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Hushpuppy exists on the brink of orphanhood. Her mother long gone and her beloved father Wink a wildman on a perpetual spree, Hushpuppy is left to her own devices on an isolated compound filled with semi-feral animals. She perceives the natural world to be a fragile web of living, breathing, squirting things, in which the entire universe depends on everything fitting together just right. So when a hundred year storm raises the waters around her town, her daddy is suddenly stricken with illness and fierce pre-historic creatures awaken from their frozen graves to come charging across the planet, Hushpuppy sees the natural order of everything she holds dear collapsing around her. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive an unstoppable catastrophe of epic proportions. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2013 - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald (Best Motion Picture of the Year)
- 2013 - Benh Zeitlin (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 2013 - Quvenzhané Wallis (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 2013 - Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2013 - Ben Richardson (Best Cinematography)
- 2013 - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald (Best Feature)
- 2013 - Benh Zeitlin (Best Director)
- 2013 - Quvenzhané Wallis (Best Female Lead)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2013 - Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar (Best Adapted Screenplay)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2012 - Best International Independent Film
Critics Choice Awards
- 2013 - Quvenzhané Wallis (Best Young Actor/Actress)
- 2013 - Best Picture
- 2013 - Quvenzhané Wallis (Best Actress)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2012 - Quvenzhané Wallis (Pauline Kael Breakout Award)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2012 - Dwight Henry (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2012 - Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer (Best Music Score)
- 2012 - Benh Zeitlin (New Generation Award)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2012 - Benh Zeitlin (Best First Film)
The Saturn Awards
- 2013 - Quvenzhané Wallis (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)
Cannes Film Festival
- 2012 - Benh Zeitlin (Golden Camera)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2012 - Benh Zeitlin (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)
- 2012 - Ben Richardson (Cinematography Award: U. S. Dramatic)
- 2010 - Benh Zeitlin (NHK Filmmaker Award)
Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
- 2012 - Benh Zeitlin (The Norwegian Critics Award)