KIDSCREEN AWARDS 2020 – WINNERS

The winners for the 2020 Kidscreen Awards were announced on Feb 11 at the Kidscreen Summit in Miami, Florida.

In the high-profile presentation event at Kidscreen Summit 2020, hosted by renowned actor/comedian Emma Hunter and exclusively sponsored by the Canada Media Fund, the year’s best work in children’s television and digital media was singled out and celebrated by the global kids entertainment industry. Determined by two panels of highly respected industry judges, awards in the Programming and Creative Talent categories were given to the following entries:

PROGRAMMING—PRESCHOOL CATEGORY

Best New Series

Where’s Waldo

DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Series

Hey Duggee

Studio AKA, BBC Studios

Best Live-Action Series

Sesame Street

Sesame Workshop

Best Mixed-Media Series

NIVIS—Amigos de Otro Mundo

The Walt Disney Company Latin America

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special

Sesame Workshop

Best Short Film

Nick Jr. Sunscreen Song

Nickelodeon

Best in Class

Sesame Street

Sesame Workshop

PROGRAMMING—KIDS CATEGORY

Best New Series

Kung-Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated SeriesHilda

Silvergate Media, Netflix, Mercury Filmworks, Hilda Productions

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

Angela’s Christmas

Netflix, Brown Bag Films

Best Live-Action Series

Just Add Magic

Amazon Studios

Best Mixed-Media Series

Paper Port

Pipeline Studios, Zumbastico

Best Short Film

Lost & Found

Wabi Sabi Studios

Best in Class

Angela’s Christmas

Netflix, Brown Bag Films

PROGRAMMING—TWEENS/TEENS CATEGORY

Best New Series

Unik (Unique)

NRK

Best Animated Series

Bob’s Burgers

Bento Box Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Best Live-Action Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Netflix

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

#ROXY

Mosiac Entertainment, Spesch

Best in Class

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Netflix

CREATIVE TALENT CATEGORY

Best Animation

Lost & Found

Wabi Sabi Studios

Best Directing

Dino DanaSinking Ship Entertainment

AND

Sesame Street

Sesame Workshop

Best Writing

Bob’s Burgers

Bento Box Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Best Acting

Dino DanaSinking Ship Entertainment

Best Voice Talent

Hey Duggee

Studio AKA, BBC Studios

Best Design

Hey Duggee

Studio AKA, BBC Studios

Best Music

Hey Duggee

Studio AKA, BBC Studios

There is also a set of Kidscreen Awards categories designed to spotlight the best efforts made by broadcasters to build stronger connections with kids and family audiences around the world. These winners were decided by an online vote amongst Kidscreen readers that took place in December. The winners in the broadcast categories are as follows:

BROADCASTING CATEGORY

Channel of the Year

PBS KIDS

Best Programming Block

TVOKids

Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team

Suki, Meisha, Jesse, Duhin, Spencer and RikiMisu—The Zone, Zone Weekend and Big Fun Movies (YTV)

Best Kids-Only Streaming Service

Hopster

And rounding out the Kidscreen Awards program is a set of digital categories for preschool (zero to five) and kids (six and up). Here are the winners of these prizes:

DIGITAL—PRESCHOOL CATEGORY

Best Learning App—Branded

Cleo & Cuquin: Explore + Learn

HITN

Best Learning App—OriginalFunexpected Math!

Funexpected

Best Game App—Branded

Dino Dana: Dino Quest

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Best Game—Other

Cutie Pugs Games

Little Engine Moving Pictures

Best YouTube Channel

Moonbug Kids

Moonbug

Best Web/App Series—Branded

Canticos

Encantos Media Studios, Nickelodeon

Best Web/App Series—Original

Lili & Lola

Big Bad Boo Studios

Best Website

Pinna.fm

Pinna

DIGITAL—KIDS CATEGORY

Best Learning App—Branded

Marvel Hero Tales

Kuato Studios, Marvel

Best Learning App—Original

Wonderscope

Within Unlimited, Flight School, Nexus, Preloaded, 3dar, Chromosphere

Best Game App—Branded

Do Not Touch

Nickelodeon

Best Game App—Original

Crow: The Legend

Baobab Studios

Best YouTube Channel

DreamWorksTV

NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises

Best Web/App Series—Branded

Dance Squad

Driver Studios

Best Web/App Series—Original

Detention Adventure

LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films

Best Website

WarriorCats.com

Coolabi

Best Game—Other

Crow: The Legend

Baobab Studios

For more details about the Kidscreen Awards, visit http://awards.kidscreen.com.