Oscar 2022 for Best Animated movie: nominees, favorite and what you should know about the category

One more year, Disney returns as the favorite to win the Oscar for Best Animated movie . A Whether through its Pixar brand or the old guard of Disney Animation Studios, the company founded by Walt Disney has emerged as a winner in 14 of the 20 years that animated movie has been recognized at the Academy Awards. Charm, Raya and the Last Dragon and Luca will represent the company on this occasion, with the Danish animated documentary Flee and the acquisition of Netflix The Mitchells against the machines planting resistance in the rear. On March 27 we will discover which movie follows in the footsteps of Soul, the latest winner in the category.

Next, we review, from more to less options to win the Oscar, the state of the race in the category of Best Animated movie.

1. ‘Charm’
   On paper, Charm is the rival to beat. The movie directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Charise Castro Smith became a phenomenon thanks to its jump to Disney + and the overwhelming success of the soundtrack composed of the songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and the score by Germaine Franco. Bruno ‘s song Unspoken is the first number 1 in the United States for a song from a Disney movie since Aladdin ‘s An Ideal World three decades ago. Encanto is, along with Flee , the only one of the nominees to have nominations in other categories (Best Song, for Dos oruguitas, and Best Original Music).
2. ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’
   Christopher Miller and Phil Lord already know what it’s like to win an Oscar as producers of an animated movie thanks to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . On this occasion they will have the support of the promotional campaign of Netflix, which bought the movie from Sony due to the uncertainty of distribution in theaters for family cinema. The Mitchells against the machines have the advantage that their rivals are a tiny Danish movie that a priori has better options in other categories and a giant called Disney that has three movies in the running.
3. ‘Flee’
   In the 20-year history of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, only one foreign-language movie has won the award: Spirited Away . Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s movie does not have the prestige of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki and its best asset to win a golden statuette is the category of Best Documentary movie. However, the internationalization of the Academy in recent years and the important movie label that has accompanied the Danish production since its acclaimed presentation at the Sundance Festival more than a year ago may make Flee an even tougher rival than it seems. plain sight.
4. ‘Luca’
   Betting against Pixar Animated at the Oscars is a risky sport. The study led then by John Lasseter and now by Pete Docter has won 11 times in this category Animated. Only Cars , Monsters SA and The Incredibles 2 lost after receiving the nomination. Luca “minor Pixar” label and tough internal competition with Charm work against the movie’s choices.
5. ‘Ray and the last dragon’
   Raya and the last dragon is the worst placed candidate to win the Oscar on March 27. Disney is betting more on the options of Enchantment, a movie that has been more successful, which has been released recently and has options in other categories. His victory would be one of the most surprising of the edition Ray and the last dragon.