London-based TAPE Collective has acquired Sofia Alaoui ‘s 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 Hervée of Paris-based sales agent Totem Films. The Animalia release in cinemas is set for Dec. 12.

The movie premiered at Sundance 2023 , where it won a special jury prize for creative vision, before playing the film fest circuit.

Animalia follows Itto, played by Oumaima Barid in her debut role, “a young woman from a modest rural background who is slowly adapting to the privileged codes of her husband’s Moroccan family,” according to a plot description. “But when supernatural events plunge the country into a state of emergency, Itto is sep

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