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2016 NOMINATIONS
Best Leading Young Actor – Feature Film
Michael Grant Summer Of 8 Organically Grown Prods. Nicholas Hamilton Captain Fantastic Bleeker Street Media Sean Michael Kyer Odd Squad: The Movie Sinking Ship Productions
Best Leading Young Actor 12 and Under – Feature Film
Oakes Fegley Pete’s Dragon Walt Disney Pictures Sunny Pawar Lion Weinstein Co. Neel Sethi The Jungle Book Walt Disney Pictures
Best Leading Young Actress- Feature Film
Ruby Barnhill The BFG Amblin Entertainment Olivia Presti Odd Squad: The Movie Sinking Ship Prods. Sofia Rosinsky The Other Side of the 20th Century Fox Door
Best Supporting Young Actor-Feature Film
Brendan Heard Odd Squad: The Movie Sinking Ship Prods. Seth Lee The Accountant Warner Bros. Jaden Piner Moonlight A24
Best Supporting Young Actress- Feature Film
Ava Cantrell Lights Out New Line/WB Saniyya Sidney Fences Paramount Pictures Shree Crooks Captain Fantastic Bleeker Street Media
Best Leading Young Actor in an Independent or Film Festival Feature Film
Julian Feder Po Commonwealth Prods Hunter Fischer Traded Status Media Armani Jackson Little Boxes Netflix Jackson Martin Sleeping Giant DFilms Nicholas Neve Boonville Redemption Engine 15 Media Group David Schallipp No Letting Go Vision Films Noah Silverman No Letting Go Vision Films
Best Leading Young Actress in an Independent or Film Festival Feature Film
Peyton Kennedy American Fable Silo Prods. Savannah Kennick Holidays Tribeca Film Karlee Roberts Little Miss Perfect RBH Kelea Skelton Monday Nights at Seven EMES Films
Best Supporting Young Actor in an Independent or Film Festival Feature Film
Jack Fulton Closet Monster Rhombus Media Gabriel Rush No Letting Go Vision Films Hunter Payton Who’s Driving Doug? Film Buff Jan Uczkowski No Letting Go Vison Films
Best Supporting Young Actress in an Independent or Film Festival Feature Film
Chalet Lizette Brannan The Sparrows: Nesting JH Prods. Caitlin Carmichael Po Commonwealth Prods. Caige Coulter New Life Argentum Entertainment Eliza Faria American Conjuring Moviehouse Pictures Jolie Ledford Nessie & Me Smashed Prods
Best Young Ensemble Cast – Feature Film
The Kids From 62-F – Giovanna Cappetta, Darius Marcell, Eden McCoy, Will Spencer – Infinite Stories Productions
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life – Thomas Barbusca, Griffin Gluck, Isabela Moner, Alexa Nisenson – CBS Films
Operation: Neighborhood Watch! – Tyree Brown, Caitlin Carmichael, Luke Colombero, Jacob Guenther - Warner Bros
Best Young Actor 16-21 - Short Film
Nicholas Azarian The Golden Plates Front Porch Films Donovan Brown Grandpa Was Here Lovely Blues Prods. Christian Hutcherson I Hope You Die Independent Connor Long Learning To Drive Cinema Vista Adam Murciano Transitions Puppy Dog Prods. Robin de Zwart Sunset Trail GIFTS Films
Best Young Actor 15 - Short Film
Peter Bundic Lucky ForAFewFilmsMore Joshua Costea Consensus Joreel Prods. William Leon The Moseley Road Gang Independent Patrick Lubczyk Consensus Joreel Prods. Christian Weissmann Attached at the Soul Through the Window Prods.
Best Young Actor 12 to 14 - Short Film
David Bloom Wannabe Independent Karim Fahmy Book Box UNEIDE Art Prods. Joseph Haag Cool Kids UCLA Prods. Julien Hicks Motherboard VFS Ticoon Kim Mom’s Extra Help Ryerson Films Toby Nichols Arrow of Light Best Revenge Pictures Jordan Poole Ingrid and the Black Hole World Beneath Prods Alex Thorne Batter Judgement Sheridan College Daniel Thornton Cool Kids UCLA Prods.
Best Young Actor 11 and Under - Short Film
Nicolas Aqui Nothing Grows Here Ryerson Films Christian Michael Cooper SideKick Big Wheel Prods David Raynolds Always Here Independent Lucas Royalty Charming Pocket Man Entertainment Aiden Cumming-Teicher Always Here Independent Quinn Van De Keere The Talent In My Family Capilano Films
Best Young Actress 18 to 21 – Short Film
Taylor-Grace A Father’s Love Code 7 Prods. Kaleigh Kailani Salesman Independent Summer Kailani Kings of Hearts Inc. Queendreams Prods. Chanel Marriott Loveology Maiden Films LLC Brandi Alyssa Young Evil Rising Wall is the Way Prods.
Best Young Actress 16 -17 – Short Film
Tara-Nicole Azarian The Golden Plates Front Porch Films Janette Bundic Sleuth Young Movie Makers Adrienne Hicks Several Futures Independent Laci Kay A Father’s Love Code 7 Prods.
Best Young Actress 14 - 15 – Short Film
Salma Fahmy Consensus Joreel Prods. Tori Griffith Lost Girls Rough Diamonds Prods. Rachelle Henry Grifters RPM Martan Prods. Hailey Kittle Emma Independent Madison Mae Remnants Independent Jordyn Ashley Olson Consensus Joreel Prods. Aliyah Royale Attached at the Soul Through the Window Prods.
Best Young Actress 10-12 - Short Film
Isabella Bazler Milvio Hollywood Casting Chalet Lizette Brannan My Panda BCM Films Mila Brener Birthday Out of Bed Prods Stephanie Cood Millennium: Eternal Sunrise Californista Films Brittany Fisheli Beyond Approval Independent Molly Jackson The Shadow Guide: Prologue Seraph Films Jena Skodje Love, Colin Red Castle Films
Best Young Actress 9 and under – Short Film
Allison Augustin Muna Toronto Black Film Festival Carissa Bazler Memories Full Care Prods. Autumn Bell Daisy Columbia College, Chicago Carla Costea The Fortune Teller Young Movie Makers Maia Costea Artemis Hastings/Sunrise Prods. Allison James Magnolia’s Dollhouse Vancouver Film School Brooklyn Robinson Like Me Le Femme Du Cine
Best Leading Young Actress – TV Movie, MiniSeries or Special
Rebecca Bloom Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Amazon Olivia Steele - Falconer On the Farm CBC Jaeda Lily Miller A Heavenly Christmas Hallmark Alexis Rosinsky My Best Friend Grindstone Entertainment
Best Young Actor - TV Movie, Mini Series or Special
Anthony Colonello 11.22.63 Hulu Warner Bros. Christian Convery My Christmas Dream Hallmark Samuel Faraci An American Girl Story Amazon Studios Sean Michael Kyer Looks Like Christmas Hallmark Kiefer O’Reilly All Yours Hallmark Jacob Soley Operation Christmas List YTV Jonah Wineberg The Night Before Halloween SyFy
Best Supporting Young Actress –TV Movie, Mini Series, or Special
Soma Bhatia Holiday Joy Family Channel Madison Brydges Love You Like Christmas Hallmark Savannah Lathem Joy Canal Plus Pilot All Hallow’s Eve Mar Vista Entertainment Bluebelle Saraceno Honeymoon From Hell Lifetime Bailey Skodje A Christmas to Remember Hallmark Imogen Tear My Sweet Audrina Lifetime
Best Leading Young Actor- Television Series
Ehren Kassam Degrassi: Next Class Netflix Andre Dae Kim Degrassi: Next Class Netflix Sloan Morgan Siegel Gortimer Gibbons Life On Normal Amazon Studios Street Jake Sim Raising Expectations Family Channel Charles Vandervaart Stanley Dynamic YTV Richard Walters Degrassi: Next Class Netflix
Best Leading Young Actor 14 and Under - Television Series
Jadiel Dowlin Annedroids Amazon Sean Ryan Fox Henry Danger Nickelodeon Luca Villacis Channel Zero SyFy Miles Brown Black-ish ABC Ian Chen Fresh Off The Boat ABC Ethan Hutchison Queen Sugar OWN
Best Leading Young Actress – Television Series
Paris Berelc Lab Rats: Elite Force Disney XD Soma Bhatia Degrassi: Next Class Netflix Lauren Taylor Best Friends Whenever Disney Channel Julia Tomasone Backstage Disney Channel
Best Leading Young Actress 12 and Under – Television Series
Aalyrah Caldwell Uncle Buck ABC Madison Ferguson The Stanley Dynamic YTV Marsai Martin Black-ish ABC Olivia Presti Odd Squad PBS
Best Supporting Young Actor – Television Series
Nathan Arenas Bunk’d Disney Channel Jeremy Maguire Modern Family ABC Rio Mangini Bella and the Bulldogs Nickelodeon
Best Supporting Young Actress- Television Series
Josette Halpert The Other Kingdom Nickelodeon Ashley Liao Fullerhouse Netflix Isabella Revel The Kicks Amazon
Best Recurring Young Actor – Television Series
Matt Cornett Bella and the Bulldogs Nickelodeon Brendan Heard Odd Squad PBS Toby Nichols Underground WGN Sony Pictures TV Jordan Poole Mr. D CBC Charles Vandervaart Murdoch Mysteries CBC Amarr M. Wooten Liv and Maddie Disney Channel
Best Recurring Young Actor 10 and Under –Television Series
Jared Breeze The Young and the Restless CBS Carter Ryan Evancic When Calls The Heart Hallmark Kiefer O’Reilly Legends Of Tomorrow CW
Best Recurring Young Actress – Television Series
Casey Burke The Middle ABC Olivia Steele- Falconer Once Upon A Time CTV/ABC Stephanie Katherine Grant The Goldebergs ABC Kassidy Mattera Mr. D CBC
Best Recurring Young Actress 10 to 14 – Television Series
Siena Agudong Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Nickelodeon Macy Drouin Reign CW/CBS Lulu Lambros Stuck in the Middle Disney Channel Imogen Tear When Calls the Heart Hallmark
Best Recurring Young Actress 9 and Under- Television Series
Ava Grace Cooper When Calls the Heart Hallmark Ava Kolker Girl Meets World Disney Channel Lexy Kolker Shooter USA Network Natalie Prinzen Klages American Gothic CBS Nora Prinzen Klages American Gothic CBS
Best Guest Starring Young Actor – Television Series
Zachary Conneen Bella and the Bulldogs Nickelodeon Matt Cornett The Middle ABC Aiden Glenn Heroes Reborn NBC Sean Michael Kyer Timeless Alamo NBC Rio Mangini Teen Wolf MTV Carsen Warner Kirby Buckets Disney XD Amarr M. Wooten Bunk’d Disney Channel
Best Guest Starring Young Actor 11 and Under – TV Series
Rain Clews-Fehr Murdoch Mysteries CBC Christian Convery Supernatural CW Jack Fulton KillJoys Universal Cable Prods. Sean Quan iZombie CW Matt Raymond Kim’s Convenience CBC Carter Thorne Odd Squad PBS
Best Guest Starring Young Actress - Television Series
Linnaea Halpert Slasher Superchannel Johnnie Ladd Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Disney XD Much Everything Savannah Lathem Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Disney XD Much Everything Leah Lewis Best Friends Whenever Disney Paris Smith Speechless ABC Jolie Vanier From Dusk Till Dawn El Rey Prods.
Best Guest Starring Young Actress 13 to 15 – TV Series
Molly Jackson Gameshakers Nickelodeon Veronica McFarlane Bizaardvark Disney Channel Chloe Noelle New Girl Fox Sophie Sabatini Bella and the Bulldogs Nickelodeon Katherine Taplin Paranormal Witness SyFy Hailey Brooke Walker Chicago Med NBC Ciara Wilson Bizaardvark Disney Channel
Best Guest Starring Young Actress 12 and Under – TV Series
Siena Agudong Teachers TVLand Indigo Carey Henry Danger Nickelodeon Emily Delahunty Supernatural CW Eliza Faria Untold Stories of The ER TLC Sydney Mikayla Gameshakers Nickelodeon Asia Monet Ray Grey’s Anatomy ABC
Best Young Ensemble Cast – TV Series
Stranger Things – Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Finn Woolhard, Natalia Dyer - Netflix
Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything – Felix Avitia, Cameron Boyce, Murray Wyatt Rundus, Sophie Reynolds - ABC
Best Young Actor Voice Over Role
Jaden Betts The Stinky & Dirty Show Amazon Prime Rio Mangini Lasso & Comet Cartoon Network Zac McDowell Tumble Leaf Amazon Alex Thorne PJ Masks Disney Jr.
Best Young Actor 12 Voice Over Role
Max Calinescu Paw Patrol Nickelodeon Jax Malcolm The Other Side of the Door 20th Century Fox Grant Palmer The Loud House Nickelodeon Nicholas Polley A Stranger Thing Christmas Leigh Lahave & Oren Mendez Anton Starkman Storks WB Jonah Wineberg Luna Petunia Netflix
Best Young Actor Voice Over Role 11 and Under
Devan Cohen Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood PBS Chris Downs Tumble Leaf Amazon Nicholas Fry Max and Ruby Nickelodeon David Raynolds NinJago: Masters of Spinjitzu CW
Best Young Actress – Voice Over Role Ava Cantrell Lights Out New Line/WB Kate Scott Suspense Blue House Prods. Sarah Sheppard Doki Adventures Discovery Kids Hannah Swain Whisker Haven Tales with the Disney Jr. Palace Pets
Best Young Actress Voice Over Role 12 and under
Mila Brener Whisker Haven Tales with the Disney Channel Palace Pets Jaeda Lily Miller Ready, Jet, Go! PBS Bella Stine Peanuts Cartoon Network Brooke Wolloff Tumble Leaf! Amazon
Best Ensemble Cast- Voice Over
Paw Patrol – Kallan Holley, Devan Cohen, Alex Thorne, Max Calinescu – Nickelodeon
Tumble Leaf – Chris Downs, Zac McDowell,, Brooke Wolloff – Amazon
Best Performance - DVD Film
Lexi DiBenedetto Martyrs Anchor Bay Sean Ryan Fox Christmas All Over Again Lionsgate Madeline Lupi The Girl in the Cornfield Shady Dawn Prods. John Paul Ruttan Against The Wild 2 Anchor Bay
Best Young Actor – Web Performance
Peter Bundic Training Video For B.C. Doctors Point Blank Creative Zac Cara Cooking Up Life YouTube Walker Satterwhite OMG Rap Battles Dreamworks TV Jacob Soley Kids On Canoodle Content
Best Young Actress – Web Performance
Jennifer Jolliff Sisters Independent Paris Smith Short Girls Club Independent Cassandra Tusa Jenny & Jeff Empty Prods. Delaney Vallese Help Ethan.com Virtual Chameleon Chiara Wilson It’s a Snackdown Disney Jr.
Best Young Actress 14 and Under – Web Performance
Sarah Bazler 13 Stories TV Originals Aphotic Gabriela Francis Kids On Canoodle Content Rachelle Henry Dani’s Bucket List Clear Stream Entertainment Veronica McFarlane Science Mysteries Revealed Dreamworks TV Lauren Thompson BMO: Chief Allowance Officer Independent
Best Young Actor – Web Host Performer
Brice Fisher Between Two Phat Kids Windbreaker Prods. Gerry Orz World Of G Flying Eagle Prods. Max Geschwind Ayesha & Max’s Movie Minute West Hollywood Public Access Wyatt McClure Between Two Phat Kids Windbreaker Prods.
Best Young Actress – Web Host Performer
Jessica Mikayla Adams Reel Kids Reel Kids Tara-Nicole Azarian Nerdtabulous Front Porch Prods. Ciara D’Ambrosio A Day in the Life Blue Eyed Club Prods. Bianca D’Ambrosio A Day in the Life Blue Eyed Club Prods. Ria Jade EveRIAthing Shaw TV Ayesha Rahman Ayesha + Max’s Movie Minutes Public Access
Best Young Actor – Live Theatre
Julien Hicks Amsterdam Douglas College Matthew Nardozzi Irving Berlin’s America Rosen Theatre Robin de Zwart You Can’t Take it With Tir-na-nog Theatre You
Best Young Actress – Live Theatre
Jessica Mikayla Adams Hot Chocolate Nutcracker Debbie Allan Prods. Alli Michael Cunningham Hairspray Once Upon a Time Theatre Eva de Zwart A Little Princess Island Discovery Theatre Snaia Lane Alice in Wonderland Jr. Young Stars Theatre Katie Silverman Grey Gardens Ahamanson Theatre Abigail Wolff Cabaret Deerfield Academy, MA