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BAFTA Award for Best Children's & Family Film facts for kids

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BAFTA Award for Best Children's & Family Film
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Country United Kingdom
First awarded 2025
Currently held by Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

This article is all about the BAFTA Award for Best Children's & Family Film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a super cool organization from the United Kingdom. They host big annual awards shows to celebrate amazing achievements in film, television, children's movies and TV, and even video games!

Celebrating Family Films: The BAFTA Award

The BAFTA Award for Best Children's & Family Film is a special prize. It was first introduced in 2025. BAFTA decided to create this category to highlight movies that everyone can enjoy together. These are films that appeal to children, teenagers, and adults alike!

How Movies Qualify for This Award

For a movie to be considered for this awesome award, it needs to have a specific age rating. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) gives movies ratings like U, PG, or 12A. These ratings help you know if a movie is suitable for different ages.

  • U means Universal: Suitable for all ages.
  • PG means Parental Guidance: Some parts might not be suitable for very young children without an adult watching.
  • 12A means 12 Accompanied: Children under 12 can watch if they are with an adult.

Meet the Winners and Nominees!

In the lists below, you'll see the names of the films and people who won. They are shown in bold text with a gold background. The other names are the nominees, which means they were also considered for the award.

It's important to remember that the year listed is when the movie was released. The actual awards ceremony always takes place the following year.

The First Award: 2024

The very first BAFTA Award for Best Children's & Family Film was given out for movies released in 2024.

Year Film Director(s) Producer(s) Country
2024
(78th)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham Richard Beek United Kingdom
Flow Gints Zilbalodis Matīss Kaža Latvia
Kensuke’s Kingdom Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding, Stephen Roellants United Kingdom Luxembourg France
The Wild Robot Chris Sanders Jeff Hermann United States