Nominee
Academy Award
Best Animated Feature (2026)
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Elio
Directed by Domee Shi, Madeline Sharafian, Adrian Molina
2025•98 min
Synopsis
They asked for our leader. They got... him.
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
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Footnote
- First
Pixar's first feature centered on a Mexican-Dominican lead character, co-directed by Domee Shi
Main Cast
Yonas KibreabElio / Other Elio (voice)
Remy EdgerlyGlordon (voice)
Zoe SaldañaOlga Solís (voice)
Brad GarrettLord Grigon (voice)
Brandon MoonAmbassador Helix (voice)
Jameela JamilAmbassador Questa (voice)
Young DylanBryce (voice)
Jake T. GetmanCaleb (voice)Director
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