Mia and the White Lion
Why this pick
From the same director, this similarly gentle family adventure centres on a young person’s profound bond with a lion, pairing scenic wilderness photography with an emotional animal-rescue journey.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
From the same director, this similarly gentle family adventure centres on a young person’s profound bond with a lion, pairing scenic wilderness photography with an emotional animal-rescue journey.
Why this pick
A warm, child-friendly wilderness adventure about siblings encountering a huge bear, with the same respect for animal life, remote natural setting, and mix of peril and tenderness.
Why this pick
Its patient, luminous portrait of a child building trust with a wild fox should suit the favourite’s intimate human-animal connection and immersive, nature-first storytelling.
Why this pick
A heartfelt family adventure in spectacular mountain landscapes, following a child and an animal companion through danger with the same sincere, outdoorsy emotional pull.
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This gentle Australian tale of a boy raising orphaned pelicans offers another emotionally direct story of caring for wild animals, framed by expansive coastal scenery and family-friendly stakes.
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01 / THE STORY
On the death of his grandfather, Alma, a young 20-year-old pianist, returns to his childhood home, lost on a desert island in Canada. There, everything changes when a wolf cub and a lion cub in distress appear in his life. She chooses to keep them to save them and the unlikely happens: they grow up together and love each other like brothers. But their ideal world crumbles when their secret is discovered ...
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Alma

Joe

Eli
