"Being made in animation enables more personality to be pushed for the characters, especially characters like bugs. The articulation and charm of their performances are impeccable. They're true pieces ...

The other contenders for best animated feature included Pixar’s global blockbuster “Inside Out 2” and DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot,” another saga about a found family in nature.

Meanwhile, the 75th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), the U.K.’s equivalent of the Oscars, presented their feature animation award to Walt Disney Animation Studios’s Encanto.

Arco, a French animated feature about of unexpected friendship and the fate of a world impacted by climate change, has won the Cristal for best film at this year’s Annecy film festival. The ...