15 WTF Moments From BAFTAs 2017

10. Kubo & The Two Strings Wins Best Animated Film

Kubo And The Two Strings BAFTAs 2017
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The biggest shock of the night awards-wise was unquestionably Kubo and the Two Strings' triumphant Best Animated Film win over its far more popular and successful rivals, Finding Dory, Zootopia and Moana.

Consider that Kubo was made by small stop motion studio Laika while the other three came from Disney and Pixar and grossed significantly more than Kubo at the box office (half a billion more for Moana, almost a whole billion more each for Zootopia and Finding Dory), and it's nothing short of a miracle that BAFTA recognised it.

It's a terrific movie, of course, so hopefully this win will help elevate its profile and make it the success on home video that it wasn't in cinemas.

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