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\n\tLondon-based TAPE Collective has acquired Sofia Alaoui\u2018s Moroccan-French genre-bending supernatural feature Animalia<\/em> for a theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland.<\/p>\n \n\tThe deal was negotiated by Isra Al Kassi of TAPE Collective and Margot Herv\u00e9e of Paris-based sales agent Totem Films. The Animalia<\/em> release in cinemas is set for Dec. 12.<\/p>\n \n\tThe movie premiered at Sundance 2023, where it won a special jury prize for creative vision, before playing the film fest circuit.<\/p>\n \n\tAnimalia<\/em> follows Itto, played by Oumaima Barid in her debut role, \u201ca young woman from a modest rural background who is slowly adapting to the privileged codes of her husband\u2019s Moroccan family,\u201d according to a plot description. \u201cBut when supernatural events plunge the country into a state of emergency, Itto is separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant, and searching for a way back, she discovers her own emancipation.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSaid Al Kassi: \u201cWe have been inspired by the unique cinematic world Sofia has created in this bold sci-fi tale, which probes the consequences of humanity\u2019s relationship to the environment, with poignant references to class inequalities and the erasure of indigenous cultures. It\u2019s exciting to be part of this release as Sofia develops her next feature films, undoubtedly continuing her grand world-building and chilling storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe film was written, directed and produced by Alaoui. It also stars Mehdi Dehbi and Fouad Oughaou. The cinematography is courtesy of No\u00e9 Bach, with editing by H\u00e9lo\u00efse Pelloquet, and an original score by Amine Bouhafa.<\/p>\n \n\tAnimalia<\/em> is a Wrong Films, Srab Films, Dounia Production, and Jiango Films production. Produced by Margaux Lorier, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, Dounia Benjelloun Mezian, and Alaoui, it was co-produced by Arte France Cin\u00e9ma, with the support of Canal+, Cin\u00e9+, ARTE France, Centre National \n\tWatch the trailer for Animalia<\/em> below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London-based TAPE Collective has acquired Sofia Alaoui\u2018s Moroccan-French genre-bending supernatural feature Animalia for a theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland. The deal was negotiated by Isra Al Kassi of TAPE Collective and Margot Herv\u00e9e of Paris-based sales agent Totem Films. The Animalia release in cinemas is set for Dec. 12. The movie premiered at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[14435,14437,14438,1171,4636,1479,14436,10546],"class_list":{"0":"post-23674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-alaoui","9":"tag-animalia","10":"tag-collective","11":"tag-film","12":"tag-sells","13":"tag-sofia","14":"tag-supernatural","15":"tag-tape"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
du Cin\u00e9ma et de l\u2019image anim\u00e9e, le Centre Cin\u00e9matographique Marocain, le Fonds Image de la
Francophonie, Le Doha Film Institute, La Procirep et l\u2019Angoa, Les Ateliers de l\u2019Atlas, and Cin\u00e9venture
D\u00e9veloppement 7, and in association with Cin\u00e9cap 5, SG Images 2020, Cin\u00e9mage 16. Sales duties are being handled by Totem Films.<\/p>\n