OZI: Voice of the Forest
Short description
OZI: Voice of the Forest follows an orangutan who is separated from her family after a fire destroys their home. After being raised in a sanctuary where she learns sign language, she becomes a popular social media personality. Upon discovering that her parents may still be alive, she travels through the rainforest with a monkey and a rhino to find them. Along the way, she uses her platform to warn the world about the dangers of deforestation and the fragility of nature.
This animated family adventure was directed by Tim Harper and written by Ricky Roxburgh. The voice cast features Amandla Stenberg, Dean-Charles Chapman, Djimon Hounsou, Donald Sutherland, Laura Dern, and RuPaul. The production was a collaboration between companies from the United Kingdom, India, the United States, and France.
The film had a budget of 38 million USD but earned 6 million USD at the worldwide box office, indicating it did not recover its production costs. Audience reception is mixed, with a rating of 5/10 based on 514 votes on IMDb and a 6/10 rating from 24 votes on TMDB.
What's left behind the scenes
- The filmmakers decided to use the film's poster to draw attention to acute environmental issues. The colorful stripes at its bottom are a color gradient that displays the increase in average annual temperatures from 1853 to 2023. Climate stripes – vertical lines of blue and red shades – help visualize the rate of global warming as the graph transitions from cold to warm tones.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
