From December 11, 2022 to April 15, 2023, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents the exhibition "Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio," which has been organized as the Mexican director's latest and first stop-motion animated film was being shot and produced. In del Toro's own words, "No art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation; and with no character in history have I had such a personal and deep connection as with Pinocchio." The film also features screenings at MoMa's Debra and Leon Black Family Film Center as part of the ongoing exhibition.

 "No art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation; and with no character in history have I had such a personal and deep connection as with Pinocchio."

Visitors can go to the exhibition before or after watching the film version of the children's novel by Carlo Collodi (1883), set by the guionist in the era of Italian fascism, as it coincides with its release both in cinemas and on Netflix's own platform. Once there, the visitor will feel completely inside it, watching from videos in which the animation process is lived to pizza boxes from the shooting that kept hundreds of 3D faces of Pinocchio.

Crafting Pinocchio includes production designs, props and a sampling of the various stages used to make the puppets featured in the film. Complete sets from the film, motion tests and high-speed videos document the complex stop-motion animation process that brought the characters of the story to life.

Crafting Pinocchio includes production designs, props and a sampling of the various stages used to make the puppets featured in the film.

The viewer ends the installation tour in front of exclusive video and poster designs from del Toro's filmography, including works such as The Devil's Backbone (2001), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Titans of the Pacific (2013), The Shape of Water (2017) and Alley of Lost Souls (2021).