The animals

production designer

Short Film 2026

C O M I N G S O O N

Premiering at London Film Festival

A bold, character-driven short written and directed by Calvin Demba.

The Animals explores modern masculinity, emotional repression, and the performance of strength; all through the unsettling lens of a suburban home invasion.

Read more in Variety here.

K E Y C R E W

Production - OFF BEAT PICTURES & FIDGE FILMS LTD.

Writer & Director - CALVIN DEMBA

Exec Producers - SHEILA NORTLEY & MOUKTAR MOHAMMED

Producer - TULI LITVAK

DoP - EBBA HULT

Production Designer - TIM ADAMS

Graphic Designer - BARNEY CROWLEY

Costume Designer - CAYLEE WEBBER & MICHAEL MILLER

Hair & Makeup Designer - AGNIESZKA MAKUKLKA

1ST AD - KATHRYN O’REILLY

KEY C A S T

Miles - GEORGE MACKAY

Remona - LOUISA HARLAND

John - ERIC KOFI ABREFA

Gabby - NATHALIE EMMANUEL

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