Animal Kingdom

After his mothers death, Joshua moves in with his crime family-leading grandmother in Melbourne, and as tensions rise and the police monitor the family, Joshua must navigate loyalty, revenge, and legal consequences while ultimately choosing his place within the family. Animal Kingdom is a 2010 English-language Crime Drama film featuring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton and Mat Stevenson. Screen Australia in association with Porchlight Films, Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Fulcrum Media Finance, Showtime Australia and Blue-Tongue Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Liz Watts. The film is written and directed by David Michôd and David Mich D. Madman Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Animal Kingdom was released on 3rd June 2010 and takes a screen time of 113 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Animal Kingdom was made on a budget of $5 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $7 million. Cinematography was done by Adam Arkapaw and editing by Luke Doolan. The music was composed by Antony Partos. At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival It won an award for World Cinema - Dramatic.