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Zoo

Tariq Rimawi
Drama, Animation
Released Year: 2022
Duration: 8 minutes

Synopsis

In black-and-white animation style, the film "The Zoo" tells a story inspired by real events set in the heart of Gaza—a city overlooking the sea and bearing among its ruins a history of invasions and extermination. The protagonists of the tale are a child and Hermas—the tiger cub—who, through a small incident, discover the difference between them in the scales of the world's justice.

Directors' Biography

Tariq Rimawi is an independent Jordanian animated film director, scriptwriter, and academic. He graduated with a Master’s in Animation from Newport Film School in the United Kingdom in 2010 and obtained a PhD in Animation from Loughborough University in 2014. His films have received regional and international awards and have been screened at over 200 international film festivals. In 2016, He established the Animation Department at the University of Petra in Jordan to equip its graduates with the latest storytelling and visual communication techniques. Tariq currently serves as the section head of the Multimedia and Production Studio at the Digital Learning and Online Education office at Qatar University.

Filmography: Missing (2010), Growing (2013), Surprise (2016)

Rating: PG
Country: Palestine
Language(s): Silent
Subtitling: Silent
Screenplay: Tariq Rimawi
Cast: Cartoons
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Editing:
Production: Aminah Abdat & Moritz Mayerhofer, StudioNICE
Awards:

- Special Mentions Jury Award, IFF Integrazione Film Festival, Italy (2024)
- Best Short Film, XXVIII Valsusa FilmFest, Italy (2024)
- Best Technical Realization, Settimo Short Film Festival, Italy (2024)
- Best Short Film (Audience Award), Palestine Film Festival, Kuwait (2024)
- Special Mention Award, Babylon Animation Festival, Iraq (2024)
- Special Mention Award, Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq (2024)
- Best Animation Award (Children’s Juries over 13 years old), Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Greece (2023)
- Best Animation Award, Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain (2023)
- Best Animation Award, Tangier Film Festival, Morocco (2023)
- Best Animation Award, Beirut Short Film Festival, Lebanon (2023)
- "Giuseppe Maestri Prize" for Best Animation, XXIV Corti da Sogni International Festival, Italy (2023)
- Best Animation Award, International Short Film Festival in Tripoli, Lebanon (2023)
- Best Animation Award, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Shorty Week, Spain (2023)