NHK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL + Sundance Institute/NHK Award
2010
 "Beasts of the Southern Wild" |
 "Heli" |
 "Elena" |
 "The Wonderful Lives at Asahigaoka" |
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2011/USA/91min
*Sundance Film Festival 2012 Grand Jury Prize, Excellence in Cinematography Award
*2012 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Camera d'Or, FIPRESCI Prize, Ecumenical Jury Special Mention
*2012 AFI Movie of the Year
*2013 Academy Awards nomination for Best Picture, Directing, Actress in a Leading Role, and Adapted Screenplay
*2012 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Camera d'Or, FIPRESCI Prize, Ecumenical Jury Special Mention
*2012 AFI Movie of the Year
*2013 Academy Awards nomination for Best Picture, Directing, Actress in a Leading Role, and Adapted Screenplay
[SYNOPSIS]
Hushpuppy, tenacious and fortitudinous six-year-old girl, lives with her father Wink in a small Louisiana bayou community called Bathtub. Bathtub is close to industrial "dry land," but is completely cut off from it by man-made levee. Once a serious storm hits the place, water rises high and inhabitants use their hands to build a floating shelter to survive. While Wink's health deteriorates with mystery disease, heart beat of the universe dangerously surges. Huge ice gorge parts from ice shelf and floats out from the Antarctic Sea. Inside the ice, a herd of aurochs, gigantic prehistoric beast, sleep frozen. Wink trains Hushpuppy hard, but with deep love, to get her ready to keep on going in the world in which he will not exist any longer.
Stunning feature debut made by Benh Zeitlin was praised highly at the Sundance Film Festival 2012 where the film was world-premiered. Hushpuppy, film's center who stands tall through all the challenges, was performed by a newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis with great dignity. Later, she became the youngest Academy Awards Leading Actress nominee ever. The film has received a number of awards since its debut.
Hushpuppy, tenacious and fortitudinous six-year-old girl, lives with her father Wink in a small Louisiana bayou community called Bathtub. Bathtub is close to industrial "dry land," but is completely cut off from it by man-made levee. Once a serious storm hits the place, water rises high and inhabitants use their hands to build a floating shelter to survive. While Wink's health deteriorates with mystery disease, heart beat of the universe dangerously surges. Huge ice gorge parts from ice shelf and floats out from the Antarctic Sea. Inside the ice, a herd of aurochs, gigantic prehistoric beast, sleep frozen. Wink trains Hushpuppy hard, but with deep love, to get her ready to keep on going in the world in which he will not exist any longer.
Stunning feature debut made by Benh Zeitlin was praised highly at the Sundance Film Festival 2012 where the film was world-premiered. Hushpuppy, film's center who stands tall through all the challenges, was performed by a newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis with great dignity. Later, she became the youngest Academy Awards Leading Actress nominee ever. The film has received a number of awards since its debut.
[DIRECTOR]
Benh Zeitlin
Benh Zeitlin, who was raised by two folklorists in Queens, NY, is a director/animator/composer. He received numerous awards for his shorts: "Egg" "The Origins of Electricity" "I Get Wet" and "Glory at Sea." He was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine. He moved to New Orleans where the story takes place devoting himself to the production. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is his first feature film.
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