Adventures in Zambezia
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| Directed by | Wayne Thornley |
| Written by | Andrew Cook Raffaella Delle Donne Anthony Silverston Wayne Thornley |
| Produced by | Mike Buckland Stuart Forrest James Middleton Anthony Silverston |
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| Cinematography | Wayne Thornley |
| Edited by | Michel Smit Paul Speirs Luke MacKay |
| Music by | Bruce Retief |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment (as Affirm Films, English territories) Cinema Management Group (International) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Countries | South Africa United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | R173 million ($20 million) |
| Box office | $34.4 million |
Adventures in Zambezia, or simply Zambezia, is a 2012 animated adventure comedy film directed by Wayne Thornley, written by Andrew Cook, Raffaella Delle Donne, and Anthony Silverston, and stars the voices of Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Jim Cummings, Richard E. Grant, Jenifer Lewis, Jamal Mixon, and David Shaughnessy in supporting roles. It tells the story of a peregrine falcon who journeys to the titular bird city of Zambezia. Adventures in Zambezia is the first film produced by Triggerfish Animation Studios and distributed by Cinema Management Group and Sony Pictures in English territories.
Adventures in Zambezia was theatrically released on 3 July 2012 and earned $34.4 million on a R173 million ($20 million USD) budget. It received Annie Award nominations for Music in an Animated Feature Production and for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production. The film won the Best South African Feature Film at the Durban International Film Festival in 2012. It also won Best Animation at the South African Film and Television Awards and Best Animation at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.