Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio Brings Home Oscar 2023 In Animated Feature Category

Illustration (Reuters/Carlos BARia Read)

JAKARTA - The best animated feature film category award at the Academy Award 2023 which took place at Dolby Theater, Ovation Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States fell to the Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio.

Reporting from ANTARA, Monday, March 13, Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio managed to beat other popular animated films such as MARcel the Shell With Shoes On from A24 and Turning Red from Walt Disney Co.

The Pinocchio film by director Guillermo del Toro is a stop-motion musical animated film whose story is inspired by the 1883 Italian novel titled The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. As for the animation design, it was based on a picture book by Gris Grimly in 2002.

In the film, Guillermo del Toro reorganizes the classic Pinocchio story, a wooden doll that dreams of becoming a true boy. He was raised by an oldkah named Geppetto. The film, which aired on Netflix, was set in Italy during the fascism era during the interwar period and the second world war.

Del Toro is a Mexican director whose work won many film awards. One of them is The Shape of Water which won victory in the best film category and best director in 2018.