Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Dropout, Hijack, I.S.S., Fate: The Winx Saga, Dangerous Liaisons, Lost Girls, Mrs. Wilson, The Pale Horse) has provided the original score for the upcoming documentary Checkpoint Zoo. The film directed by Joshua Zeman (The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52) is set during the early days of the Ukraine-Russian war, when the the Feldman Ecopark, an animal refuge in Ukraine’s second largest city, found itself caught in the crossfire. The movie centers chronicles the efforts of a courageous team of zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to bring thousands of animals that were left trapped with little food and water to safety. Zeman is also producing the project with Zachary Mortensen (Choking Man, First Winter), Ian Davies (Concrete Plans, Kat and the Band) and Torquil Jones (14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Arsène Wenger: Invincible). Checkpoint Zoo will premiere this month at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Nikitin’s other recent projects include Benoît Delhomme’s Mothers’ Instinct, which premiered in the UK this spring and is expected to be released in the U.S. later this year.
