18th Youth in Film Awards
The 18th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, music and radio for the 1995–1996 season, and took place in 1997 in Hollywood, California. Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Youth in Film 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, theatre and music. Categories. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. Best Young Performer in a Feature Film. Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor. ★ Lucas Black - "Sling Blade" Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress. ★ Michelle Trachtenberg - "Harriet the Spy" Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor. ★ Blake Bashoff - "Big Bully" Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress. ★ (tie) Vanessa Lee Chester - "Harriet the Spy" ★ (tie) Claire Danes - "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actor  Age Ten or Under. ★ Jonathan Lipnicki - "Jerry Maguire" Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actress Age Ten or Under. ★ Mae Whitman - "One Fine Day" Best Young Performer in a Foreign Film. Best Performance in a Foreign Film. ★ Andrei Chalimon - "Kolya" (Czech Republic) Best Young Performer in a TV Movie or Mini Series. Best Performance in a TV Movie / Mini Series: Young Actor. ★ Kenny Vadas - "Captains Courageous" Best Performance in a TV Movie / Mini Series: Young Actress. ★ Jena Malone - "Bastard Out of Carolina" Best Young Performer in a Television Series. Best Performance in a TV Drama  Series: Young Actor. ★ Shawn Toovey - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actress. ★ Beverley Mitchell - "7th Heaven" Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actor. ★ Michael Galeota - "Bailey Kipper's P.O.V." Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actress. ★ Melissa Joan Hart - "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actor. ★ Billy L. Sullivan - "Something So Right" Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama: Supporting Young Actor Age Ten or Under. ★ Curtis Williams Jr. - "The Parent 'Hood" Best Performance in a TV Comedy /Drama: Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under. ★ Ashli Amari Adams - "The Parent 'Hood" Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor. ★ Ben Salisbury - "Promised Land" Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress. ★ Scarlett Pomers - "Touched By An Angel" Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Guest Starring Young Performer. ★ (tie) Seth Adkins - "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" ★ tie) Courtney Peldon - "Home Improvement" Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actor. ★ Kyle Sabihy - "The Bold and the Beautiful" Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actress. ★ Landry Albright  - "The Bold and the Beautiful" Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over. Best Performance in a Voice-Over: Young Artist. ★ Jonathan Taylor Thomas - "The Adventures of Pinocchio" Best Young Ensemble Performance. Best Performance in a TV Movie / Home Video: Young Ensemble. ★ What Love Sees Best Young Host in Television or Radio. Outstanding Host: Television or Radio. ★ Lindsay - "Radio AAHS" Best Young Entertainer: Acting and Singing. Best Male Entertainer. ★ Adam Wylie Best Female Entertainer. ★ Kristi McClave Best Family Entertainment. Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Network. ★ "What Love Sees" - CBS Best Family TV Movie  or Mini Series: Cable. ★ "Captains Courageous" - Family Channel Best Family TV Drama Series. ★ "7th Heaven" - WB Best Family TV Comedy Series. ★ "" - WB Best Educational Film or TV Show. ★ "Nick News" - Nickelodeon Best Family Feature Film: Foreign. ★ "Kolya" - (Czech Republic) Best Family Feature Film: Animation or Special Effects. ★ "James and the Giant Peach" - Walt Disney Best Family Feature Film: Musical or Comedy. ★ "One Fine Day" - 20th Century Fox Best Family Feature Film: Drama. ★ "Fly Away Home" - Columbia Pictures Youth In Film's Special Awards. The Jackie Coogan Award. Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through  Motion Pictures. ★ "The Reppies" - For Best Musical and Inspirational Show for Children The Michael Landon Award. Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television. ★ Dana Lightstone - Producer, Children's Productions Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award. ★ Paul Petersen - "The Donna Reed Show" Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial. ★ Travis Tedford - Welch's Grape Juice & Jelly Scholarship Recipients. ★ Gabby and Katie Gillette ★ Aimee Walker