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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200211T190000
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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/the-zoo-2/
SUMMARY:The Zoo
DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;\n\nJulia Kwan\n2018 | 11 min 51 sec\n\n\nAcclaimed Van
 couver filmmaker Julia Kwan’s first animated film is a poignant visual p
 oem that explores themes of abandonment\, home\, and change\, while touchi
 ng on some of the debates swirling around two seemingly disparate subjects
 : the decline of ethnic neighbourhoods and urban zoos.\n\nInspired by a re
 al bear that once lived in Vancouver’s Stanley Park\, The Zoo follows 
 the parallel and intersecting lives of Kut\, a polar bear cub\, and Jun\, 
 a Chinese boy who first visits Kut during the zoo’s glory days and retur
 ns numerous times over the decades to observe the majestic captive pacing 
 his cement jail. Eventually\, they both enter their twilight years\; the e
 lderly Jun lives in a cramped room in Chinatown\, while Kut ekes out his f
 inal days in a zoo that’s closing.\n\nCharming yet bittersweet\, Julia K
 wan’s use of cutout animation makes a statement about ethnic neighbourho
 ods\, gentrification\, and abandonment of the elderly. The Zoo leaves it
 s viewers with a lingering and profound sense of hope that home can be fou
 nd within.\n\nKwan\, who made her feature film debut with Eve and the Fir
 e Horse\, won the coveted Special Jury Prize for World Cinema at Sundance.
  In her 2014 NFB feature doc\, Everything Will Be\, she explored the ongo
 ing gentrification of Vancouver’s Chinatown.\n\nThe Zoo is produced by
  Fire Horse Productions Ltd. (Julia Kwan\, Ruth Vincent) in co-production 
 with the National Film Board of Canada\, BC &amp\; Yukon Studio (Shirley V
 ercruysse\, producer\; Michael Fukushima\, executive producer).\n\n\n\n\n
 &nbsp\;\n\n\nHosted by the Powell River Film Festival. For more informatio
 n\, click here.\n\n&nbsp\;
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CATEGORIES:Festivals,Screenings
LOCATION:Patricia Theatre\, 5848 Ash Ave\, Powell River\, British Columbia\
 , V8A 4R6\, Canada
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