Michael Sporn Animation – Splog

This week the Museum of Modern Art will begin its celebration of French animation features. There will be the North American premiere of Michel Ocelot’s Kirikou and the Wild Beasts.

Directed by Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup. Screenplay by Ocelot.
This film’s palette was inspired by African textiles of ambers, ochers, and bright colors, and the film’s lush soundtrack brings together acclaimed musicians Youssou N’Dour from Senegal, Rokia Traoré from Mali, and Manu Dibango from Cameroon.

The complete schedule of all the films to be show for the week will be as follows:

Thursday, February 23
6:30 – Kirikou and the Wild Beasts. 2005. France. Ocelot, Galup. 72 min. North American premiere. Introduced by Ocelot.

8:15 – Kirikou and the Sorceress. 1998. France. Ocelot. 74 min. Introduced by Ocelot.

Friday, February 24
6:30 – The Frog Prophecy. 2003. France. Girerd. 90 min.

8:15 – The Triplets of Belleville. 2003. France/Belgium/Canada/Great Britain. Chomet.

Saturday, February 25
2:00 Kirikou and the Sorceress. 1998. France. Ocelot. 74 min.

3:45 – Kirikou and the Wild Beasts. 2005. France. Ocelot, Galup. 72 min.

5:45 La Table tournante. 1988. France. Demy, Grimault. 78 min.

7:30 The King and the Mockingbird. 1979. France. Grimault. 85 min.

Sunday, February 26
5:30 The Island of Black Mor. 2004. France. Laguionie. 80 min.

Monday, February 27
6:00 – The Island of Black Mor. 2004. France. Laguionie. 80 min.

8:30 – The Frog Prophecy. 2003. France. Girerd. 90 min.

Also at MOMA this week:

William Kentridge‘s 9 Drawings for Projection

This feature-length 35mm film, composed of nine short animated films made between 1989 and 2003, traces the public and private life of Soho Eckstein, a mine owner, land developer, and cuckold, against the ever-changing social and political realities of South Africa. Kentridge (b. 1955, Johannesburg) begins his films with a single drawing that he alters, adds to, and subtracts from, bit by bit, photographing each change. The process of transformation is at once evident and dynamic. Until this U.S. theatrical premiere at MoMA, Kentridge’s films have been shown in the same gallery as the drawings from which the film is photographed. Felix in Exile, the fifth work in 9 Drawings for Projection, can be viewed in this way in MoMA’s second floor Contemporary Galleries.

Saturday, February 18
6:00 – 9 Drawings for Projection. 2005. South Africa. Kentridge. 78 min. U.S. theatrical premiere. In the Film and Media exhibition William Kentridge’s 9 Drawings for Projection

Sunday, February 19
5:00 – 9 Drawings for Projection. 2005. South Africa. Kentridge. 78 min. U.S. theatrical premiere. T2
In the Film and Media exhibition William Kentridge’s 9 Drawings for Projection

Monday, February 20
8:00 – 9 Drawings for Projection. 2005. South Africa. Kentridge. 78 min. U.S. theatrical premiere. T2
In the Film and Media exhibition William Kentridge’s 9 Drawings for Projection

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