Adventures in Zambezia

Adventures in Zambezia
South African theatrical release film poster
Directed by	Wayne Thornley
Written by	Andrew Cook Raffaella Delle Donne Anthony Silverston Wayne Thornley[1]
Produced by	Mike Buckland Stuart Forrest James Middleton Anthony Silverston
Starring	Jeremy Suarez Abigail Breslin Jeff Goldblum Leonard Nimoy Samuel L. Jackson
Cinematography	Wayne Thornley
Edited by	Michel Smit Paul Speirs Luke MacKay[1]
Music by	Bruce Retief
Production company	Triggerfish Animation Studios
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Entertainment (English territories) Cinema Management Group (International)
Release date	3 July 2012 (2012-07-03)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	South Africa
Language	English
Budget	R173 million ($20 million)[2]
Box office	$34.4 million[3]

Adventures in Zambezia, or simply Zambezia,^[1] is a 2012 South African 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.^[4] It also won Best Animation at the South African Film and Television Awards and Best Animation at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.