Golden Globe Awards 2023: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Makes Netflix the First Streamer To Win Best Picture - Animated

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio won the Best Animated Feature awards at the Golden Globes 2023. This made Netflix the first streamer to bag a Best Animated Picture award. In his acceptance speech Guillermo del Toro talked about how animation is not just movies for kids, it's a medium.

Still from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Netflix logo (Photo Credits: Wiki and Twitter)

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro laid his hands on the Best Picture - Animated trophy at the 80th Golden Globe Awards for his film Pinocchio. With this, Netflix became the first streaming platform to bag a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated feature. After expressing his gratitude for the win, he quipped how he's happy to be back in-person with those in the room. He joked, "some of us are drunk" and also emphasised how "animation is cinema". Golden Globes 2023 Winners Live: The White Lotus Wins Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Motion Picture.

It's not just movies for kids, he said, "it's a medium". Del Toro directed the adaptation of the classic tale by Carlo Collodi with Mark Gustafson. He also served as a co-writer with Patrick McHale. The movie is also nominated at the Critics Choice Awards, which takes place on January 15. Golden Globe Awards 2023 are streaming in India on Lionsgate Play.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 11, 2023 09:37 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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