John Collins spoke to Colin McIvor, whose film Zoo, featuring Ian McElhinney, Amy Huberman, Toby Jones and Penelope Wilton, opened this year's Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington D.C. Zoo recounts the story of young Tom and his misfit friends, who fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.

Zoo screened at the Capital Irish Film Festival on Thursday, 1st March.

Zoo is released in Irish cinemas on 29th June 2018.

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