DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Checkpoint Zoo
Director:
Joshua Zeman
Producers:
Zachary Mortensen
Joshua Zeman
Ian Davies
Torquil Jones
team
Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
trailer
“a work of heart-stopping suspense and tenderness… one of the year’s most important films of the year.”
– The Daily Beast
“Beautiful and beyond moving.”
CNN
AWARDS
“VOICE TO THE VOICELESS” AWARD
Hamptons International Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD
Mill Valley Film Festival
DESERT VIEWS JURY AWARD
Palm Springs Film Festival
FALL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNER
Port Jefferson Documentary Series
AUDIENCE AWARD (2nd Place)
Tribeca Film Festival
NOMINATED, BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Woodstock Film Festival
NOMINATED, BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD
Miami International Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD
Salem Film Festival
GRAND JURY AWARD
Annapolis Film Festival
1st RUNNER UP, AUDIENCE AWARD
Sonoma International Film Festival
