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The Zoo
201811 min 48 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Julia Kwan
Production: Ruth VincentShirley Vercruysse (National Film Board of Canada)Julia Kwan (Fire Horse Productions Ltd.)Teri Snelgrove (National Film Board of Canada)Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)Blair MillerKim Hsu GuiseJonas WoostSmita Acharyya
Script: Julia Kwan
Produced with the support of Telus. Produced by Fire Horse Productions Ltd. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
The Zoo tells the story of a polar bear who lives in a popular city zoo and a Chinese boy who visits him until they’re both in their twilight years. Acclaimed filmmaker Julia Kwan adeptly makes a poignant statement about gentrification, abandonment of the elderly and leaves us with the notion that perhaps home can be found within.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Animation and Allegory on Social IssuesCultural Communities and ImmigrationSocial IssuesUrban Life
- Seniors > Isolation and Solitude
- Animals > Parks, Reserves and Zoos
Credits
- director
- Julia Kwan
- writer
- Julia Kwan
- producer
- Ruth Vincent
- Shirley Vercruysse
- Julia Kwan
- Smita Acharyya
- animation director
- Jesse Cote
- art director
- Bonni Reid
- music
- Rob Teehan
- sound designer
- Greg Stewart
- character design
- Kaho Yoshida
- Jesse Cote
- Pedro Amato
- Pascal Zaffiro
- Carlos Rossell
- Austin Legg
- Chris Muzyka
- additional character design
- Elisa Chee
- Aparna Kapur
- storyboard
- Jesse Cote
- story art
- Tzanko Tchangov
- editor
- Jesse Cote
- background layout
- Jesse Cote
- Chris Muzyka
- background colour design
- Bonni Reid
- Jesse Cote
- Pedro Amato
- Austin Legg
- animator
- Jesse Cote
- Brad Gibson
- Carlos Rossell
- Ian Vincent Godfrey
- special effects
- Blatant
- additional storyboarding
- H.P. Mendoza
- editor consultant
- Michael Brockington
- on-line post production
- Cinematik
- audio post production services
- Post Modern Sound
- Linda McAteer
- foley recordist
- Rick Senechal
- foley artist
- Don Harrison
- financial services
- Gemma Davis
- insurance services
- Front Row Insurance
- legal services
- Eva Schmieg
- Miller Thomson
- associate producer
- Teri Snelgrove
- production supervisor
- Jennifer Roworth
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- studio administrator
- Carla Jones
- production coordinator
- Kristyn Stilling
- executive producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
- Michael Fukushima
- Blair Miller
- Kim Hsu Guise
- Jonas Woost
- publicity
- Lizzy Karp