Cryptozoo
Cryptozoo by Dash Shaw
USA 2021, Generation
© Cryptid Rescues, LLC
Cryptozoo by Dash Shaw
USA 2021, Generation
© Cryptid Rescues, LLC
Cryptozoo by Dash Shaw
USA 2021, Generation
© Cryptid Rescues, LLC
Film poster
Cryptozoo by Dash Shaw
USA 2021, Generation
The scene: California, circa 1970. While the nation’s youth practice free love and protest against the establishment and the Vietnam War, a different sort of struggle plays out underground: veterinarian Lauren Grey tracks down fantastical creatures, rescuing them from abuse and providing refuge in her Cryptozoo. Alas, the military is scheming to get its hands on the greatest cryptid of them all, the dream-devouring chimera Baku, to harness its power and destroy the dreams of the burgeoning alternative culture.
In Dash Shaw’s idiosyncratic, transgressive trip, utopic visions of hero and anti-hero are put to the test. Inspired by the psychedelic underground comics of the 1960s, this story situated between lucid dream and horror trip resonates like an echo in our present day.
With
- Lake Bell (Lauren Grey)
- Michael Cera (Matthew)
- Alex Karpovsky (David)
- Zoe Kazan (Magdalene)
- Louisa Krause (Amber)
- Angeliki Papoulia (Phoebe)
- Thomas Jay Ryan (Nicholas)
- Peter Stormare (Gustav the Faun)
- Grace Zabriskie (Joan)
Crew
| Written and Directed by | Dash Shaw |
| Animation Director | Jane Samborski |
| Animation | Emily Wolver |
| Editing | Lance Edmands, Alex Abrahams |
| Music | John Carroll Kirby |
| Sound Design | Ryan M. Price |
| Producers | Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way, Tyler Davidson |
| Executive Producers | Gail Flanigan, Dexter Braff, Drew Sykes |
| Co-Producers | Dan Janvey, Kate Moran |
World Sales
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Produced by
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Dash Shaw
On the way to the stage - and having arrived there.
Cryptozoo · Generation · Freiluftkino Rehberge · Jun 11, 2021
Before and during the film
Cryptozoo · Generation · Freiluftkino Rehberge · Jun 11, 2021
Dash Shaw
The director relaxed before the premiere.
Cryptozoo · Generation · Freiluftkino Rehberge · Jun 11, 2021
Maryanne Redpath, Dash Shaw
Communication skills in times of Corona: the section head and the director at the Photo Call.
Cryptozoo · Generation · Freiluftkino Rehberge · Jun 11, 2021
Dash Shaw
The director of the film, which received a Special Mention from the Generation International Jury.
Cryptozoo · Generation · Freiluftkino Rehberge · Jun 11, 2021
Announcement of the Jury Decisions: Generation
The jurors of the Generation International Jury Jella Haase, Mees Peijnenburg and Melanie Waelde have announced the winners during the Industry Event in a video presentation.
Cryptozoo
Generation · Galas & Awards · Mar 04, 2021
Dash Shaw
Cryptozoo
Generation · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 09, 2021
Dash Shaw
Born in Los Angeles in 1983 and raised in Richmond, Virginia, USA, he studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and works as a cartoonist and animator. He has created the graphic novels “BodyWorld”, “Doctors”, “Bottomless Belly Button”, “Clue: Candlestick” and “Discipline”. He made his debut as a director with the animation film My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea which screened in Generation in 2017. Cryptozoo is his second film.
Filmography
2016 My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea 2021 Cryptozoo
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021