Yes we Cannes!
With post-production on our second animated feature in the can, some of the Triggerfish team are heading to Cannes where we will be screening Khumba for the first time at the market.
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Feature Film
Triggerfish goes for gold!
The sound design for Triggerfish Animation studios’ upcoming animated feature, Khumba, is being done at the prestigious Goldcrest Post London in the heart of Soho. Heading the sound design team at Goldcrest is Adrian Rhodes who has worked on acclaimed animated films such as The Gruffalo, Chicken Run, The Pirates! as well as all of Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit shorts. Rhodes recently won a BAFTA sound award for the BBC’s, Richard II.
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Press Release: Triggerfish Animation adds Steve Buscemi and Anika Noni Rose to Khumba
Beverly Hills, CA – April 23, 2013 – South Africa based Triggerfish Animation Studios, the company behind the worldwide 3D Animated hit Adventures in Zambezia (highest grossing South African film in last 30 years) announced today that they’ve added the voice talent of Steve Buscemi to join Laurence Fishburne, AnnaSophia Robb, Jake T. Austin, Loretta Devine, Catherine Tate, Richard E. Grant and Liam Neeson, in their new 3D Animated feature Khumba.
Additionally, Anika Noni Rose, the voice of “Princess Tiana” in Disney’s $250 million dollar-grossing film The Princess and the Frog, joins the team as Lungisa, Khumba’s mother and wife to Fishburne’s character, Seko. Rose, a Tony Award winner, is also known for her starring work in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, the HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and numerous other film and television projects.
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‘Zambezia’ wins Best Animation at Africa Movie Academy Awards
Triggerfish partner and producer, Mike Buckland attended the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Yenagoa, Nigeria this past weekend to accept the award for for Best Animation. Adventures in Zambezia was nominated for the ‘African Oscar’ alongside fellow South African animation studio, Character Matters for their animated feature, Lion of Judah.
‘Adventures in Zambezia’ now on DVD and Blu-Ray
Following on from a successful theatrical release world-wide, ‘Adventures in Zambezia’ will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in South African stores as of today. It has already been released by Sony in the U.S. and U.K. in an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart.
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, ‘Adventures in Zambezia’ tells the story of Kai, a naive, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of Zambezia where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community. The film won best SA Feature at the Durban International Film Festival, a SAFTA for Best Animated Film and was nominated for two Annie Awards. So get your copy today – it’s ama-zing!