ZOO
Genre
Animation
Running time
8 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Subtitle
No
Country
Jordan and Germany
Director
Tariq Rimawi
Bio
Producer
Aminah Abdat, Moritz Mayerhofer
Cast
Nikolai Neumetzler
Scriptwriter
Tariq Rimawi
Wandering through the worst zoo in the World, a young boy Sami is looking for his football. The loner finds more than that when he bargained for when he encounters the little tiger Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.
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