Year of Production 2026
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Award WinnerKensuke's Kingdom
English title: Kensuke's Kingdom
Original title: Kensuke's Kingdom
German title: Kensuke's Kingdom *
Great Britain, Luxembourg, France, 2023
Director: Boyle, Neil / Hendry, Kirk
Production company: Align, Bankside Films, Bumpybox, Jigsaw Films, Lupus Films
Co-producers: Mélusine, Le Pacte
Age recommendation: 7 years and up
Length: 85 min.
Film genre: Animation
Synopsis:
A young boy, shipwrecked on a remote island, discovers he’s not alone when he encounters a hostile old Japanese soldier who retreated there after World War II. But as dangerous invaders appear on the horizon, it becomes clear they must join forces to save their fragile island paradise.
Marketing strategies:
Based on: "Kensuke's Kingdom" by Michael Morpurgo
Festivals:
Annecy IFF 2023, BFI London IFF 2023, Mon Premier Festival Paris 2023 (awarded), Chicago CFF 2023 (awarded), Just Film CFF Tallinn 2023, Cine Junior Val-de-Marne 2023 (awarded), New York CFF 2024 (awarded), Zlin CFF 2024, Galway Film Fleadh 2024, Giffoni CFF 2024 (awarded), IFI Family Festival Dublin 2024, TIFF Junior Tromsø 2024, Young Horizons IFF Warsaw 2024 ( Award), My First Festival Barcelona/Madrid 2024 (awarded), Vienna CFF 2024, Steiermark CFF Graz 2024, New York CFF 2025 (awarded), Stockholm Junior CFF 2025, New Horizons IFF Wroclaw 2025, Espoo Junior Ciné IFF 2025, Young Horizons IFF Warsaw 2025, Cinemagic Belfast 2025, Cinemira CFF Budapest 2025, Animafest Gdansk 2025
Study guide: Finnish
Study guide: French
Study guide: German
Study guide: Swedish
World sales address/es:
Bankside (GB)
Sold to:
Le Pacte (FR)