This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow

film awards This is a list of groups, organizations, and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema, usually by awarding various prizes. The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names (such as the "Oscar" for Hollywood's Academy Awards), which a ...

, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.

Best Actor/Best Actress

*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#Film awards, and List of awards for supporting actor#Film.

Best Adapted Screenplay

A "Best Adapted Screenplay" award is generally issued for the best achievement in transferring a written work from another genre, such as a

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, in whole or in part, to a feature film. *

AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "based on material previously released or published". Prior to the establishment of th ...

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, music ...

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the original category ( BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BA ...

* Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay *

César Award for Best Adaptation The César Award for Best Adaptation (french: César de la meilleure adaptation) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. It was initially awarded from 1983 to 1985, and then awarded again in 2006, when the original ...

Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay () is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links * * {{Golden Horse Film Awards Golden Horse Film Awards ...

Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión adaptado'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was pre ...

Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual award given by the International Press Academy The International Press Academy (IPA) is an American association of professional entertainment journalists, representing both domestic an ...

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, focused specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenpl ...

Best Original Screenplay

AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay The AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "written directly and originally for the screen". Prior to the establishment of the ...

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with th ...

BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Original Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1984, when the original category ( BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the ...

* Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay *

Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay The Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay () is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s External links Official website Official website {{Golden Horse Film Awards Golden Horse Film ...

Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay The Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión original'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was p ...

Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay The Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual award given by the International Press Academy. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links Official website {{Satellite Awards Chron Screenpl ...

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America. Woody Allen holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with five wins out of twenty ...

Best Animated Feature Film

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films. An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by- ...

Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation The Africa Movie Academy Award The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the A ...

Annie Award for Best Animated Feature The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature is an Annie Award introduced in 1992, awarded annually to the best animated feature film. History In 1998, the award was renamed Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature, only to revert t ...

Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent is an Annie Award introduced in 2015, awarded annually. Recognition The category was created to recognize full-length films that do not get a wide release in the United States, such as the ...

Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film is given each year for animated films made in the Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depen ...

BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film This is a list of the winners and nominees of the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Academy Award for Best Animated Feature * Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film * Annie Award ...

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film is one of the annual awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics since 2008. Winners 2000s *2008: Wall-E *2009: Up 2010s *2010: Toy Story 3 *2011: Rango *2012: Frankenweeni ...

César Award for Best Animated Film The César Award for Best Animated Film is awarded annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 2011. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s Multiple wins/nominations Wins *Benjamin Renner-2 Nominations *Benjamin Renner-3 *M ...

Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual film awards by the Chicago Film Critics Association since 2007. Winners 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Academy Award for Best Animated Feature *Golden ...

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature is an award given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The award was presented annually from 1998 to 2019. ''Toy Story'' is the only f ...

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) to honor an outstanding animated film. ''Toy Story'' is the only franchise with multi ...

European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film has been awarded annually since 2009 by the European Film Academy. Winners and nominees 2009 2010s 2020s Notes * ± Oscar nominee * ≠ Annie Award winner * ° Annie Award nominee Directors ...

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in animated filmmaking. Winners 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References {{FFCC Awards Chro ...

Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a Golden Globe Award that was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for ani ...

Goya Award for Best Animated Film The Goya Award for Best Animated Film (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor película animada'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first presented at the fourth edition of the Goya Awards with the fi ...

Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founde ...

Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film The is an award given to the best animated feature film at the Mainichi Film Awards. The award was established to reward