{"id":538,"date":"2013-08-21T00:30:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T22:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=538"},"modified":"2013-09-13T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T09:04:35","slug":"khumba-to-compete-with-worlds-best-at-toronto-international-film-festival-kids-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/08\/21\/khumba-to-compete-with-worlds-best-at-toronto-international-film-festival-kids-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Khumba To Compete With World’s Best At Toronto International Film Festival Kids Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Khumba<\/a><\/p>\n

Cape Town-based Triggerfish partners Anthony Silverston and Stuart Forrest will soon be heading to the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where the company\u2019s second animated feature film Khumba will compete with some of the best international children\u2019s films in the TIFF Kids programme.\u00a0 This will also be the film\u2019s North American premiere following its world premiere in France where Khumba was selected in competition at Annecy and its African launch at 2013 Durban International Film Festival last month.<\/p>\n

Khumba follows the adventures of\u00a0a young zebra born with only half his stripes. When his superstitious herd blame him for the sudden drought affecting the land, Khumba teams up with a sassy wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich to find the legendary waterhole where the first zebras got their stripes. On his daring quest across the Great Karoo desert, Khumba meets a host of quirky characters and comes face-to-face with a tyrannical leopard in an epic battle to earn his stripes.<\/p>\n

The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013 and continues to shine a spotlight on international children\u2019s films.\u00a0 The festival line-up consists of five family-friendly titles from around the world representing a diverse range of cultural perspectives.\u00a0 The themes explored include courage, camaraderie, love and acceptance and are aimed at both young and young at heart festival goers.<\/p>\n

The 5 films selected for TIFF Kids are:\u00a0Amazonia<\/i>\u00a0(Thierry Ragobert, France\/Brazil, North American Premiere),\u00a0Antboy<\/i>\u00a0(Ask Hasselbalch, Denmark, World Premiere),\u00a0Khumba<\/i>\u00a0(Anthony Silverston, South Africa, North American Premiere),\u00a0The World of Goopi and Bagha<\/i>(Shilpa Ranade, India, World Premiere),\u00a0Zip and Zap and The Marble Gang<\/i>I (Oskar Santos, Spain, World Premiere).<\/p>\n

Khumba has already been sold to over 40 territories by LA-based sales agent Cinema Management Group with a few deals on major territories yet to be finalised at Toronto. The film releases in South Africa in both English and Afrikaans on October 25th and will then roll out through the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Triggerfish\u2019s first animated film \u201cAdventures in Zambezia\u201d has released successfully across the world and opened widely in France this week as \u201cDroles d\u2019Oseaux\u201d. Last week \u201cAdventures in Zambezia\u201d won the Best Children\u2019s Feature at Anima Mundi in Rio, Brazil.<\/p>\n

Khumba will be released in South Africa by Indigenous Film Distribution.<\/p>\n

Official Site: www.khmbamovie.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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