On December 21, the Florida Film Critics Circle (FCC) announced the 2024 winners, and The Boy and the Heron won Best Picture. This made it the first animated film to be awarded Best Picture in FCC history. It is worth noting that this is the highest recognition of this organization. In addition, The Boy and the Heron also won Best Animated Film and Best Score for Joe Hisashi’s music.
The Boy and the Heron has also won many other awards in the US: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Circle Award, San Diego Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Philadelphia Film Critics Society and Dallas Forth-Worth Film Critics Society. The film also won the Philadelphia Critics Circle’s Best Foreign Film award. GKIDS created an infographic to showcase them all:
The Boy and The Heron Award through GKIDS
Furthermore, Deadline has announced that The Boy and the Heron has been nominated for the 2024 London Critics Circle awards show. The film is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year and Best Animated Film along with Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume. The film First Slam Dunk was also nominated for a Technical Achievement Award.
The Boy and the Heron is Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film. It was animated by Studio Ghibli. The film premiered in Japan in July this year and made its international debut at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shown in theaters in North America in both subtitled and dubbed versions. He said on December 8. The film was also recently nominated for Best Original Score for Joe Hisashi and Best Animated Feature alongside Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume for the Golden Globe Awards. The film is also in the running for the 96th Academy Award for Best Music (Original Score).
Source: FCC ; Deadline; Oscar
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