Coco Wins 2018 Oscar For Best Animated Feature Film
Disney Pixar's "Coco" today won the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar. The film was competing with "Loving Vincent", "The Boss Baby", "Ferdinand", and "The Breadwinner".
Disney
Pixar's
Coco
today
won
the
Best
Animated
Feature
Film
Oscar.
The
film
was
competing
with
Loving
Vincent,
The
Boss
Baby,
Ferdinand,
and
The
Breadwinner.
The
acclaimed
Dia
de
Los
Muertes
(Day
of
the
Dead)-themed
blockbuster
is
directed
by
Lee
Unkrich
and
co-directed
by
Adrian
Molina.
Unkrich
has
previously
received
an
Academy
Award
for
Toy
Story
3.
"With
Coco,
we
tried
to
take
a
step
forward
toward
a
world
where
all
children
can
grow
up
seeing
characters
in
movies
that
look
and
talk
and
live
like
they
do.
Marginalized
people
deserve
to
feel
like
they
belong.
Representation
matters," Unkrich
said
while
accepting
the
trophy.
It
is
also
a
major
win
for
the
Latinx
community,
as
it
is
the
first
Pixar
film
which
focuses
on
Mexican
cultural
celebration.
Latinx
is
a
gender-inclusive
way
of
referring
to
people
of
Latin
American
descent.
"Thank
you
to
the
Academy.
Coco
has
proved
that
art
can
change
and
connect
the
world.
It
can
only
be
done
when
we
have
a
place
for
everyone
and
anyone,
who
feels
like
an
other
to
be
heard,"
Pixar's
Darla
K
Anderson
said.
Coco
tells
the
story
of
an
aspiring
musician
(Miguel)
who
has
to
face
his
family's
prejudices
against
music.
On
the
Day
of
the
Dead,
he
ventures
into
the
Land
of
the
Dead
and
encounters
his
ancestor,
a
legendary
singer.
The
film
took
six
years
to
produce,
with
members
of
the
crew
travelling
to
Mexico,
as
part
of
their
research,
to
gain
an
authentic
sense
of
the
country's
music
and
culture.
Anthony
Gonzalez,
Gael
Garcia
Bernal
and
Benjamin
Bratt
have
lent
their
voices
to
the
film.
Coco
dominated
the
award
season
in
the
animation
category
as
it
fetched
all
the
major
awards,
including
a
Golden
Globe
and
BAFTA,
making
it
a
sure
shot
winner
in
the
category
at
the
Oscars.