• Feature Film
  • Drama

Animal

Under the hot Greek sun and amidst the sweaty nights of an eternal summer, the story of a group of animators slowly unravels among funny games, dance shows and nightly encounters behind the scenes.

Data

Genre
Drama
Category
Feature Film
Financing
Minority coproduction
Format
DCP, 100 Min
Release
29.03.2024
Distribution
Filmgarten (Pierre-Emmanuel Finzi)
Admissions
2.685
Funding Film Institute
214.806 €
Share of Austrian production costs
49 %
Share of total production costs
9 %
Co-production

Homemade Films (EL, 42%), Digital Cube (RO, 17%), Ars Digital Studio (BG, 10%), Felony Films (CY, 10%)

International funding

EKOME, Eurimages, MEDIA, Bulgarian Film Center, Romanian National Center of Cinematography, Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture

Funding program
ÖFI
Further information
Green Film Consultant: Petra Maier
Film location
Crete
Shooting time
September - November 2022
Days of shooting
35
Completion
Fall 2023
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien
Credits
Production
Nabis Filmgroup GmbH
Producer Austria
Lukas Rinner
Director
Sofia Exarchou
Script
Sofia Exarchou
DOP
Monika Lenczewska
Editor
Dragos Apetri
Sound engineer
Odo Grötschnig
Sound design
Sebastian Watzinger, Rudolf Gottsberger
Costume design
Vassilia Rozana
Set design
Jorien Sont
Music
Wolfgang Frisch
Green Film Consultant
Petra Maier
Cast
Vodoo Jürgens (Jonas), Dimitra Vlagopoulou (Kalia), Flomaria Papadaki (Eva)
Production manager
Yael Svoboda
Television investment
ERT