19th Youth in Film Awards | |
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Awarded for | Achievement in the 1996—1997 season |
Date | March 14, 1998 |
Site | Hollywood, California |
Hosted by | Haley Joel Osment and Kimberly J. Brown |
Official website | YoungArtistAwards.org |
The 19th 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 and theatre for the 1996-1997 season, and took place on March 14, 1998, in Hollywood, California.[1][2][3]
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.[1][4][5]