AMAA |
Best Animation |
Annie |
Music in an Animated Feature Production |
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production |
BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award |
Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film |
Best South African Feature Film |
Golden Trailer |
Best Foreign Animation/Family Trailer |
SAFTA Golden Horn |
Best Animation |
Best Director |
Best Original Score - Feature Film |
An amazing gem set in an imaginary world in the heart of Africa right where it plunges over the magnificent Victoria Falls, arguably one of the greatest waterfalls in the world. What as incredible setting for a 'coming of age' story that should appeal to everyone, young an old.
It is easy to spot a good animated kids movie: Kids will sit on the edge of their chairs, and parents will stay awake throughout and be reasonably engaged. This one ticked both boxes.
'Zambezia', the new south African animated film is an obvious low budget animated feature, you wont see any ads on TV, and the animation looks 10 years old, but that's no reason to straight away hate on Zambezia, it's not one of those dubbed foreign trashy animated movies which have no single thing put into them apart from making money. Zambezia has a story, a plot, good characters.
This is a story of a young and disobedient falcon who left his father and their nest in the isolated desert to challenge the mysterious bird-city Zambezia.I watched this with two kids, 4 and 9, both liked it a lot and so am I.
This movie, quite frankly, is one of my favorite movies I have ever seen. Coming into this, I had no expectations.