Tell us a bit about your organization and what your specialty is in the film and video space.

Animal Kingdom was founded on the instinct to create storytelling in every form of media that a story could take form in. From TV & Film, Commercials, Podcasts and so much more. Starting off with a central focus on commercial work is what will take us and expand us into the entertainment space.

What is your organization’s ethos and how does it set you apart from industry competitors?

Our organizations’ ethos is that every story has a home and every home has someone waiting to be entertained. We devote our time to nurture every seed that we take in and has the potential to be unique, excellent and to run on it’s own two feet.

How can people join or learn more about what you do?

Through our current Instagram.

Tell us about your Telly Award winning piece. What’s the story behind it?

Our winning piece originates from a story from our founder that speaks to his love of the inherent determination that is found in sports, specifically basketball. The early mornings to the late nights, constantly working on your craft to see your potential come to reality. The story behind it is about talent and hard work, despite or in spite of having a great skill or talent you need to work smart and hard to acheive great success. The journey of this piece is a reflection of the story. From starting out as a single idea for a spec commercial to reaching the Telly Awards in a single year, that’s what this story is about.

What are you most proud of about this piece? What was your biggest challenge during production and how did you solve it?

We’re most proud about the crew of young talent that we worked with from the director, producer, camera & lighting crew, costume designer and beyond! Seeing how their dedication brought this vision to life motivated us to support them further. Our biggest challenge was making the day, with the amount of scenes we had to shoot and the distance in locations, we had to be decisive in what shots and scenes would stay and what could be merged into one.

Do you have any advice to other filmmakers based on your career or your team’s approach to work?

Find a great idea, find a vision, find a great team, and get busy creating

Can you share a behind the scenes story or fun fact about the making of your piece?

A fun fact about this commercial is that we actually shot this entire piece in one day in Toronto. From 4 different locations, from traversing through the subway station to 2 hours outside of the city; the crew was exceptional and we are so proud to honour them with this award!

Tell us about the most memorable response you got from this work.

The most memorable response received about this work was from Sebastian Hills-Esbrand a friend of the company and an established director. Hearing his feedback and thoughts helped us in more ways then you could think.

Complete this sentence: ‘Great video storytelling…’

… finding connection to lived and unlived experiences.