Q: How do you deal with hygiene in the movie? A: [Quvenzhané] is very very clean in real life, so what we would do is we would give her this fake dirt, that we would put on her, but then we would throw her in the mud. But as long as there was fake dirt…
Canada goes Wild!
Beasts is expanding across Canada this weekend! Opening weekend attendance is critical for a big/tiny indie like this one – so if you (or your friends and family) live in any of these cities, please see the film on its first weekend and help us spread the word. CALGARY EDMONTON GUELPH HALIFAX MONTREAL OTTAWA QUEBEC CITY…
Meet the Aurochs
“This here is an aurochs — a fierce, mean creature that walked the face of the earth back when we all lived in the caves…”
Cover Images
The Bathtub is chalk full of stunning imagery so it’s no surprise that Beasts photos are popping up all over Facebook. Beast it with your cover image, like this one here! Free for download from us to you. Just right click the photo + “Save Link As”.
Glory At Sea
“A group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea.” Director Benh Zeitlin’s first film, Glory At Sea (2008), is a magical and mythic 25-minute short — also shot in New Orleans by…
Beasting it in L.A., NOLA, & San Fran
Above, Beasts Outreacher Mark Goudy handed out flyers at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. All across the country, people are coming together to rally around the Bathtub.
Meet Hushpuppy
“The look in her eyes and the intensity, and the amount of feeling that you could see was going through her head, behind her eyes, was so powerful.” Meet the one and only Hushpuppy, Quvenzhané Wallis.
Meet Laura and Gus!
Dear Fellow Beasts! You’re on this site because Beasts of the Southern Wild is more than a movie to you. You’re not alone! To us, Beasts represents an authentic, fearless and inclusive way of filmmaking that we believe in deeply. When people leave the theater after watching Beasts, they return from a world that’s completely fictional, but…







