablo Berger	France /  Spain
	The Amazing Maurice		Toby Genkel	Germany /  United Kingdom
	Chicken for Linda!	Linda veut du poulet!	Sébastien Laudenbach Chiara Malta	France /  Italy
	A Greyhound of a Girl		Enzo d’Alò	Estonia /  Germany /  Ireland /  Italy /  Latvia /  Luxembourg /  United Kingdom
	White Plastic Sky	Müanyag égbolt	Tibor Bánóczki Sarolta Szabó	Hungary /  Slovakia
2024 (37th) [28]
	Flow	Straume	Gints Zilbalodis	Latvia /  France /  Belgium
	Living Large	Život k sežrání	Kristina Dufková	Czech Republic /  France /  Slovakia
	Savages	Sauvages	Claude Barras	Switzerland /  France /  Belgium
	Sultana's Dream	El sueño de la sultana	Isabel Herguera	Spain /  Germany /  India
	They Shot the Piano Player	Dispararon al pianista	Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal	Spain /  France /  Netherlands /  Portugal /  Peru

Directors with multiple nominations

• Tomm Moore - 3 (one win)
• Ari Folman - 2 (one win)
• Claude Barras - 2 (one win)
• Nora Twomey - 2

Most wins for Best Animated Feature by country

Country	Awards (as main country)	Nominations (as main country)	Awards (with co-productions)	Nominations (with co-productions)
France	2	12	5	16
Poland	2	2	4	4
Spain	1	4	1	4
Latvia	1	3	1	3
Italy	1	2	2	3
Ireland	1	1	1	1
Israel	1	1	1	1
Czech Republic	1	1	1	1
United Kingdom	0	4	4	10
Belgium	0	2	2	9
Luxemburg	0	0	2	4
Germany	0	0	2	3
Denmark	0	0	1	1
Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	0	1	1
United States	0	0	1	3
Canada	0	0	0	1

See also

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
• César Award for Best Animated Film
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
• Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

References

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External links

• Nominees and winners at the European Film Academy website