The 16th 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, theater and music for the 1993-1994 season, and took place on March 19, 1995, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, 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, theater and music. Categories ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture Best Performance by a Youth Actor Starring in a Motion Picture ★ Brad Renfro - The Client (Warner Bros. Pictures) Elijah Wood - North (Columbia Pictures) Sean Nelson - Fresh (Miramax Films) Austin O'Brien - My Girl 2 (Columbia Pictures) Best Performance by a Youth Actress Starring in a Motion Picture ★ Anna Chlumsky - My Girl 2 (Columbia Pictures) Katherine Heigl - My Father the Hero (Touchstone Pictures) Alana Austin - A Simple Twist of Fate (Touchstone Pictures) Zelda Harris - Crooklyn (Universal Pictures) Best Performance by a Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture ★ Matthew McCurley - North (Columbia Pictures) Michael Conner Humphreys - Forrest Gump (Paramount Pictures) Eric Lloyd - The Santa Clause (Walt Disney Pictures) Max Elliott Slade - 3 Ninjas Kick Back (TriStar Pictures) Roland Thomson - My Girl 2 (Columbia Pictures) Sean Fox - 3 Ninjas Kick Back (TriStar Pictures) Matthew Lawrence - Mrs. Doubtfire (20th Century Fox) Best Performance by a Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture ★ Kirsten Dunst - Little Women (Columbia Pictures) Lisa Jakub - Mrs. Doubtfire (20th Century Fox) Anna Klemp - Blue Sky (Orion Pictures) Amy Locane - Blue Sky (Orion Pictures) Lexi Randall - The War (Universal Pictures) Claire Danes - Little Women (Columbia Pictures) Michelle Williams - Lassie (Paramount) Best Performance by an Actor Under 10 in a Motion Picture ★ Haley Joel Osment - Forrest Gump (Paramount) Courtland Mead - Corrina, Corrina (New Line Cinema) J. Evan Bonifant - 3 Ninjas Kick Back (TriStar Pictures) Milton A. Davis - Angels in the Outfield (Walt Disney) Best Performance by an Actress Under 10 in a Motion Picture ★ Hanna Hall