Wolfwalkers (2020)

Nominated for Best Animated Feature     This is by the same studio that did Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells.  I love them and I will watch anything they make.

When Robyn (Honor Kneafsey) moves with her father (Sean Bean) to Ireland from England, she assumes that she will help him hunt the wolves outside the town walls.  Instead, she finds she must commit to a Puritanical life of drudgery in the scullery, trapped inside those selfsame walls.  She sneaks out into the forest, determined to prove herself, and discovers that the wolves are under the control of Mebh (Eva Whittaker), a Wolfwalker who can heal with a touch and turns into a wolf when she sleeps.  Mebh's bite turns Robyn into a Wolfwalker as well, which forces an immediate perspective shift.  She learns Mebh's mother (Maria Doyle Kennedy) had gone off in wolf form to look for a safer location for the pack but hasn't returned.  Now Robyn must use her new powers to find Mebh's mom before the Lord Protector (Simon McBurney) burns down the wolves' forest while also trying not to get killed by her own dad.

This is a beautifully animated movie.  The story is sweet, the performances are good, the music is beautiful.  A++.  The only drawback is that it's currently on Apple+, which meant I had to sign up for another free trial.  This one I will probably not keep; there's just not enough programming to make it worth it to me.  Your mileage may vary.  It is 100% worth a free week just to watch this, though.