Beasts of No Nation (film)

Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cary Joji Fukunaga
Screenplay by	Cary Joji Fukunaga
Based on	Beasts of No Nation; by Uzodinma Iweala
Produced by	Amy Kaufman; Cary Joji Fukunaga; Daniela Taplin Lundberg; Riva Marker; Jeffrey Skoll; Daniel Crown; Idris Elba; Uzodinma Iweala;
Starring	Idris Elba; Kurt Egyiawan; Jude Akuwudike; Emmanuel "King Kong" Nii Adom Quaye; Abraham Attah;
Cinematography	Cary Joji Fukunaga
Edited by	Mikkel E. G. Nielsen; Pete Beaudreau;
Music by	Dan Romer
Production; companies	Participant Media; Red Crown Productions; New Balloon; Primary Productions; Parliament of Owls;
Distributed by	Netflix; Bleecker Street;
Release dates	September 3, 2015 (Venice); October 16, 2015 (Worldwide);
Running time	138 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Krio; Twi;
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$90,777

Beasts of No Nation is a 2015 American war drama film written, co-produced, shot, and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. It follows a young boy who becomes a child soldier as his country experiences a horrific civil war. Shot in Ghana and starring Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Ama K. Abebrese, Grace Nortey, David Dontoh, and Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, the film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Uzodinma Iweala,^[4] the book itself being named after a Fela Kuti album.

It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival,^[5]^[6] where Attah won the Marcello Mastroianni Award.^[7] The film was shown in the Special Presentation section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,^[8] and released on Netflix globally and in a limited release by Bleecker Street on October 16, 2015.^[9] It is the first film to be released directly on Netflix. The film received positive reviews from critics and numerous accolades. Elba's performance earned nominations for the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Spirit, and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, winning the latter two.

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^ "Beasts of No Nation". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
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