Who Is The Zookeeper
Masha Vasilkovsky, Ruah Edelstein and Jinghan Zhang
United States, 2024, 13 min.
AIFF Award Winner:
Best Animated Short

A young soul named Lu ventures into a world of shadows reflecting a weakened state of humanity. There Lu struggles to find grounding in memories of a familiar universe governed by kindness. Despair is crushing. The escape is behind the mirror.
Category: Animation, Award Winner.
Friday, April 4
Festival Grounds at the Mercado Annex
7:30pm
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