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'Animal Kingdom' (Film)

Starting 21 January 2012

Animal Kingdom, a powerful Australian crime drama, will be released in Japan in January 2012. The film explores the tense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle.

Animal Kingdom was nominated for a record 18 Australian Film Institute Awards in 2010, winning 10 (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress). It also won the World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Circle's Best First Film. It has received overwhelming acclaim from critics and general audiences alike.

Jacki Weaver, a well-known Australian film and theatre actress was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 83rd Academy Awards and the 68th Golden Globe Awards.

Quentin Tarantino listed Animal Kingdom as his third favourite film of 2010.

In Cinemas on 21 January 2012