Hushpuppy is a hero — someone small facing something big. Jessica was 4-years-old when her dad filmed her practicing some daily recitations. Every hour of every day, brilliant little Beasts all around the world triumph over their own challenging problems. Who do you know who’s worthy of being called the King of the Bathtub
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Benh Zeitlin & Ben Richardson
Director Benh Zeitlin and Cinematographer Ben Richardson talk about finding each other, nicknames, and Czech animators in Los Angeles.
Beasts in Dallas
“The funniest thing was all of us wearing nice clothes on the French Riviera, cause thinking back three years, you know, we were getting ripped up by mosquitos in our wife-beaters and shorts. So [where we are now] is as far as you can imagine from where we were when we were making the film….
Benh Zeitlin’s Egg
Benh Zeitlin’s first FIRST film is a 9 minute stop-motion animation adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The film, another Court 13 production, premiered at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival.
BOTSW Director Benh Zeitlin’s UStream Q&A
On Saturday, August 4th, we hosted a live Q&A with BOTSW Director Benh Zeitlin. Benh fielded questions submitted by Facebook and Twitter fans of the film, giving an intimate look at the film’s language, character, history and his living room.
Talking with Matt & Dwight
Q: Matt, as producer, you know they say ‘children and animals,’ tough to work with… and water, you had the trifecta — plus a bunch of other stuff, in terms of this film. How was it for you? Matt: It was tough, i mean, it was a tough shoot for everybody. We shot for 7…
Beasts of the Ukrainian Wild (or: “Звери дикого Юга”)
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…
