Many reasons to enjoy watching ‘Zog’

Proudly presented by Animation SA, The Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) kicks off on Friday March 8, with the African premiere of Triggerfish’s latest BBC Christmas special with Magic Light Pictures.

Here are eight reasons to look out for the movie: perfectly spherical loveliness; it is lovely from every conceivable angle”; the Guardian warned parents “once this has been added to iPlayer you may never be allowed to watch anything else again on your TV – ever!”

is directed by two-time Oscar nominee Max Lang (The

the Broom) and South African Daniel Snaddon Friday’s screening is special for Snaddon as he was the founding director of Kunjanimation, which grew into CTIAF.

“When we started the festival in 2011, it was one day of workshops at Wits and two nights of screenings at Alliance Francaise. It’s been amazing to watch it grow and be accepted by the international community. This year, they have Peter Ramsey, director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – just after he won the Oscar! And Aron Warner, who produced and

Snaddon describes Zog as “this great playing-against-type, progressive story about two people who are told by society that this is the way you do things and who say, ‘No, we’re going to make up our own minds’.”

But he finds it funny that has been hailed as a feminist story. “I’m delighted, but I do think it’s an awfully low bar if all we’re advocating is that women can be doctors,” he says.

really is the product of some of South Africa’s finest digital artists,” says Snaddon.

Zog will have its African premiere at 8pm this Friday, March 8 in Cape Town. Visit http://www.webtickets.co.za for details. — DDR

Picture: SUPPLIED FEEL-GOOD FLICK: ‘Zog’, a movie based on the bestselling Julia Donaldson picture book and animated in Cape Town by Triggerfish, has its African premiere in Cape Town on Friday.