Nominated for Best Animated Feature 
Elio (Yonus Kibreab) is sent to live with his Aunt Olga (Zoe Saldaña) after the death of his parents. He becomes fixated on escaping on an alien ship and gets his wish when the Air Force base Aunt Olga works on intercepts a signal responding to the Voyager probe. Elio is transported to the Communiverse, an intergalactic U.N. where he is mistaken for the supreme leader of Earth and offered the role of ambassador. But the offer is contingent on removing the threat of the Hylurgians, a warlike race of aliens angry at being denied admission. Elio is sent to negotiate but ends up kidnapping Glordon (Remy Edgerly), the son of the Hylurgian leader (Brad Garrett).
This felt a little too much like a Lilo & Stitch clone for me, but it's at least a new character and not a reboot or sequel. The animation is beautiful and the voice cast is great, as expected from a Pixar film. I don't know if it's a winner because I haven't seen the competition yet but it's not my favorite. It's currently streaming on Disney+
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