A contemporary fairy tale about humans and nature, with kings, good guys, bad guys, and young heroes. Thirteen-year-old Robin lives in a world where nature is taboo. Plants are dirty, butterflies are dangerous, and the forest is strictly off-limits. The reign of terror of King Ferdinand and his Bureau for Nature Control (BNC) keeps humans and nature at a safe distance from each other. One day, Robin's mother Marjolein disappears during a mission in the forest. Against her better judgment, Robin ventures into the forest in search of answers. There she meets Wolf, an "enfant sauvage." He seems to know more...
Direction
Brother directing duo brings chaotic sibling energy to every frame
Production
BNC bureaucratic hellscape design hits different in 2024
Director
Dimitri Leue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Belgium's Flemish animation scene has been quietly radical for decades; ZOOks carries that torch with deliberate anti-Flemish-nationalist subtext about border control and 'purity.'
Wim Helsen, who voices King Ferdinand, is actually Belgium's most beloved absurdist comedian—casting him as a nature-hating tyrant was intentional political satire that most non-Belgian audiences miss entirely.
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