The Zoo follows the parallel lives of a polar bear cub in a popular city zoo and a Chinese boy who visits him until they’re both in their twilight years.

As dawn breaks and most of the city still sleeps, the long-time merchants of Vancouver's Chinatown are hard at work. They haul out their produce stands and set up their makeshift vendor carts in preparation for what they hope will be a busy day. But, like many ethnic enclaves in urban centres across North America, their clientele is dwindling. This once vibrant and thriving neighbourhood is in flux as new condo developments and non-Chinese businesses move in and gradually overtake the declining hub of the Chinese community. Everything Will Be, from Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan, captures this fascinating transformation through the intimate perspectives of the neighbourhood's residents, diverse merchants and new entrepreneurs, who offer their poignant reflections on change, memory and legacy. A public art installation erected on the roof of a local real estate mogul's contemporary art gallery - housed in one of the oldest buildings in Chinatown - illuminates in neon the words 'EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.' Night and day, this sign looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright. The big question is - for whom?

影片主人公是一个名叫伊芙的9岁女孩，她生长在温哥华一个传统的中国移民家庭。伊芙出生的那一年是中国传统上的“火马”年，因此她生性敏感早熟，有着狂野的想象力。在伊芙的家里，到处弥漫着孔子的思想和迷信的困扰。伊芙11岁的姊姊Karena刻板而独断，是虔诚的天主教徒。而伊芙则把佛教和天主教搅和在了一起。于是她们的生活变成了一个幻想中的大灾难——圣人和文化的混战。 《伊芙与火马》以夸张、幽默的手法，讲述了一个年轻女孩孤独的童年时光，和在充满困惑的世界中努力成长的感人旅程。故事震撼观众的心灵。本片曾参加今年9月的多伦多国际电影节。