• CHECKPOINT ZOO

    Directed by Joshua Zeman
    USA/Ukraine | 109 minutes | True Stories

  

Guest expected on January 7 and January 8

Film Festival 2025

The heroic efforts of zookeepers and volunteers to rescue 5,000 animals under Russian bombardment from the Feldman Ecopark in Ukraine during the early days of the war are recounted in this edge-of-your-seat document. It is both a harrowing and uplifting testament to courage under fire.

Showtimes

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Festival Theaters 6

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Festival Theaters 6

12:15 PM Reserve Now

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Festival Theaters 6

film details

Director: Joshua Zeman
Producers: Zachary Mortensen, Joshua Zeman, Ian Davies, Torquil Jones
Screenwriter: Joshua Zeman, Daniel Lonsbury
Cinematographers: Nelson Hume, Olivier Sarbil
Editor: Cy Christiansen, Andrew Ford, Kelly Kendrick, Daniel Lonsbury
Music: Anne Nikitin
Cast: Oleksandr Feldman, Vadym Vorotynskyy, Vitalii Ilchenko, Svitlana Vyshnevetska, Andrii Tyvaniuk, Vitalii Sevelin
Country: USA/Ukraine
Language: In Ukrainian and English, Russian with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 109 minutes
Director Filmography: The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021), Killer Legends (2014), The Best Man for the Job (2011), Cropsey (2009)
Awards: 2nd Place Audience Award, Tribeca Film Festival
Primary Company: Ghost Robot
Contact Email: zoo@ghostrobot.com
Website: https://ghostrobot.com/work/checkpoint-zoo

Film Festival 2025