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Athens Open Air Film Festival: Α magical journey into the world of animation

Filled to the brink with magical images that would capture anyone's imagination, be it children or adults, "Zarafa" is made of the stuff of dreams, which the Athens Open Air Film Festival is happy to share with its young and older friends.

When: Thursday June 26th, at 21.00
Where: Mesologgiou square, Pangrati (see map below)
Free entrance

One of the best animation films of the year, «Zarafa» takes us all the way to Africa where a wise old man is telling the village kids the story of Maki.

Maki is a little boy who escapes the clutches of slave traders and becomes best friends with Zarafa the giraffe. But when Zarafa is captured and presented to the king of France as a gift, Maki dedicates his life to rescuing his friend and hops on a hot air balloon to Paris in order to track him down.

Filled to the brink with magical images that would capture anyone's imagination, be it children or adults, "Zarafa" is made of the stuff of dreams. K.Th.


Directed by: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie
Voiced by: Max Renaudin, Simon Abkarian, François-Xavier Demaison, Vernon Dobtcheff
Year: 2012
Running time: 78'



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