Senegal and France / 2015 / 90mins / Animation / English, French and Wolof

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. He wants to rid the village of the curse so he goes on a voyage to the Forbidden Mountain, where the Wise Man of the Mountain, who knows of Karaba and her secrets, awaits him.

Michel Ocelot

Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist, and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator, and other roles in earlier works) and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 début feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. Michel Ocelot was the guest of honor at Animation First 2019, on the 20th anniversary of the release of his acclaimed film Kirikou and the Sorceress. His 2018 feature film, Dilili in Paris, set in the Belle Epoque, won the 2019 Cesar award, France’s highest film honor.
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