Sundance Standout ‘Animalia’ Acquired For Center East Distribution by Egypt’s Movie Clinic (EXCLUSIVE)

Sundance standout movie “Animalia,” by French-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui, has been acquired for distribution throughout the Center East and North Africa by Egypt’s Movie Clinic, the shingle headed by producer Mohammed Hefzy.

Movie Clinic, a prime movie and TV manufacturing firm that branched out into theatrical distribution in 2016, picked up “Animalia” from Paris-based gross sales firm Totem Movies.

Alaoui’s genre-bending pic is the story of a pregnant younger lady in Morocco whose life is upended by an alien invasion. In her assessment, Selection assessment critic Jessica Kiang praised “Animalia” as “a compellingly totally different cultural and social perspective on a traditional sci-fi premise.” “Alaoui, working from her personal taut, confidently ambiguous script, additionally will get to touch upon the place of ladies in Muslim societies and the bounds of wealth and arranged religion, in addition to elegantly outlining the eerie expertise that’s out of the blue discovering your self startlingly alone throughout a time of shared world panic,” Kiang famous.

“It’s very authentic tackle very sturdy feminine themes and likewise a superbly shot movie,” stated Hefzy. “You possibly can’t actually name it a style movie; however on the similar time it’s not your typical Arab arthouse movie.” Hefzy went on to level out that “Animalia” is “a movie a few lady who finds emancipation in probably the most extraordinary circumstance” and famous that, apart from having a really authentic idea, the movie “could be very a lot rooted in themes which can be very related throughout the area. Not simply in North Africa, however even in Egypt and Saudi Arabia,” that are among the many area’s prime theatrical markets.

As for the MENA rollout for “Animalia,” Hefzy stated the problem now’s to determine the kind of pageant publicity within the Arab world that “Animalia” wants so as “to essentially get the eye it deserves” following its splashy Sundance launch.