2023
SYNOPSIS
“Wandering through the Worst Zoo in the World, a boy is looking for his football. He encounters a little tiger, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. But the remnants of war harbor danger.”
Format: 8 Minutes 12 Seconds, Cinemascope, Black and White
CREDITS
Writer/Director: Tariq Rimawi / Producers: Moritz Mayerhofer, Aminah Abdat / Composer: Peter Thomas Gromer / Sound Design: Mohammed Shafagoj / Mixing: Martin Schuetze / Art Director: Aminah Abdat / Concept Art & Layout: Aminah Abdat, Salsabeel Abuobaid / Character Design: Farah Varouqa / Animation: Salsabeel Abuobaid, Aminah Abdat / Background Design: Mai Kilani, Salsabeel Abuobaid / 3D Artist: Tulip Swedat / Rotoscope: Mai Kilani / Storyboard: Aminah Abdat, Salsabeel Abuobaid / Compositing & Editing: Tariq Rimawi / Inking: Salsabeel Abuobaid, Aminah Abdat, Mai Kilani / Voice Actor: Nikolai Neumetzler / ADR-Recording: Steve Patuta / Interns: Roa’a Alshatal, Karen Müller, Ahmad Attili, Dina Jamal, Ibtehal Assaf / Supported by: Jordan Film Fund / RFC & Robert Bosch Stiftung
ZOO is distributed by
Premium Films
and
MAD Distribution – for arab territories
FESTIVALS
Ex aequo Animation Jury Award – Filmare la Storia (Italy); Silver Pearl Award for the Short Film Official Competition – FIFEJ 2025 Festival International du Film pour l’Enfance et la Jeunesse Sousse (Tunisia); Best Arabian Film. Animatex Animation Festival (Egypt); Best International Film Award, 17th Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival (Bangladesh); Best Short Film Award, Storia in Corto Film Festival (Italy); Best Audience Award, Storia in Corto Film Festival (Italy); Best Director Award, Galdar International Film Festival (Spain); Special Jury Award, International Amity Short Film Festival (Turkey); Best Film Popular Jury, International Short Film Festival CortoLovere (Italy); Special Mention Award, Baghdad Film Festival (Iraq); Special Jury Mention – Cortoeacapo Mario Puzo Film Festival (Italy); Best Animation Award, Andaras Traveling Film Festival (Italy); Mention Award, MOMPEO International Short Film Festival (Italy); Best Sound Design Award, Malta Short Film Festival (Malta); Best Short Film Audience Award, Palestine Film Festival (Kuwait); Best Animation Award, Adriatic Film Festival (Italy); Special Mention Award, Babylon Animation Festival (Iraq); Best Animation Award, Dieciminuti Film Festival (Italy); Best Short Film, XXVIII Valsusa FilmFest (Italy); Best Technical Realization, Settimo Short Film Festival (Italy); Special Jury Mention, IFF Integrazione Film Festival (Italy); Best Animation Award ‘Children’s Juries over 13 years old’, Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People (Greece); Best Animation Award, Bahrain Film Festival (Bahrain); Best Animation Award, Tangier Film Festival (Morocco); Best Animation Award, Beirut Short Film Festival (Lebanon); Giuseppe Maestri Prize” for Best Animation, International Festival “Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci” (Italy); Best Animation Award, International Short Film Festival in Tripoli (Lebanon); Best Animation Award, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Shorty Week (Spain)
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