Project Detail

Zoo

Synopsis

Based on a true story. Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the air raids on Belfast in 1941.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Director
Colin McIvor
Producer
Katy Jackson, Jacqueline Kerrin, John Leslie, Thomas Vencelides, Dominic Wright
Executive Producer
Christopher Figg, Kevin Jackson, Lisa Lambert, Robert Whitehouse
Editor
Brian Philip Davis, Chris Gill
Screenwriter
Colin McIvor
Director of Photography
Damien Elliott
Production Designer
John Leslie
Principal cast
Art Parkinson, Toby Jones, Penelope Wilton

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Ireland, UK coproduction

A Ripple World Pictures (IE), Wee Buns Ltd (UK) production with support of BFI (UK), Irish Film Board (IE), Northern Ireland Screen (UK)

Wee Buns Ltd

Katy Jackson
John Leslie
44-46 Elmwood Avenue
Elmwood House Business Park
Belfast
BT9 6AZ
Northern Ireland

Sales Company

Metro International Entertainment

16 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3ED

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