With OSCAR nominations for BEST PICTURE and BEST ACTRESS, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD tells the story of a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee. Despite being on the brink of orphanhood, a six-year-old girl is buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination as she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.

Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for thematic material including child imperilment, some disturbing images, language and brief sensuality.