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2023 film directed by Sofia Exarchou From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Animal is a drama film written and directed by Sofia Exarchou. The film premiered on 3 August 2023 at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Leopard.
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Directed by | Sofia Exarchou |
Written by | Sofia Exarchou |
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Cinematography | Monika Lenczewska |
Edited by | Dragos Apetri |
Music by | Wolfgang Frisch |
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Distributed by | Weird Wave |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
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The entertainers on an all-inclusive Greek island are preparing for high season. Kalia is the leader of the group and always has to keep the colorful program alive. As the work becomes increasingly harder and more intense, things get out of hand. But the show must go on.
Animal is a production of the Athens-based company Homemade Films, with co-production handled by Nabis Filmgroup (Austria), Digital Cube (Romania), Felony (Cyprus), Ars OOD (Bulgaria) and ERT S.A. (Greece).[1]
The film music was composed by the Austrian Wolfgang Frisch. The soundtrack album with a total of 17 pieces of music was released as a download by the Plaza Mayor Company in mid-January 2024.[2]
The film premiered on 3 August 2023 at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, where Animal competed for the Golden Leopard.[3][4] In October 2023, the film was shown at the Vienna International Film Festival.[5] From mid-November 2023 it was presented at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[6] Weird Wave theatrically released the film in Greece from 8 February 2024.[7] Filmgarten distributed the film in Austria beginning on 26 March 2024 in Innsbruck before expanding nationwide on 29 March 2024.[8]
Animal was shortlisted for the 2023 European Film Awards.[9] Below are further nominations and awards.
Cork International Film Festival 2023
International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2023
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023
São Paulo International Film Festival 2023
68th Valladolid International Film Festival 2023
Vancouver International Film Festival 2023
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