Nov 11, 2015

GKIDS Releases New "Boy and the World" Trailer, sets Release Date for NY and LA

Indie distributor GKIDS continues its remarkable streak of bringing worthy international foreign animated features to American audiences: its next release will be the Brazilian film Boy and the World, which is now set to open in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, December 11th, before expanding nationwide in January 2016.

Yesterday, GKIDS released a new trailer for the film that shows off the film's dazzling universe:

The wordless musical directed by Ale Abreu has won over 40 international festival awards, including (full disclosure) the feature film prize at Anim'est 2014 where I was one of the jury members.

One of 16 films submitted for Oscar consideration, Boy and the World is angling to become the first Brazilian (not to mention South American) film nominated for an animated feature Academy Award. And if any South American film has a shot, this is it. It's a one-of-a-kind statement that takes full advantage of the art form to create a world which can only exist in animation.

Here's the official synopsis from GKIDS: