The 30th Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theater for the 2008 season, and took place on March 29, 2009, at Universal Studios' Globe Theatre in Universal City, California. Special guest performers for the ceremony that year included Russian musical artists, "Street Magic" and Las Vegas father and son acrobat team, "The Kalinins".
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.
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Categories.
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.
Best Performance in a Feature Film.
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor.
★ Nate Hartley - "Drillbit Taylor" - Paramount Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress.
★ Dakota Fanning - "The Secret Life of Bees" - Fox Searchlight
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor.
★ Brandon Soo Hoo - "Tropic Thunder" - DreamWorks SKG
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress.
★ Christian Serratos - "Twilight" - Summit Entertainment
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast.
★ ' - New Line Cinema
Abigail Breslin, Madison Davenport, Austin MacDonald, Zach Mills, Willow Smith and Max Thieriot 
Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell 
David Dorfman, Troy Gentile and Nate Hartley
Best Performance in an International Feature Film.
Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performers.
★ Brandon Walters (Australia) - "Australia" - 20th Century Fox
Best Performance in a Short Film.
Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor.
★ Cainan Wiebe - "A Pickle"
Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress.
★ Laytrel McMullen - "Pudge"
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special.
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor.
★ Alex Black - "Generation Gap" - RHI Entertainment
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actress.
★ Selena Gomez - "Another Cinderella Story" - Warner Brothers
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor.
★ Joseph Castanon - "Comanche Moon" - CBS
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actress.
★ Cassidi Hoag - "The Two Mr. Kissels" - Lifetime Television
Best Performance in a TV Series.
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor.
★ Graham Patrick Martin - "The Bill Engvall Show" - TBS
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress.
★ Miranda Cosgrove - "iCarly" - Nickelodeon
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor.
★ Larramie "Doc" Shaw - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" - TNT
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress.
★ Bella Thorne - "My Own Worst Enemy" - NBC
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor.
★ (tie) Carlos Knight - "ER" - NBC ;br ;
★ (tie) Joey Luthman - "Private Practice" - ABC
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress.
★ Nicole Leduc - "Supernatural" - Warner Brothers
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor.
★ Mick Hazen - "As the World Turns" - CBS
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress.
★ Erin Sanders - "The Young and the Restless" - CBS
Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series.
★ "The Bill Engvall Show" - TBS
Skyler Gisondo, Graham Patrick Martin and Jennifer Lawrence
Jason Dolley, Kyle Massey, Madison Pettis and Jake Thomas 
Miranda Cosgrove, Nathan Kress, Jennette McCurdy and Noah Munck 
Eddie Alderson, Kristen Alderson, Camila Banus, Carmen LoPorto and Austin Williams
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role.
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor.
★ David Gore - "Fly Me to the Moon" - Summit Entertainment
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress.
★ Emily Hirst - "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (English version) - Bandai Entertainment
Best Performance in a DVD Film.
Best Performance in a DVD Film.
★ Billy Unger - "Cop Dog" - Marvista Entertainment
Best Performance in Live Theater.
Best Performance in Live Theater / Host.
★ Shemar Charles - "Pop It!" - Hop To It Productions
Special awards.
Outstanding Live Family Act.
★ "The Kalinins" – Misha and Ivan Kalinin (Father and Son) – Acrobats
Outstanding International Feature Film Ensemble.
★ "Slumdog Millionaire" (India)
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Farzana Ansari, Chirag Parmar and Siddesh Patil
Outstanding Broadway Musical Ensemble.
★ Billy Elliot the Musical
David Álvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, David Bologna, Frank Dolce and Erin Whyland
Jackie Coogan Award.
Contribution to Youth.
★ Kenny Ortega, Producer / Director / Choreographer – "High School Musical"
Michael Landon Award.
Contribution to Youth.
★ Gary Sinise, Actor / Humanitarian – Co-founder: Operation Iraqi Children
Social Relations of Knowledge Institute Award.
★ "Brink" - The Science Channel
Outstanding Contribution to Family Entertainment.
★ Bolt ;br ;
★ Captain Abu Raed ;br ;
★ The Lucky Ones ;br ;
★ Mamma Mia! ;br ;
★ WALL-E
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