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{{Infobox film
| name           = Adventures in Zambezia
| image          = Zambezia Movie Poster 2012.jpg
 
| alt            = South African theatrical release film poster
| caption        = South African theatrical release film poster
| director       = Wayne Thornley
| producer       = Mike Buckland<br>Stuart Forrest<br>James Middleton<br>Anthony Silverston 
| writer         = Andrew Cook<br />Raffaella Delle Donne<br />Anthony Silverston<br>Wayne Thornley<ref name=ScreenDailyReview>{{cite news|last1=Adams|first1=Mark|title=Adventures in Zambezia|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/adventures-in-zambezia/5052814.article|access-date=25 January 2016|work=ScreenDaily|date=12 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720143742/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/adventures-in-zambezia/5052814.article|archive-date=20 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| starring       = {{Plainlist |
* [[Jeremy Suarez]]
* [[Abigail Breslin]]
* [[Jeff Goldblum]]
* [[Leonard Nimoy]]
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]]}}
| music          = Bruce Retief
| cinematography = Wayne Thornley
| editing        = Michel Smit<br />Paul Speirs<br />Luke MacKay<ref name=ScreenDailyReview />
| studio         = [[Affirm Films]]<br>[[Cinema Management Group]]<br>[[Triggerfish Animation Studios]]<br>Wonderful Works<br>Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa<br>120db Films<br>National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa<br>Department of Trade & Industry of South Africa
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (English territories)<br>[[Cinema Management Group]] (International)
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|07|03}}
| runtime        = 82 minutes
| country        = South Africa
| language       = English
| budget         = [[South African rand|R]]173&nbsp;million ($20&nbsp;million)<ref>{{cite web|last=Naidoo|first=Romaana|title=Triggerfish takes on the big boys|url=http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/themedia/3375-triggerfish-to-compete-with-the-big-boys|publisher=Media Club South Africa|access-date=8 March 2014|archive-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212919/http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/themedia/3375-triggerfish-to-compete-with-the-big-boys|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| gross          = $34.4&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web|title=Adventures in Zambezia (2012)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=00&wk=2013W9&id=_fZAMBEZIA01|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003130/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=00&wk=2013W9&id=_fZAMBEZIA01|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''Adventures in Zambezia''''', or simply '''''Zambezia''''',<ref name=ScreenDailyReview /> is an 2012 South African animated [[adventure film]]. The film was 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 supporting roles done by [[Jim Cummings]], [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Jenifer Lewis]], [[Jamal Mixon]], and [[David Shaughnessy]]. 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&nbsp;million on a [[South African rand|R]]173&nbsp;million ($20&nbsp;million USD) budget. It received [[Annie Award]] nominations for [[Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production|Music in an Animated Feature Production]] and for [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production|Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production]]. The film won the Best South African Feature Film at the [[Durban International Film Festival]] in 2012.<ref name=TheMoviesDurbanWinners /> It also won Best Animation at the [[South African Film and Television Awards]] and Best Animation at the [[9th Africa Movie Academy Awards]].

==Plot==
Kai, a high-spirited young [[peregrine falcon]] on the cusp of adulthood is bored and lonely living in a remote outpost in the Katungu grassland with only his strict father, Tendai, for company. Forbidden from venturing beyond the Katungu Boundary, his suspicions that there must be more to life are confirmed when a [[saddle-billed stork]] named Gogo, her [[Ploceidae|weaver bird]] co-pilot Tini, and recently newly hatched ducklings crash land into his nest. From them, Kai learns that downriver is a bustling bird city called Zambezia with exciting opportunities for a talented flier such as himself, where Gogo and Tini are going. In an angry exchange with his father and an encounter with the [[marabou stork]]s (whose species were left out of the founding of Zambezia) Cecil, the marabou's leader, his brother Sill, and his cousin Morton who had been following Gogo and Tini on their route to Zambezia to eat eggs that Gogo and Tini were caring, which led to Tendai accidentally killing Sill by getting him stuck on a branch and drowning him when the branch breaks, in a struggle to save Kai, Gogo, and Tini. Kai discovers that Tendai has known all along about Zambezia and has been there himself even after Gogo, Tini, and the marabous recognized him. Hurt and angry at his father's lies, Kai leaves Katungu and journeys downriver. The following night, Tendai then tries to follow Kai to apologize to him.

Arriving at Zambezia – a majestic Baobab perched on the edge of [[Victoria Falls]] – Kai is amazed by the throngs of birds from all over the world who are busy preparing for the annual Spring Celebrations. He soon befriends a fast-talking [[nightjar]] called Ezee who knows how to enjoy the perks of community life and guides him through the city. Kai is bowled over when he meets Zoe, a beautiful and feisty [[Black-winged kite|kite]] who is the adopted daughter of Sekhuru, Zambezia's founder and a wise old [[African fish eagle|eagle]]. Kai doesn't make a good first impression when he accidentally ruins her Spring Celebration decorations, but is thrilled when his skilful flying earns him a place on the Hurricanes, the elite defense patrol made up of the best fliers in Zambezia that Tendai used to be in, led by a fat [[Bearded vulture|lammergeier]] named Ajax.

Unbeknownst to him and the rest of the Zambezians, the marabou have joined forces with a ruthless [[rock monitor]] named Budzo and hatched a plan to take control of Zambezia. Budzo has captured Tendai when he stumbled upon him while Tendai was trying to find Kai. They capture all of the weavers during the beginning of the Spring Celebration, including Tini & force them to make a bridge for Budzo to cross. Kai, Ezee and  Zoe try to follow the Hurricanes on a reconnaissance mission the following night, where Ezee gets his back broken & ends up in the hospital, and they almost encounter the marabous and Budzo & learn of their plan, but it results in Kai getting kicked out of the Hurricanes, but at the same time, the marabous lure the Hurricanes into a trap.

Gogo takes Kai to Sekhuru, who reveals that Zambezia was his birthplace and was raised by Tendai and his late mother Amaya, who had both founded the Hurricanes, but during a mission involving a kite nest attacked by Budzo, she was eaten and therefore blinded Tendai with grief who left to Katungu to raise Kai after he could no longer see the value of Zambezia, but only the cost, while the Hurricanes were only able to rescue one egg, which was Zoe's egg. They reveal what the marabous and Budzo are planning to Sekhuru and Gogo. In order to save Zambezia, Zoe goes to find the Hurricanes, while Kai and Gogo go to rescue Tini, the weavers, and Tendai and succeed in freeing them, but the marabous and Budzo have left to Zambezia to eat all the eggs. During this, the marabous realize Budzo has his own group of rock monitors and Budzo betrays them.

Kai and Tendai confront the marabous, but Kai realize the marabous are still birds and before Budzo can reach the nursery to eat their eggs, Kai persuades the marabous to turn against Budzo and then lectures the other birds to join the fight. Zoe rescues Ajax and the rest of Hurricanes from the trap and they join the battle. Budzo easily overpowers Tendai, and corners him on a ferris wheel while the Hurricanes drop the rocks on the bridge and kill Budzo's army, while a fully healed Ezee, the other birds and the Hurricanes trap him with a net & push the wheel Budzo is on with all their strengths and manage to push Budzo and the wheel toward the falls as the wheel is destroyed after hitting a precipice, and Budzo falls into the waterfalls to his death while Kai follows him to save Zoe after she got snagged in the net and Kai manages to pull up Zoe from the falls. With the rock monitors defeated, the Zambezians celebrate with a proper Spring Celebration and the marabous are accepted into Zambezia which pleases them.

In a [[Post-credits scene|mid credits scene]], a baby rock monitor that Kai and Tendai were trying to catch earlier  eventually reaches shore, where it is suddenly cornered by the marabous, who then unexpectedly offer it two snacks of bugs on a stick.

==Voice cast==
* [[Jeremy Suarez]] as Kai, a young [[peregrine falcon]].
* [[Abigail Breslin]] as Zoe, a [[black-winged kite]].
* [[Jeff Goldblum]] as Ajax, a overweight [[Bearded vulture|lammergeier]] who is the leader of the Hurricanes.
* [[Leonard Nimoy]] as Chief Sekhuru, an [[African fish eagle]] who is the elder of Zambezia and had lost one of his wings in an earlier battle.
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Tendai, a peregrine falcon, founder and former member of the Hurricanes, and Kai's father.
* [[Jenifer Lewis]] as Gogo, a kooky [[saddle-billed stork]] who tells Kai about Zambezia.
* [[Jim Cummings]] as Budzo, a villanious [[rock monitor]] who seeks to invade Zambezia.
* [[Jamal Mixon]] as Ezee, a fast-talking [[nightjar]] who befriends Kai.
* [[Richard E. Grant]] as Cecil, the leader of the [[marabou stork]]s.
* [[David Shaughnessy]] as Morton, a marabou stork who is Cecil's fourth cousin once removed.
* [[Noureen DeWulf]] as Pavi, an [[African sacred ibis]] who befriends Kai.
* [[Tania Gunadi]] as Tini, a [[Ploceidae|weaver bird]] and Gogo's friend.
* [[Deep Roy]] as Mushana, a [[green pigeon]]
* [[Phil LaMarr]] as an [[Grey parrot|African grey parrot]], the arrival announcer for Zambezia.
** Phil LaMarr also voices Dodo, a [[Helmeted guineafowl|guineafowl]].
* [[Corey Burton]] as Neville, a [[Lilian's lovebird]].
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as Neville's wife, a Lilian's lovebird.
* Lee Duru as Nursery Bird, a [[Lapwing]]
* [[Zolani Mahola]] as a weaver bird

[[Kelly Stables]] and [[Kristen Rutherford]] provide the voices of the Gossip Birds, a group of [[Guinea turaco]]s.

[[Jim Cummings]], [[Tom Kenny]], Jon Olson, Brent Palmer, and Wayne Thornley provide the voices of the assorted marabou storks.

Keeno Lee Hector, Nik Rabinowitz, and [[Sam Riegel]] provided the voices of various Hurricanes.

== Release ==
''Adventures in Zambezia'' was theatrically released on 3 July 2012 by [[Cinema Management Group]] and [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] in English territories and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 24 April 2013 by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]].

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10.<ref>{{cite news |title=''Adventures of Zambezia'' |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zambezia |access-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225163904/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zambezia |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Common Sense Media]] gave the film a three out of five stars.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Renee Longstreet |date= |title=Adventures in Zambezia - Movie Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/adventures-in-zambezia |website=[[Common Sense Media]] |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016141153/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/adventures-in-zambezia |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Accolades ==
The film won the Best South African Feature Film<ref name=TheMoviesDurbanWinners>{{cite news|title=Durban International Film Festival: All the winners|url=https://www.themovies.co.za/2012/07/30/durban-international-film-festival-all-the-winners/|access-date=6 December 2012|newspaper=Deadline|date=30 July 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193021/http://www.themovies.co.za/2012/07/30/durban-international-film-festival-all-the-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the [[Durban International Film Festival]] in 2012.  It also won Best Animation at the South African Film and Television Awards and Best Animation at the [[9th Africa Movie Academy Awards]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award !! Category !! Recipient !! Result
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Annie Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Annie Award Nominations Unveiled|url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/12/2012-annie-award-nominations/|access-date=3 December 2012|newspaper=Deadline|date=3 December 2012|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018174432/https://deadline.com/2012/12/2012-annie-award-nominations-381176/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Music in an Animated Feature Production
| Bruce Retief
| rowspan=2 {{nom}}
|-
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
| [[Jim Cummings]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | [[9th Africa Movie Academy Awards|Africa Movie Academy Awards]]
| Best Animation
| Wayne Thornley
| rowspan=2 {{won}}
|-
|}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name         = Adventures in Zambezia (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type         = soundtrack
| artist       = Various Artists
| cover        = 
| border       = yes
| alt          = 
| released     = 20 September 2013
| recorded     = 2012
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length       = 36:19
| label        = Triggerfish
| producer     = Bruce Retief
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = 
| next_year    = 
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Adventures in Zambezia (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | type        = soundtrack
 | single1     = Get Up
 | single1date =
 | single2     = Say Hello to Zambezia
 | single2date =
 | single3     = Out of Mist
 | single3date =
 | single4     = Easy Easy
 | single4date =
}}
}}

The original motion picture [[Soundtrack album|soundtrack]] for the film was written, composed and produced by Bruce Retief, which was released on 20 September 2013 through Triggerfish in digital download. It includes fourteen tracks, with music from Retief as the film's score composer, and studio performances from various artists, including [[Gang of Instrumentals]], [[Zolani Mahola]] (who also provided the voice of a weaver in the film), and Ludovic Mampuya. It is available on [[iTunes]]<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/adventures-in-zambezia-motion/id718375823 Adventures in Zambezia (Motion Picture Soundtrack) on iTunes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002131620/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/adventures-in-zambezia-motion/id718375823 |date=2 October 2014 }} [[iTunes Store]] Retrieved 6 September 2014</ref> and on [[Amazon.com|Amazon]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Zambezia-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00FJYIK7W Adventures in Zambezia (Motion Picture Soundtrack) on Amazon.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043049/http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Zambezia-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00FJYIK7W |date=5 March 2016 }} [[Amazon.com]]. Retrieved 6 September 2014</ref>

=== Track listing ===
All music written and composed by Bruce Retief, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length = 36:19

| title1   = Get Up
| extra1   = [[Zolani Mahola]]
| length1  = 3:38

| title2   = Bandits
| length2  = 1:18

| title3   = High Speed Air Chase
| length3  = 1:56

| title4   = The Gorge
| length4  = 4:32

| title5   = Cecil's Lament
| length5  = 3:00

| title6   = Flying to Zambezia
| length6  = 3:06

| title7   = Say Hello to Zambezia
| extra7   = [[Gang of Instrumentals]]
| length7  = 2:30

| title8   = Zambezia Theme Variations
| length8  = 1:18

| title9   = Hurricane Trials
| length9  = 2:36

| title10  = Lizards on Zambezia
| length10 = 2:40

| title11  = Fight on the Bridge
| length11 = 3:04

| title12  = Budzo's End
| length12 = 1:12

| title13  = Out of Mist
| extra13  = Ludovic Mampuya
| length13 = 3:19

| title14  = Easy Easy
| extra14  = Gang of Instrumentals
| length14 = 2:10
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* {{Official website|https://www.zambeziamovie.com/}}{{dead link|date=July 2023}}
* {{IMDb title|id=1488181|title=Adventures in Zambezia}}
* {{rotten tomatoes|Zambezia|Adventures in Zambezia}}
* {{bcdb title|142059|Adventures in Zambezia}}

{{Triggerfish}}
{{Sony theatrical animated features}}
{{Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation}}

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