The 32nd Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers between the ages of 5 and 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music for the year 2010, and took place on March 13, 2011, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Young Artist Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.
Categories
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.
Best Performance in a Feature Film
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
★ Jaden Smith - The Karate Kid - Columbia Pictures
Noah Ringer - The Last Airbender - Paramount Pictures
Zachary Gordon - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 20th Century Fox
Eros Vlahos - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang - Universal Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress
★ Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit - Paramount Pictures
Chloë Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass - Universal Pictures
Delanie Armstrong - Lavanderia - Stauros Entertainment
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone - Roadside Attractions
Elle Fanning - The Nutcracker in 3D - Free Style Releasing
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Ten and Under
★ Joey King - Ramona and Beezus - 20th Century Fox
Bailee Madison - An Invisible Sign - Kimmel International
Kiernan Shipka - Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - Warner Brothers
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
★ Billy Unger - You Again - Touchstone Pictures
Robert Capron - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Twentieth Century Fox
Alexander Conti - Case 39 - Paramount Vantage
Chase Ellison - Tooth Fairy - Twentieth Century Fox
Alex Ferris - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Twentieth Century Fox
Quinton Lopez - Dark House - Lightning Media II
Dylan Minnette - Let Me In - Relativity Media
Frankie McLaren - Hereafter - Warner Bros. Pictures
George McLaren - Hereafter - Warner Bros. Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress
★ (tie) Diandra Newlin - Dreamkiller - Delaware Pictures
★ (tie) Stefanie Scott - Flipped - Warner Bros. Pictures
Seychelle Gabriel - The Last Airbender - Paramount Pictures
Courtney Robinson - Dark House - Lightning Media II
Laine MacNeil - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Twentieth Century Fox
Ada-Nicole Sanger - Grown Ups - Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor Ten and Under
★ Colin Baiocchi - Little Fockers - Universal Pictures
Chandler Canterbury - After.Life - Anchor Bay Films
Preston Bailey - The Crazies - Overture Films
Michael William Arnold - My Name is Khan - Twentieth Century Fox
Ryan Ketzner - Flipped - Warner Bros. Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Ten and Under
★ Melody Choi - Gunless - Alliance Films
Faith Wladyka - Blue Valentine - The Weinstein Company
Simone Lopez - Mother and Child - Sony Pictures Classic
Destiny Whitlock - Tooth Fairy - Twentieth Century Fox
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
★ Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationZachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Alex Ferris, Karan Brar, Chloë Grace Moretz, Laine MacNeil and Grayson Russell The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Georgie Henley, Skander Keynes and Will Poulter Let Me In - Overture Films Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dylan Minnette and Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak
Best Performance in an International Feature Film
Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer
★ (tie) Robert Naylor - 10½ - Canada (French)★ (tie) Teymur Odushev - The Precinct - AzerbaijanDenis Sukhomlinov - The Rowan Waltz - Russia Leo Legrand - A Distant Neighborhood - France Bill Skarsgård - Simple Simon - Sweden Roger Príncep - Paper Birds - Spain Keitumetse Matlabo - Tirza - The Netherlands Felipe Falanga - Lula, The Son of Brasil - Brazil