As a storm approaches a southern Louisiana bayou community called the “Bathtub” (a community cut off from the rest of the world by a levee), six-year-old Hushpuppy and her ailing, hot-tempered father Wink are optimistic about their life and their future.

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Quvenzhané Wallis
• Dwight Henry
• Levy Easterly
• Benh Zeitlin