Animal Kingdom is a 2010 English-language Crime Drama film written and directed by David Michôd and David Mich D and produced by Liz Watts under the banner of Screen Australia in collaboration with Porchlight Films, Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Fulcrum Media Finance, Showtime Australia and Blue-Tongue Films. A seventeen year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him. Animal kingdom stars Ben Mendelsohn in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton and James Frecheville. The music was composed by Antony Partos. Cinematography was done by Adam Arkapaw and editing by Luke Doolan. The film has a running time of 113 minutes. It was released on 3rd June 2010 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Animal Kingdom was made on a budget of $5 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $6 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Madman Entertainment. At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival It won an award for World Cinema - Dramatic.