“BEAST” documentary brings two of Europe’s top cutting-edge production houses - Glasgow-based Hopscotsh Films, and Ruben Östlund’s Plattform Produktion, have signed up for Kestner’s playful journey of self-discovery and life questioning, featuring among other things…a dead giraffe.
With the starting point of the doc focusing on the death of Marius the giraffe in Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 which caused outrage around the world, it explores our relationships with animals and humans’ place in the ecosystem, combining a scientific vantage point with existential thoughts.
The film co-financed by TV2 Denmark, with support from Nordisk Film & TV Fond, has just started production. The preliminary release date is set for the spring 2024.
For more information check out this article by Nordisk Film & TV Fond