France’s Michel Ocelot, whose “Tales of the Night” plays in Competition today at Berlin, is prepping 3D toon feature “Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes” (Kirikou and Men and Women). The third ...

exclusively in fables and fairy tales, but he presents them with a blunt directness that seems antithetical to the genre. Instead, it winds up enhancing it. In his best-known film, 1998's phenomenal ...

NO sooner has Whale Rider put faith in the inspirational leadership qualities of an inquiring, determined child than along comes Michel Ocelot's Kirikou And The Sorceress to second that motion. This ...

No provocation intended by ‘Kirikou’ helmer PARIS -- Michel Ocelot is considered by many French kids as the father of contemporary French animation. His two previous movies, both recounting the ...

If you fondly remember the 1998 animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress, you won’t have much trouble following along as the Orlando School of Cultural Dance retells the classic African folktale. If ...

A bit of fair warning for those about to watch Michel Ocelot's “Kirikou et la sorcière” (Kirikou and the Sorceress) for the first time: there is a lot of nudity—none of it sexual—the way it was in ...

A REFRESHING change from the Disneyfied setting of "The Lion King," which somehow made Africa look a bit like an air-brushed theme park in Southern California, the animated feature "Kirikou and the ...

PARIS — Disney’s symbol-laden “The Chronicles of Narnia” isn’t the only film delivering lessons in life to kids this holiday season. The E5.2 million ($6.2 million) animated feature “Kirikou and the ...

Not before time, the kids are taking over. Well, grown-ups these days just don't cut it. Or if not kids, then a kid... Neatly dovetailing with the sentiments of Whale Rider, this animated elaboration ...

Director Michel Ocelot adds another chapter to his beloved kids animation series. By Jordan Mintzer Kirikou Still - H 2012 Like the previous Kirikou movies, the combination of classic animation and ...

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