Visionary comic book writer/artist/filmmaker Dash Shaw’s vibrant, fantastical animated feature follows cryptozookeepers through a richly-drawn hallucinatory world as they struggle to capture a baku (a legendary dream-eating hybrid creature) and begin to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a zoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown. Featuring the voice talents of Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Michael Cera, Louisa Krause, Peter Stormare, Thomas Jay Ryan, Grace Zabriskie and Angeliki Papoulia, Cryptozoo is written and directed by Shaw, with Jane Samborski directing the stunning animation.

“It’s unlike anything you’ve seen before and likely won’t see again.” – Nicolás Delgadillo, Discussing Film

“Cryptozoo winds up as a window into a decidedly uncommercial mind, and a form of storytelling that isn’t the practiced, polished committee effort that comes out of animation houses like Disney and DreamWorks.” – Tasha Robinson, Polygon

“The animation is the greatest strength here, with its echoes of Yellow Submarine and Fantastic Planet. Lake Bell gives a heartfelt central performance as Lauren.” -Fiona Underhill, JumpCut Online

“This psychedelic paean to biodiversity and acceptance in a xenophobic world is alternately marvelous and messy.” – David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

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