The 2025 Kidscreen Awards have announced the shortlisted entries that are moving on to a final round of judging in this year’s global awards program celebrating excellence in children’s entertainment. In addition to the nine animated series vying in dedicated categories, animation runs throughout the list of finalists for juries to consider.
Shortlisted entries in the digital categories will be judged in a final round by Colleen Russo Johnson (Nickelodeon), Marina Mello (BBC Studios), Steve Couture (Epic Storyworlds), Marc De Vellis (Spin Master), David Kleeman (Dubit), Carla Englebrecht (Betweened), Ricardo Briceno (Gamefam), Alexandria Kuo (Roblox) and Paul Pattison (Relish).
All winners will be announced at an awards ceremony taking place on Tuesday, February 11 during Kidscreen Summit 2025 in San Diego.
(Categories with animated nominees below, visit awards.kidscreen.com for more information.)
PRESCHOOL
Best New Series
Count on Junebug – THIRTEEN, Double Scoop Studio
Dylan’s Playtime Adventures – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
Silly Sundays – Cartoon Saloon
Best Animated Series
Hey Duggee – BBC Studios Kids & Family, Studio AKA
Sesame Street: Mecha Builders – Sesame Workshop
Superbuns – NBCUniversal Peacock, Yowza! Animation, Tricycle Films
Best Mixed-Media Series
Beep and Mort (season 2) – Windmill Pictures, ABC Australia
Pop Paper City – LoveLove Films, Milkshake!
Sesame Street – Sesame Workshop
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Bluey: The Sign – BBC Studios Kids & Family, Ludo Studio, ABC Australia
Puffin Rock and the New Friends – Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears, Shout! Studios
Tabby McTat – Magic Light Pictures
Best Holiday or Special Episode
“Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats” (Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures) – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Disney Branded Television
“The Legend of Jack O’Lantern/The Mecha T-Rex” (Sesame Street: Mecha Builders) – Sesame Workshop
“Sesame Street’s Lunar New Year Celebration” (Sesame Street) – Sesame Workshop
Best Inclusivity
Let’s Go, Bananas! – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
Mixmups – Mixmups Entertainment
Sesame Street – Sesame Workshop
KIDS
Best New Series
Fright Krewe – DreamWorks Animation, Hulu, Peacock
Max & the Midknights – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish – Nickelodeon Animation
Best Animated Series
Curses! – DreamWorks Animation, in association with Apple TV+
LEGO Pixar Bricktoons – LEGO Entertainment, Atomic Cartoons
Tom and Jerry – Warner Bros. Discovery, Robot Playground Media, AUM Animation Studios
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie – Nickelodeon, Paramount Animation, David Kirschner
Productions
Orion and the Dark – DreamWorks Animation, Netflix
Best Holiday or Special Episode
“‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas” (The Loud House) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
“Miracle on Dead Creek Road” (The Santa Clauses) – 20th Television, Disney Branded Television
“Blue and Green: The Living Earth” (Wild Kratts) – 9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers, Brown Bag Films
Best Inclusivity
Choir – Disney Branded Television, Imagine Documentaries, Blumhouse Entertainment
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
Windcatcher – Unless Pictures, Every Cloud Productions, Stan, Australian Children’s Television Foundation, Screen Australia, VicScreen
TWEENS/TEENS
Best Animated Series
Bob’s Burgers – 20th Television Animation
Iwájú – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Kugali
The Great North – 20th Television Animation
