Triggerfish Animation Studios
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Triggerfish Animation Studios, or simply Triggerfish, is a computer-animated film studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. The studio is best known for its first film Adventures in Zambezia [1] (2012), an animated feature film.
History
Triggerfish was established in 1996 by Jacquie Trowell and Emma Kaye in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]
As a stop-frame animation studio, it produced multiple commercials for South African ad agencies. From 1998-2008 Triggerfish produced animation for Sesame Workshop for the South African version of Sesame Street, Takalani Sesame, as well as the US domestic and international versions of the pre-school kids' program.
Stuart Forrest joined as a junior animator in 2002 to work on Takalani Sesame Season 2 & 3. In 2004, Forrest and James Middleton became partners in Triggerfish and in 2005 became the sole partners when the original founders left the company. Triggerfish produced very little work until 2007, when Anthony Silverston joined as Creative Director and Mike Buckland joined as Head of Production. At the same time the company moved away from stop-frame animation and relaunched as a Computer Animation studio.
In 2008 Triggerfish created a 30-minute short entitled "The rise and fall of Tony the Frog". The short was produced by Ambient Animation in Cape Town.[3] for Isaac Entertainment.
Feature Films From 2006 the team began to shift focus to motion pictures by writing their first script Zambezia with US-based rights company Wonderful Works. The script went into production in 2009 and was released in 2012. In 2010 the studio started production on Khumba which started its worldwide release in Q3 2013.
Triggerfish are now working in their third feature provisionally called Here Be Monsters, which is slated for release in 2016. The studio is planning a fourth film "Seal Team" to be released in 2017[4]
Filmography
Movies
Released Films
| Title | Released | Distribution | Directed | Budget |
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| 1.Adventures in Zambezia | July 2, 2012 | CMG Sony Entertainment | Wayne Thornley | $20 million |
| 2.Khumba | October 25, 2013 (South Africa) | Millennium Entertainment Indigenous Film Distribution | Anthony Silverston | TBA |
Upcoming Films
| Title | Released | Distribution | Directed | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Here Be Monsters | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2.Seal Team | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Awards
"Adventures in Zambezia"
2012 Best South African Feature Film at The Durban International Film Festival[1]
2012 Best Animation at South African Film and Television Awards
2013 Best Animation at Africa Movie Academy Awards
2013 Best Children's Feature at Anima Mundi.
"Khumba"
Prior to its release, "Khumba" screened in competition at Annecy International Animation Festival 2013 and was in the Official Selection of Durban International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival 2013.
Gold Panda Award for Best Foreign Animation (2013)
Gold Panda Award for Grand Prize (2013)
Upcoming projects
The studio released the computer-animated film, Khumba, in South Africa on 25 October 2013. In March 2013 Triggerfish announced that they will produce an a 3rd feature film called Here Be Monsters that tells the story of a boy and a sea monster and is set on the West Coast of Southern Africa, set for release in 2016. A fourth film, "Seal Team", is a story that pits Cape Fur Seals against Great White sharks.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Teo Kermeliotis (April 22, 2012). "Zambezia 3D animation puts South Africa film in the picture". CNN. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Mfonobong Nsehe (October 1, 2012). "Meet The Man Behind Triggerfish". Forbes. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.animationsa.org/article/milestone-south-african-animation
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-african-animation-studio-triggerfish-656331?mobile_redirect=false