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Azur & Asmar
2006, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, 99 min
Color/ 1.85/ Dolby Digital/
Director, Screenwriter, Character Design, Dialogue Writer: Michel Ocelot
Set in the Middle Ages, Azur and Asmar is the story of two boys raised as brothers. Blonde, blue-eyed, white skinned Azur and black-haired, brown-eyed, dark-skinned Asmar are lovingly cared for by Asmar's gentle mother, who tells them magical stories. Time passes, and one day. Azur's father, the master of the house, provokes a brutal separation…
Production Company
Nord-Ouest Productions
41, rue de la Tour d'Auvergne
75009 Paris, France
Phone number: +33 1.53.20.47.20
Fax number: +33 1.53.20.47.21
Email address:
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Kirikou And Sorceress
1998, France/ Belgium/ Luxemburg/ 75 min
Color/ 1.66 : 1/ Dolby SR/ 35 mm
Director, Screenwriter: Michel Ocelot
Producer: Didier Brunner, Jacques Vercruyssen, Paul Thiltges, Cinematographer: Daniel Borenstein,
Editor: Dominique Lefever, Animator: Inga Riba
Production Designer: Thierry Million,
Composer (Music Score): Youssou N'Dour
The tiny Kirikou is born into an African village upon which a sorceress called Karaba has cast a terrible spell: the spring has dried up, the villagers are being blackmailed, the men of the village have either been kidnapped or have mysteriously disappeared.
But no sooner has Kirikou delivered himself from his mother's womb than he wants to rid the village of Karaba's curse and understand the cause of her wickedness.
His adventure-filled voyage leads Kirikou to the Forbidden Mountain, where the Wise Man of the Mountain, who knows of Karaba and her secrets, awaits him.
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 Michel Ocelot was born on the French Riviera and spent his childhood in Guinea. After studying art, he learned about animated films by directing short films during his vacations with a group of friends who each used different techniques (cartoons, puppets, etc.). In his first professional short film, Les Trois Inventeurs (1979) he used characters and backgrounds made with lacy paper.
In 1998, the general public became aware of Michel Ocelot, thanks to the huge box-office and critical success of Kirikou and the Sorceress. The film’s popularity was so great that it led Michel Ocelot to relate more of his little hero’s adventures in Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005) which he co-directed with Bénédicte Galup.
Azur & Asmar is a project full of new experiences: Michel Ocelot chose to combine 3D and 2D, and brought together his production and animation team in Paris, the town where he lives.
Michel Ocelot was also President of the ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) from 1994 to 2000.
Filmography
Kirikou & The Sorceress (1998), Princes & Princesses (2000), Kirikou & The Wild Beasts (2005), Azur & Asmar (2006).
Production Company
Les Armateurs
33, rue Linné
75005 Paris, France
Phone number: +33 1.49.29.09.77
Fax number: +33 1.49.29.05.37
www.lesarmateurs.com
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Brenden and The Secret of Kells
2008, France/ Ireland/ Belgium/ 1h 15min
DVD 9/ Color/ Dolby Digital 5.1/ Stereo
Director: Tomm Moore
Co- Director: Nora Twomey
Screenplay: Fabrice Ziolkowski
Art Director: Ross Stewart
Music: Bruno Coulais
Adventure, action and danger await 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells.
In order to finish the magnificent book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him for the first time ever, beyond the abbeys walls into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young white wolf/girl, who will become his closest friend and helper.
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Tom Moore is co-Founder and company director of Cartoon Saloon.
Since founding the company in 1999 with Paul Young, Tom has worked on almost every Cartoon Saloon production in various capacities including directing and designing commercials, illustrating graphic novelist and children’s books and working as animation artist on several TV series and feature film productions. Having completed his first feature film “The Secret of Kells” he is currently working on the graphic novels of the film and his new feature film “The Song of the Sea”. Tom is a lifelong comic book and animation enthusiast.
Production Company
Les Armateurs
33, rue Linné
75005 Paris, France
Phone number: +33 1.49.29.09.77
Fax number: +33 1.49.29.05.37
www.lesarmateurs.com
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