The owners of Cryptozoo set out in search of a baku, a legendary hybrid creature that feeds on dreams. During the journey, they begin to wonder whether these rare mythical creatures, being captured, should live in the zoo, or whether they should remain in the wild, living in hiding.
Awards and Festivals
2021 - Sundance Film Festival – NEXT Innovator Award
2021 - Berlin International Film Festival, Germany – Generation 14plus Special Mention
2021 - Fantasia Film Festival – the best full-length animation
2021 - International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France – nomination in the Best Film category;
2021 - Athens International Film Festival, Greece - nomination for Best Film
2021 - International Festival of Independent Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina - nomination in the Best Film category in the international competition
2021 - Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Paris, France – Special Mention of the Jury in the category of American feature films
2021 - Award of the Film Critics Association in Detroit, USA - best animated film
2021 - FICUNAM UNAM International Film Festival, Mexico – nomination in the international competition
2021 - Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey, – nomination in the category of the best animated film
2021 - International Fantastic Film Festival in Neuchâtel, Switzerland – honorable mention in the category of the best feature film
2021 - Catalan International Film Festival in Sitges, Catalonia – nomination in the best film category
2021 - International Animated Film Festival in Zagreb, Croatia – nomination for the main prize
2021 - Florida Film Festival, USA – nomination for the Jury Award
2022 - Independent Spirit Film Awards, Santa Monica, USA - nomination for the John Cassavetes Award
2022 - ICSA International Award - nomination in the category of best animated film
Dash Shaw
Dash Shaw was born on April 6, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, but grew up and currently lives in Richmond, Virginia. He is the illustrator of many graphic novels, such as BodyWorld, Doctors, Bottomless Belly Button, Clue: Candlestick , and the forthcoming Discipline in the New York Review of Comics. His debut film, as a screenwriter and director, My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (starring Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon) premiered at the main New York Film Festival. The film was also shown at the Berlinale in 2017. Since then, he has been working on his second feature film Cryptozoo, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021.
