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It is known that the changes that have taken place in social life styles are also effective on the bond between nature and human. It is seen that life planning is done according to natural elements in many activities carried out by civilizations that have lived in different geographies on the world in different historical periods. It is known that movies have an impact on informing the public, raising awareness and directing behavior change. Environmental destructions that occur in parallel with those recorded in lifestyles and emphasizing the importance of natural values seem to be among the subjects that are given more place in films and animations. In this study, it is planned to examine the Moana animated film with the descriptive content analysis method within the framework of ecocriticism theory. The aim of the study, which aims to determine the relationship between human and nature elements, which is revealed in the film, in the context of the human-nature relationship, what kind of perspective the film has within the scope of deep and shallow ecology, what kind of connection is established between nature elements and female identity, which nature elements are emphasized. Answers were sought to four basic questions, such as whether they contain environmentalist messages or not. In the examined film, it is seen that nature is represented as a female identity. It was concluded that the importance of harmonious life between living and non-living nature elements was emphasized with environmentalist messages in the film, which was determined to adopt a deep ecology understanding.

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