KENSUKE’S KINGDOM tells the story of Michael, who is taken by his family on a round-the-world sailing trip. When a storm strikes, he and his beloved dog Stella are washed overboard and end up on a remote island in the Pacific where they struggle to survive. Following a close-run battle between life and death, a mysterious Japanese stranger – Kensuke – reluctantly allows Michael into his world and they begin to form a friendship. But something threatens to destroy the fragile world Kensuke has created on the island, and they must use all their courage, skills and resourcefulness to try to save it.

Kensuke's Kingdom

  • British Animation Awards - Best Animated Feature

  • British Animation Awards - Best Screenplay

  • British Animation Awards - Best Original Music

  • Nominee - Annecy Int'l Animation FF - Cristal Award

Production Status

Completed

Genre:

Animated Family Feature


Trailer:

Starring

  • Cillian Murphy (Academy Award® Winner and BAFTA Winner, Oppenheimer)
  • Ken Watanabe (Academy Award® Nominee, The Last Samurai)
  • Sally Hawkins (Two-Time Academy Award® Nominee, Blue Jasmine, The Shape of Water)

Director

Neil Boyle & Kirk Hendry

Producers

Producers

Camilla Deakin (Ethel & Ernest, A Christmas Number One)
Ruth Fielding (Ethel & Ernest, A Christmas Number One)
Stephan Roelants (Wolfwalkers, The Summit of the Gods)
Sarah Radclyffe (Close, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant)
Barnaby Spurrier (Rising Phoenix, Somers Town)

  • "Morpurgo manages to connect so beautifully with a child's sense of wonder and adventure. I very much wanted to be involved in the film… because I don’t really make that many films for kids!"
    - - Cillian Murphy

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