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Checkpoint Zoo

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2024 | 107 min | USA

In this harrowing and heartrending documentary, a courageous group of zookeepers and animal lovers risk everything to save the animals in a Ukrainian wildlife park from invading Russian troops before it is too late.

Showtimes

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Sebastiani Theatre @ 10:00 AM

Details

  • Year 2024
  • Runtime 107
  • Language Russian, Ukrainian, English
  • Country USA

Credits

  • Director Joshua Zeman
  • Screenwriter Daniel Lonsbury, Joshua Zeman
  • Producer Ian Davies, Torqil Jones, Zachary Mortensen, and Joshua Zeman
  • Executive Producer Gabriel Clarke, Caitlin Colford, Jennifer Davidson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bonamy Jones, Josh McKenna, Shawn Singh, Barry Smith, Phillip Watson
  • Co-Producer Emma Masdeu-Perez
  • Cast Oleksandr Feldman, Vadim Vorontinsky, Vitalii Ilchenko, Svitlana Vyshnevetska, Andrii Tyvaniuk, and Vitali Sevelin
  • Cinematographer Nelson Hume, Oliver Sarbil
  • Editor Cy Christiansen, Andrew Ford, Ian Grech, Kelly Kendrick, and Daniel Lonsbury

Awards

  • Audience Award
  • Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award
  • Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Award
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival

Location

Sebastiani Theatre

476 First St East Sonoma, California