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Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Awards

Kubo and the Two Strings

33 wins & 67 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner
  • Brian McLean
    2017 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Visual Effects
    • Steve Emerson
    • Oliver Jones
    • Brian McLean
    • Brad Schiff

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • 2017 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Animated Feature Film
    • Christopher Murrie-Green

Annie Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee Annie
    • Best Animated Feature
  • 2017 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Animated Effects in an Animated Production
    • David Horsley
    • Eric Wachtman
    • Timur Khodzhaev
    • Daniel Leatherdale
    • Terrance Tornberg
  • 2017 Winner Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation in a Feature Production
    • Jan-Erik Maas
  • 2017 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
    • Shannon Tindle
  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production
    • Travis Knight

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Animated Film

BAFTA Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • Travis Knight

Critics Choice Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Animated Feature
  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2016 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Filmmaker
    • Travis Knight

Cinema Audio Society, USA

  • 2017 Nominee C.A.S. Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Animated
    • Carlos Sotolongo (original dialogue mixer)
    • Tim Chau (re-recording mixer)
    • Tim LeBlanc (re-recording mixer)
    • Nick Wollage (scoring mixer)
    • Darrin Mann (foley mixer)

Costume Designers Guild Awards

  • 2017 Nominee CDG Award
    • Excellence in Fantasy Film
    • Deborah Cook

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film
    2nd place

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Animated Film

Golden Globes, USA

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Animated

Satellite Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Animated Film
  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Family Film

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

  • Dominick Certo
    2017 Nominee Golden Reel Award
    • Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film
    • Tim Chau (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
    • Travis Crotts (foley editor)
    • Catherine Harper (foley artist)
    • Gregg Barbanell (foley artist)
    • Clayton Weber (sound effects editor)
    • Thomas O'Neil Younkman (sound effects editor)
    • Dominick Certo (music editor)

National Board of Review, USA

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Animated Feature

PGA Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Animated Film

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

  • Chris Butler at an event for ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee Bradbury Award
    • Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
    • Mark Haimes (writer)
    • Chris Butler (writer)
    • Travis Knight (director)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Empire Awards, UK

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Animated Film

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee SFFCC Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Winner VES Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner
    • Steve Emerson
    • Brad Schiff
  • 2017 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
    • Jeff Riley
    • Ian Whitlock
    • Adam Lawthers
    • Jeremy Spake
    Kubo
  • 2017 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
    • Andy Bailey
    • Dobrin Yanev
    • Kim Slate
    • Jessica Lynn
    Monkey
  • 2017 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
    • David Horsley
    • Peter Stuart
    • Timur Khodzhaev
    • Terrance Tornberg
    Water
  • 2017 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
    • Phil Brotherton
    • Nick Mariana
    • Emily Greene
    • Joe Strasser
    Hanzo's Fortress

Golden Trailer Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best Animation/Family TV Spot
  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best Animation/Family Poster

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Animated Film

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Animated Feature

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Animated Film

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee NTFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film
    2nd place

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • Travis Knight

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner IFJA Award
    • Best Animated Feature
  • Charlize Theron
    2016 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance
    • Charlize Theron

Iowa Film Critics Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Winner IFC Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Animated Film

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

Boston Online Film Critics Association

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner BOFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

British Academy Children's Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee BAFTA British Academy Children's Award
    • Feature Film
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Dario Marianelli at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
    2017 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for an Animated Film
    • Dario Marianelli

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner UFCA Award
    • Best Animated Feature Film

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee OFCC Award
    • Best Film
    9th place
  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee OFCC Award
    • Best Animated Film

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Animated Film

Online Film & Television Association

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Animated Picture
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner
  • Art Parkinson
    2017 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Voice-Over Performance
    • Art Parkinson
    As the voice of "Kubo".
  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Feature Debut
    • Travis Knight (director)
  • Dario Marianelli at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
    2017 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Original Score
    • Dario Marianelli
  • George Harrison and The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night (1964)
    2017 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Adapted Song
    • George Harrison
    For the song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner VVFP Award
    • Best Animated Feature

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2016 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • Travis Knight
  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
    • Honorable Mentions

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Animated Movie of the Year

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

  • Art Parkinson
    2017 Nominee BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award
    • Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film
    • Art Parkinson
    As the voice of "Kubo".
  • Charlize Theron
    2017 Nominee BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award
    • Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film
    • Charlize Theron
    As the voice of "Monkey".
  • Ralph Fiennes at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
    2017 Winner BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award
    • Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role
    • Ralph Fiennes
    As the voice of "Moon King".
  • Brenda Vaccaro
    2017 Winner BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award
    • Best Female Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role
    • Brenda Vaccaro
    As the voice of "Kameyo".
  • Rooney Mara
    2017 Nominee BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award
    • Best Female Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role
    • Rooney Mara
    As the voice of "The Sisters".

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Family Film

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Animated Feature
    • Travis Knight
  • Brian McLean
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Steve Emerson
    • Oliver Jones
    • Brian McLean
    • Brad Schiff

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Winner PCC Award
    • Best Animated Film

Gold Derby Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2020 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Animated Feature of the Decade
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner
  • Brian McLean
    2017 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Steve Emerson
    • Oliver Jones
    • Brian McLean
    • Brad Schiff
  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Animated Feature
    • Travis Knight

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Winner Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

  • 2017 Nominee GMS Award
    • Best Music Supervision for a Trailer
    • Danny Exum
    Trailer #1

Hawaii Film Critics Society

  • Charlize Theron
    2017 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance
    • Charlize Theron
  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Visual Effects
  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2017 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Animated Film
    Tied with Zootopia (2016).

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Winner CIFCC Award
    • Best Animated Film
    • Travis Knight
    • Arianne Sutner

New Mexico Film Critics

  • Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
    2016 Nominee NMFC Award
    • Best Animated Film

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra

  • 2017 Nominee Film Award
    • Best Cartoon Voice
    • Chiara Colizzi
    For the voice of Mother.

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Travis Knight in ParaNorman (2012)
    2017 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Animated Feature
    • Travis Knight

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