What does the blue bow that Guillermo del Toro wore at the 2023 Oscars mean?

the mexican filmmaker arrived at the delivery mat 95th Academy Awards wearing a blue bow on the lapel of the jacket. He was accompanied by his wife, the film critic and also filmmaker, Kim Morgan.

The accessory was a clear message of support for refugees from the war between Russia and Ukraine. It’s a blue bow with the note #Withrefugees (with refugees, in Spanish) written on its relief.

This is how Guillermo del Toro takes advantage of the champagne carpet from the Hollywood film industry’s most important awards show to make a statement about one of the most disturbing issues plaguing the world.

The first time Guillermo del Toro visited the theater Dolby was in the year of 2006when it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film for Pan’s Labyrinth; However, he took center stage until 2018 when he won Best Picture and Best Director for his film. The shape of water.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) created a campaign to help and protect refugees around the world. Its programs are specialized in helping to ensure that the people of the planet have sufficient rights to seek asylum and safe refuge in another part of the world, and that they always have the possibility of returning home.

the bow she carried Guillermo del Toro, the same one he took to the Dolby Theater stage when he received his award for Pinocchiois part, precisely, of this campaign which seeks helping people fleeing their homes due to political conflicts. There are 1.5 million Ukrainian citizens who have had to leave their country in the last few weeks alone.

Like many others in the film industry, del Toro chooses an important setting to deliver a subtle message and change from his trenches. This phenomenon is not foreign to the deliveries of the Oscars, since during the previous ceremonies, Actors, actresses and filmmakers expressed their opinion on the political conflicts of the world.

Guillermo del Toro married in secret Kim Morgan in 2021. This is her second marriage. The first was with Lawrence Newton, which he divorced in 2018. At the time, there was talk of a possible infidelity on the part of Del Toro. Of course, these rumors were never confirmed.

Recently, the director of Pinocchio and The Shape of Water, mourned the death of actor Ignacio López Tarso, who died on March 11, 2023, leaving behind an important legacy in the history of the national film industry. In this regard, Del Toro wrote: “Don Ignacio, great among the great. May our Macario rest in peace.”

Likewise, he shared a post from the Cinematheque of the National Autonomous University of Mexico which read: “On a cloudy and rainy Saturday, as if it were an autumn day, we said goodbye to Mr. Ignacio Lopez Tarso.

The filmmaker won the prize for Best Animated Film during the 95th Academy Awards, being the first to take the stage, since it was the first statuette delivered of the evening. In this regard, he said there was a need for the film industry to support animated storytelling, and he spoke again about the importance of the genre, as he has done at each of the awards ceremonies attended. he attended with Pinochio.

his third win at the oscars This comes after his criticism leveled at the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, where he said national cinematography had been abandoned.