Postcards from the Zoo

Abandoned in the zoo by her father when she was a little girl, Lana grew up surrounded by animals, boundaries and and the sounds of an subdued wilderness. Raised by animal trainers, the zoo is the only world she knows. She learns to appreciate the graceful steps of the hippo, the elegance of the giraffe, the dignity of an elephant flipping it‘s ears. One day, a handsome young man enters her world, a charismatic cowboy who knows some magical tricks. Lana falls in love. She becomes his assistant in performing magic. At his side, she leaves the zoo for the very first time. But one day, during one of his performances, the magician disappears. Lana is sold to a massage parlour and works as a masseuse ‚with benefits‘. In her heart she sadly longs for the magician and the animals that used to make her world a world full of meaning. Between remembrance of things past and the desire to find her own path Lana has to make up her mind. She leaves the massage parlour and sets out on a quest for a possibly impossible place: home.

• IFF Berlin / competition
• Hong Kong IFF / competition
• Tribeca FF / competition

• Jury Special Prize / Cinefan – Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema