Films with Study Guide Available
- 100% Coco, Netherlands, 2017
- 303, Germany, 2018
- About a Girl, Germany, 2014
- Adama, France, 2015
- Alfie, the Little Werewolf, Netherlands, 2011
- Alive and Ticking, Germany, 2010
- Anchors Up - Boats to the Rescue, Norway, 2017
- Angels' Share, The, Great Britain, France, 2012
- Antboy, Denmark, 2013
- Antboy III, Denmark, Germany, 2016
- Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury, Denmark, Germany, 2014
- Arthur and the Minimoys, France, 2006
- At Eye Level, Germany, 2016
- Ava, France, 2017
- Azur and Asmar, France, 2006
- Being 17, France, 2016
- Bekas (Aka: Up and Away), Finland, Iraq, Sweden, 2012
- Belle & Sebastian, France, 2013
- Belle & Sebastian, the Adventure Continues, France, 2015
- Beyond Beyond, Denmark, Sweden, 2014
- Big, Bad Fox and Other Tales, The, France, Belgium, 2017
- Billy Elliot - I will dance, Great Britain, 2000
- Birds of Passage, Belgium, France, 2015
- Bitchkram aka Bitch Hug, Sweden, 2012
- Black Mor's Island, France, 2003
- Blanka, Italy, Japan, 2015
- Blindflyers, Germany, 2003
- Blue Arrow, The, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, 1996
- Blue Tiger, The, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2012
- Bonkers, Netherlands, 2005
- Booster, Belgium, 2014
- Boy 7, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, 2014
- Boys, Netherlands, 2013
- Brendan and the Secret of Kells, Ireland, France, Beluim, 2008
- Butterfly, The, France, 2002
- Captain Sabertooth and the Lama Rama Treasure *, Norway, 2014
- Cat in Paris, A, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, 2010
- Catch that Girl, Denmark, 2002
- Center of My World, Austria, Germany, 2016
- Christmoose Story, A, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, 2013
- Cloudboy, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, 2017
- Colour of Milk, The, Norway, 2004
- Combat Girls, Germany, 2011
- Come Along, Slovenia, 2016
- Contest, The – To the Stars and Back, Denmark, 2013
- Crocodiles, Germany, 2009
- Day Will Come, The, Denmark, 2016
- Death of a Superhero, Ireland, Germany, 2011
- DESMOND & THE SWAMP BARBARIAN TRAP, Sweden, 2006
- Diary of Anne Frank, The, Germany, 2016
- Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, Norway, Germany, 2014
- Dragon Girls, Germany, 2013
- Dryads - Girls Don't Cry, Norway, 2015
- Eagle Hunter's Son, The, Sweden/Germany, 2009
- Eep!, Netherlands, 2009
- Eleonore's Secret, France, 2009
- Elina – As if I wasn’t There, Sweden, Finland, 2002
- Enclave, Serbia & Germany, 2015
- Ernest & Célestine, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2012
- Eskil & Trinidad, Sweden, 2013
- Ethel and Ernest, Great Britain, Luxembourg, 2016
- Fanny's Journey, Belgium, France, 2016
- Fiddlesticks, Germany, 2014
- Fidgety Bram, Netherlands, 2011
- Fighter, Denmark, 2007
- Finding Friends, Norway, 2004
- Finn, Netherlands, Belgium, 2013
- Fly Away Home, Austria, 2016
- Fortune Favours the Brave, Germany, 2016
- Fox and the Child, The, France, 2007
- Gilbert's Grim Revenge, Norway, 2016
- Ginger & Rosa, Great Britain, 2012
- Giraffada, France/Germany/Italy/Palestine, 2013
- Girl Down Loch Änzi, The, Switzerland, 2016
- Girl in Flight, Italy, Switzerland, 2017
- Girl, the Mother and the Demons, The, Sweden, 2016
- Girlhood, France, 2014
- Girls Lost, Sweden, Finland, 2015
- Going to School, Denmark, 2016
- Gold Digger, Finland, 2016
- Goodbye Berlin, Germany, 2016
- Gordon and Paddy, Sweden, 2017
- Great Bear, The, Denmark, 2011
- Heartstone, Denmark, Iceland, 2016
- Heartstrings, France, 2016
- Heaven will wait, France, 2016
- Heavysaurs, Finland, 2016
- Heidi, Germany, Switzerland, 2015
- Help! I'm a Fish, Germany/ DK/ IR, 2000
- Hobbyhorse Revolution, Finland, 2017
- Horizon Beautiful, Switzerland / Ethiopia, 2013
- Horse on the Balcony, The, Austria, 2012
- Hotel True Love, Netherlands, Germany, 2017
- House of Magic, France, 2013
- I Am William, Denmark, 2017
- Ice Dragon, The, Sweden, 2012
- Idol, The, Great Britain, Palestine, The Netherlands, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, 2015
- Ikingut, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, 2000
- In the Forest of Huckybucky, Norway, 2016
- Incredible Story of the Giant Pear, The, Denmark, 2017
- Indian, The, Netherlands, 2009
- Invisible Boy, The, Italy, 2014
- Italian, The, Russia, 2004
- Jack, Germany, 2014
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, France, Belgium, 2013
- Jack's Wish, Netherlands, 2015
- Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, Germany, 2018
- Kauwboy, Netherlands, 2012
- Keeper, Belgium, Switzerland, France, 2015
- Kidbusters, Denmark, 2017
- Kidz in da Hood, Sweden, 2006
- King Laurin, Germany, 2016
- Kirikou and the Sorceress, France, 1998
- Kirikou and the Wild Animals, France, 2005
- Labyrinthus, Belgium, 2014
- Lamb, France, Ethiopia, Germany, Norway, Qatar, 2015
- Land of Mine, Denmark, 2015
- Leaps & Bounds, Norway/Sweden/Germany, 2007
- Lilly's Bewitched Christmas, Germany, Austria, 2017
- Little Big Girl, Denmark, 2002
- Little Gangster, Netherlands, 2015
- Little Ghost Laban, Sweden, 2007
- Little Lion, France, 2012
- Little Nicholas, France, Belgium, 2008
- Little Robbers, Latvia, Austria, 2008
- Little Wing, Finland, 2016
- Liverpool Goalie, The, Norway, 2010
- Lola on the Pea, Germany, 2014
- Long Way North, France, Denmark, 2015
- Los Bando, Norway, Sweden, 2018
- Lost in Africa, Denmark, 2010
- Lotte from Gadgetville, Estonia, 2006
- Luis and the Aliens, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, 2018
- Microbe and Gasoline, France, 2015
- Mike says Goodbye, Netherlands, 2012
- Milo, Netherlands, 2012
- Minoes, Netherlands, 2001
- Misa Mi, Sweden, 2003
- Miss Impossible, France, 2016
- Mister Twister / Class of Fun / , Netherlands, 2012
- Molly Monster aka Ted Sieger's Molly Monster – The Movie, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, 2016
- Monster Calls, A, Spain, USA, 2016
- Moomins and the Winter Wonderland, Finland, Poland, 2017
- Moon Man, Germany, France, Ireland, 2012
- Mother, I Love You, Latvia, 2013
- Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship, Germany, Italy, 2017
- Mr. Frog, Netherlands, Belgium, 2016
- Mune: Guardian of the Moon, France, 2015
- Mustang, France, Turkey,Germany, Qatar, 2015
- My Giraffe, Netherlands, 2017
- My Life as a Zucchini aka My Life as a Courgette, France, Switzerland, 2016
- My Skinny Sister, Sweden/ Germany, 2015
- Mystery of Green Hill, The, Croatia, 2017
- Neukölln Unlimited, Germany, 2010
- New Kid, The, France, 2015
- Next Door Spy, Denmark, 2017
- No Network, Iceland, 2007
- Not Without Us, Germany, 2016
- Offline – "Are You Ready for the Next Level?" , Germany, 2016
- On the Sly, Belgium, France, 2011
- On the Way to School, France, 2012
- One-Way Ticket to Mombasa, Finland, 2002
- Only a Day, Germany, 2017
- Operation Arctic, Norway, 2014
- Oskar's America, Norway, Sweden, 2017
- Owls & Mice, Netherlands, 2016
- Paddington Bear, Great Britain, 2014
- Pasta Detectives 2, The / Rico, Oskar and Heart-Breaking, Germany, 2015
- Pasta Detectives 3, The, Germany, 2016
- Pasta Detectives, The, Germany, 2014
- Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King, The, Germany, 2017
- Pettson and Findus – A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship, Germany, 2014
- Pettson and Findus – Best Christmas Ever, Germany, 2016
- Phantom Boy, Belgium, France, 2015
- Pitbullterje, Norway, 2005
- Ploddy the Policecar on the Case, Norway, 2013
- Pride, Great Britain, 2014
- Princess Lillifee, Germany, 2009
- Queen of Niendorf, Germany, 2016
- Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg, Germany, 2017
- Race, The, Ireland, Germany, 2009
- Rafiki, Norway, 2009
- Rain Children, The, France/South Corea, 2002
- Rat King, Estonia, Finland, 2012
- Rauf, Turkey, 2016
- Raven the little Rascal – The Big Race, Germany, 2015
- Red Like the Sky, Italy, 2005
- Regret!, Netherlands, 2013
- Respect, Norway, 2008
- Revolt (aka Sons of Norway), Norway, 2011
- Rhubarb, Netherlands, 2014
- Richard the Stork, Germany, Belgium, Norway, 2017
- Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk, Finland, 2016
- Robby & Toby’s Fantastic Voyager, Germany, 2016
- Rock My Heart, Germany, 2017
- Room 213, Sweden, 2017
- Rosie & Moussa, Belgium, 2018
- Run, Boy, Run, Germany, France, Poland, 2013
- S.O.S. – Summer of Suspense, Norway, 2008
- Sami Blood, Sweden, 2016
- Sea of Silence, NL, B, DK, Germany, 2003
- Secret Society of Souptown, Estonia, Finland, 2015
- Secrets of War, Netherlands, Belgium, 2014
- Shamer's Daughter, The, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, 2015
- Shana – The Wolf's Music, Switzerland, Canada, 2014
- Shiverstone Castle 2, Germany, 2017
- Silent Revolution, The, Germany, 2018
- Simple Simon, Sweden, 2010
- Sing Street, Ireland, Great Britain, USA, 2016
- Sitting Next to Zoe, Switzerland, 2013
- Siv Sleeps Astray, Sweden, Netherlands, 2016
- Skellig, Great Britain, 2008
- Snow Queen, The, Germany, Finland, 2014
- Son of Rambow, Great Britain, France, Germany, 2006
- Song of the Sea, Ireland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, 2014
- Sonita, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, 2015
- Sophie's Misfortunes, France, 2016
- Sparrows, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
- Speed Walking, Denmark, 2014
- Spot and Splodge, Sweden, 2011
- Storm – Letter of Fire, Netherlands, 2017
- Strawberry Days, Sweden, Poland, 2016
- Strong as a Lion, Sweden, 2002
- Strongest Man in Holland, The, Netherlands, 2010
- Supa Modo, Germany, Kenya, 2018
- Swagger, France, 2016
- Swallows and Amazons, Great Britain, 2016
- Taking Chances, Belgium, Netherlands, 2011
- The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter, Germany, 2016
- There's only one Jimmy Grimble, Great Britain, 2000
- Three Robbers, The, Germany, 2007
- To See the Sea, Czech Republic, 2014
- Tomboy, France, 2011
- Tommy's Inferno, Norway, 2005
- Tomorrow Will Be Better, Poland, Japan, 2011
- Tongue Cutters, Norway, 2017
- Tony 10, Netherlands/Germany, 2012
- Totally True Love (former title: Jørgen + Anne = Sant), Norway, Germany, 2011
- Tough Guys, The, Norway, 2013
- Trigger, Norway, 2006
- TRIO – The Hunt for the Holy Shrine, Norway, 2017
- Tsatsiki - Friends Forever, S / N / DK, 2001
- Turn Me On, Goddammit!, Norway, 2011
- Twigson (Knerten), Norway, 2009
- Up in the Sky, Sweden, 2016
- Wadjda, Germany, Saudi-Arabia, 2012
- Wallay, France, 2017
- Ways to Live Forever, Spain, Great Britain, 2010
- We Are the Best!, Sweden, 2013
- We are the Pirates of the Roads, Finland, 2015
- We Can Be Heroes, Sweden/Denmark, 2002
- We Shall Overcome, Denmark, Great Britain, 2005
- What Will People Say, Norway, 2017
- Where is Winky's Horse?, Netherlands, Belgium, 2007
- Windstorm and the Wild Horses, Germany, 2017
- Winky's Horse, Netherlands, Belgium, 2005
- Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ..., Austria, 2012
- Zarafa, Belgium, France, 2011
- Zozo, Sweden, 2005
Azur and Asmar
English title: Azur and Asmar
Original title: Azur et Asmar
German title: 1001 Nacht - die Geschichte von Azur und Asmar
France, 2006
Director: Ocelot, Michel
Production company: Nord-Ouest Production
Co-producers: Lucky Red Productions
Age recommendation: 6 years and up
Synopsis:
Once upon a time, there were two children who had the same nanny: Azur, blonde and blue-eyed, son of the lord of the castle, and Asmar, dark-skinned and black-eyed, the nurse's child. Brought up like brothers, the children are suddenly torn apart. But Azur, haunted by the legend of the Djinn the nanny used to tell him, intends to find it in lands beyond the seas. When they grow up, the two foster brothers each go separate ways in search of the fairy. Daring rivals, they find magic lands in a medieval Maghreb, full of dangers and enchantments.
Comments:
Animation from the director of the "Kirikou"-movies.
Sprockets Toronto 2007:
Celebrated animation master Michel Ocelot delivers an awe-inspiring and exquisitely crafted epic tale in Azur and Asmar. (...) Ocelot’s latest work offers an unforgettably sublime viewing experience by coupling outstanding computer animation techniques with bold, painterly designs. Richly textured backgrounds capture both the simple beauty of the French Countryside and mesmerizing intricacy of North African cities, while a vibrant palette of characters – both human and mythical – are rendered with precision. Honouring the beauty of multiculturalism and blended families while celebrating the virtues of loyalty and honesty, Azur and Asmar is a masterful, modern-day fable for the ages.
" AZUR ET ASMAR by Michel Ocelot is a unique fairy tale that is both classic and modern all at once. The film is a stunning achievement that never fails to surprise both visually and narratively – transcending its genre, bridging cultures, and stirring the soul through beautifully realized animation." Jury's statement at the International Festival of Animated Films Stuttgart 2007
"The most beautiful film of 2009! It's hard to imagine a more transporting cinematic experience!" - Roger Ebert
Marketing strategies:
More than 1.600.000 admissions in France!
Festivals:
Cannes 2006 (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), London Children's Film Festival 2006 (awarded), Ale Kino Poznan 2006 (awarded), Sprockets Toronto 2007 (awarded), Stuttgart 2007 (awarded)Kinderfilmfest Munich 2007 (awarded), Showcommotion Sheffield 2007, Buenos Aires (awarded), Cyprus 2007, Leeds 2008, New York Int. CFF 2009, Vilnius 2010
Website: http://www.azuretasmar-lefilm.com
Study guide: English
Study guide: Flemish
Study guide: French
Study guide: German
Study guide: Italian
Some additional media: Digital filmpage (Flemish)
World sales address/es:
Wild Bunch (F)
Sold to:
Frenetic (CH)
Diaphana (F)
Lucky Red (I)
Telepool / Global Screen (D)
Bundesverband Jugend und Film (DE)
Twin Film (NL)
gkids (USA)