THE RED TURTLE

"Incredibly identifiable and beautiful … Through gorgeous visuals, a stirring score, and just the right amount of levity, this animated allegory of life's phases knows exactly what buttons to push to make the audience Feel with a capital F. It's a sublime examination of what makes us human and is a film that is not to be missed." – Twitch

Sixteen years on from his Academy Award-winning short Father and Daughter, Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit makes his feature-length directorial debut with the first ever international co-production from the famed Studio Ghibli.

In a majestic world of intricate hand-drawn textures, a shipwrecked man is found marooned on a desert island. With his attempted escapes thwarted by the strange and larger-than-life titular red reptile, the man's existence is forever altered when something extraordinary occurs.

Having recently taken home the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes, The Red Turtle is a wordless fable of luminous imagery and swirling animation.

"A quiet little masterpiece of images, each one rich with meaning … few artistic collaborations yield the perfect synthesis of sensibilities found in The Red Turtle." – Indiewire