Kensuke's Kingdom Movie (2023) – Watch Online, Release Date, Cast, Story, Budget, Collection, Trailer, Poster, Review

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Kensuke’s Kingdom Movie Information:

Genre	Action, Adventure, Animation
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Release date	11 June 2023 (Annecy) 14 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) 7 February 2024 (France)
Running time	85 minutes
Starring	Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Raffey Cassidy, Aaron MacGregor, Ken Watanabe
Based on	Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Directed by	Neil Boyle Kirk Hendry
Screenplay by	Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Produced by	Camilla Deakin Sarah Radclyffe Barnaby Spurrier Ruth Fielding Stephan Roellants
Edited by	Richard Overall
Music by	Stuart Hancock
Production companies	British Film Institute Ffilm Cymru Wales Film Fund Luxembourg
Distributed by	Modern Films (United Kingdom) Le Pacte (France) Tarantula Distribution (Luxembourg)

About Kensuke’s Kingdom Movie:

Kensuke’s Kingdom is an animated adventure film based on the 1999 children’s novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo.

It was announced in February 2019 that an animated film adaptation of the children’s novel Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo was in development, with Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe and Raffey Cassidy set as part of the voice cast, like the novel following a fictionalised version of Morpurgo himself as he is stranded on a desert island as a child.

In September 2020, the film entered production after securing new financing.[5] Animation was provided primarily by the Cardiff-based firm Bumpybox.

The film debuted at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 11 June 2023. The UK premiere was at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2023. The general release in France was on 7 February 2024, under the title Le Royaume de Kensuké. The general release in Sweden was on 18 April 2025 under the title Kensukes Rike.

The film was nominated for the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Children’s & Family Film at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, though it lost to Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

Kensuke’s Kingdom Movie Storyline:

A boy (Aaron MacGregor) swept overboard during a storm on a worldwide sailing trip with his family washes ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. While there, he realises someone (Ken Watanabe) is nearby, aiding him with his survival.