The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated Michael Dudok de Wit, Studio Ghibli, and Wild Bunch’s The Red Turtle for the Animated Feature Film category of the 89th Academy Awards.
Studio Ghibli co-produced the film with French film production and distribution company Wild Bunch (co-producers on The Secret World of Arrietty).
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) nominated the film in the Best Animated Feature category for the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, but Zootopia won the award.
In Japan, the film opened on September 17 with the title Red Turtle – Aru Shima no Monogatari (Red Turtle – A Certain Island’s Story).