The Fits | |
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Directed by | Anna Rose Holmer |
Screenplay by | Anna Rose Holmer |
Story by | Anna Rose Holmer Saela Davis Lisa Kjerulff |
Produced by | Anna Rose Holmer Lisa Kjerulff |
Starring | Royalty Hightower Alexis Neblett Da'Sean Minor Lauren Gibson Makyla Burnam Inayah Rodgers Antonio A. B. Grant Jr. |
Cinematography | Paul Yee |
Edited by | Saela Davis |
Music by | Danny Bensi Saunder Jurriaans |
Production companies | La Biennale di Venezia Yes, Ma'am! |
Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
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Budget | €150,000 (approximately $168,333)[1] |
Box office | $167,137[2] |
The Fits is a 2015 American drama film directed by Anna Rose Holmer in her feature debut. The film tells the story of Toni (Royalty Hightower), an 11-year-old tomboy who struggles to fit into a girls’ dance troupe, which begins to suffer from an inexplicable epidemic of violent fits.
The film premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival and was selected to take part in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Oscilloscope Laboratories obtained U.S. distribution rights to the film before its Sundance debut.[3]