Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild follows Hushpuppy, a fierce and imaginative six-year-old girl living in a poor Louisiana bayou community called the Bathtub, isolated from the rest of the world. When rising floodwaters and her father's declining health threaten their way of life, Hushpuppy embarks on a mythical journey to confront prehistoric creatures and the forces pulling her world apart. The film blends gritty realism with lyrical fantasy, celebrating resilience, community, and a child's extraordinary will to survive.

• Quvenzhané Wallis was only 5 years old during filming.
• Wallis became the youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee ever.
• The film was shot on 16mm film for authenticity.
• Director Benh Zeitlin co-wrote the score himself.
• The Bathtub community was filmed in Louisiana's bayou region.

• The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right.
• I see that I am a little piece of a big, big universe.
• Everybody loses the thing that made them. It's even how it's supposed to be.
• When it all goes quiet behind my eyes, I see everything that made me.
• We got the prettiest place on Earth.