Zambezia (2012)

Directed by

Wayne Thornley

Genre

adventure film, comedy drama

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

G

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 334 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young peregrine falcon named Kai leaves his home to find the legendary bird city of Zambezia, hidden in a giant tree near Victoria Falls. He makes friends and discovers a world of flying adventures there.

lightheartedadventurousupbeatfamily-friendlywhimsicalbreezycolorfulfast-paced

What happens

Adventures in Zambezia, or simply Zambezia, is a 2012 South African animated adventure comedy film directed by Wayne Thornley, written by Andrew Cook, Raffaella Delle Donne, and Anthony Silverston, and stars the voices of Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Jim Cummings, Richard E. Grant, Jenifer Lewis, Jamal Mixon, and David Shaughnessy in supporting roles. In the film, Kai, a peregrine falcon journeys to the titular city which is in a colossal Baobab tree on the edge of Victoria Falls. Adventures in Zambezia is the first film produced by Triggerfish Animation Studios and distributed by Cinema Management Group and Sony Pictures in English territories. Adventures in Zambezia was theatrically released on 3 July 2012 and earned $34.4 million on a R173 million budget. It received Annie Award nominations for Music in an Animated Feature Production and for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production. The film won the Best South African Feature Film at the Durban International Film Festival in 2012. It also won Best Animation at the South African Film and Television Awards and Best Animation at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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