Moana is a television series.
Moana ( [ moʊˈɑːnə ] ) is a 2016 American computer-animated musical fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It is the 56th Disney animated feature film . The film went on to gross over $ 642 million worldwide . It received two Academy Award nominations at the 89th Academy Awards : one for Best Animated Feature and another for Best Original Song ( `` How Far I 'll Go '' ) . Moana is a 2009 Italian biographical dramatic miniseries directed by Alfredo Peyretti .