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YEAR: 2018

DIRECTOR: Sophie Hyde

WRITER: Emma Jane Unsworth

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Vico Films

PRODUCER: Sarah Brocklehurst Cormac Fox Sophie Hyde Rebecca Summerton

CAST: Holliday Grainger Alia Shawkat Amy Molloy

LOCATION: Dublin, Ireland

EDITOR:

DOP:

COSTUME DESIGN:

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Louise Mathews

HAIR/MAKEUP: Chloe Bourke

SOUND: Simon Murphy J.B. Williams

MUSIC: J.B. Williams

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Synopsis

Best friends and drinking buddies, Laura and Tyler lead a hedonistic existence which falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim — an ambitious pianist who decides, unfathomably, to go teetotal. An unconventional female driven comedy, Animals is a celebration of a female friendship and an examination of being a modern woman.

Funding Information

Screen Ireland: €30,000 in Q1 2017

Screen Ireland: €200,000 in Q2 2017

Screen Ireland: €30,000 in Q4 2017

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