Night of the Zoopocalypse

Gracie, a female wolf pup at Colepepper Zoo, is bored to death with the constant training to fend off an enemy that never shows up. But one night, a pink meteorite hits the zoo and suddenly changes everything. It releases a virus that turns harmless animals into zombie-like creatures. Gracie teams up with Dan the mountain lion and other animals spared by the virus to save her pack and the entire zoo. And there is also Xavier, a film-obsessed red ruffed lemur that is absolutely certain this is a zoopocalypse! 

The family-friendly horror film “Night of the Zoopocalypse” is the joint feature-film debut by Ricardo Curtis (“The Incredibles”) and Rodrigo Perez-Castro (“Ice Age”). Based on an idea by cult author Clive Barker, this imaginative animated film is full of suspense, humour and exceptional characters. The Canadian-Belgian-French co-production was recently nominated for the Anima’t Award at the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival. The film celebrates its Swiss premiere at Fantoche. (Marianne Simmen)