The film premiered on 18 May at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , where it competed in the Un Certain Regard section . On 13 June , it was screened as the opening film of the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival . The regular French release was 29 June 2016 . It was released in Japan on 17 September 2016 . In May 2016 , Sony Pictures Classics acquired the North and Latin American distribution rights for the film and was released in the United States on 20 January 2017 . '' The Red Turtle '' was played in the London Film Festival on 5 October 2016 and eventually released in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal on May 26 , 2017
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
The Red Turtle