Academy Awards, USA 2016 Nominated Oscar Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Alê Abreu    Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2014 Won Audience Award Feature Alê Abreu  Won Cristal Best Feature Alê Abreu    Annie Awards 2016 Nominated Annie Best Animated Feature - Independent Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production Gustavo Kurlat  Ruben Feffer  Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Alê Abreu    Cairo International Film Festival 2014 Won Silver Pyramid Best Screenplay Alê Abreu    Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2015 Won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Animated Film (Melhor Filme de Animação) Alê Abreu  Best Children''s Film (Melhor Filme Infantil) Alê Abreu  Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original) Alê Abreu    Cuiabá Film and Video Festival 2014 Won Coxiponé Award Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro) Alê Abreu    Mill Valley Film Festival 2014 Won Audience Award Best Children''s Feature Film Alê Abreu    Munich Film Festival 2014 Won One Future Prize - Honorable Mention Alê Abreu (director)    San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2015 Nominated SFFCC Award Best Animated Feature   Seattle International Film Festival 2014 Nominated Films4Families Youth Jury Award Alê Abreu    Shanghai International Film Festival 2014 Won Special Jury Award Official Selection Feature Alê Abreu (director)  Filme de Papel (production company)  Elo Company (distributor)    São Paulo International Film Festival 2013 Won Youth Award Best Brazilian Film Alê Abreu    The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema 2015 Won Platino Award Best Animation Film Alê Abreu  Brazil   Village Voice Film Poll 2015 Nominated VVFP Award Best Animated Feature 4th place.

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Boy & the World (Portuguese: O Menino e o Mundo) is a 2013 Brazilian animated film written and directed by Alê Abreu. It was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature.

Plot
Cuca is a boy who lives in a distant world, in a small village in the interior of his mythical country. One day, he sees his father leaving in search of work, embarking on a train towards to an unknown capital. The weeks that follow are of anguish and confusing memories. Until then, one night, a breath of wind breaks into the bedroom window and takes the boy to a distant and magical place.

Reception
The film''s worldwide premiere occurred at the Ottawa International Animation Festival where it won the an Honourable Mention for Best Animated Feature "Because it was full of some of the most beautiful images we''ve ever seen". It also earned an honorable mention at the Festival do Rio and won the Youth Award at the Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo. At the Festival de Cinema de Animação de Lisboa, it won the Best Film Award. At the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, it won the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film, and was voted the favorite film by the audience. In 2015, at Animafest Zagreb, the film won the Grand Prix for feature film. The jury stated that they have awarded the film because it uses innovative artwork, combines both political and emotional feelings, that took them in a colorful trip.