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Kirikou and the Sorceress
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #127
- IMDb #162
- Rotten Tomatoes #82
- Letterboxd #89
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #74
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #135
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →In a small African village, a extraordinarily small but clever boy named Kirikou is born. He immediately sets out to discover why the powerful and evil sorceress Karaba has cursed his village, drying up their spring and terrorizing the people. Despite his size, Kirikou's intelligence and bravery lead him on a quest to uncover the secret of the sorceress's cruelty and find a way to defeat her and save his community.
Details
- Director
- Michel Ocelot
- Writer
- Michel Ocelot
- Studio
- Les Armateurs, Monipoly Productions, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF
- Released
- 9 December 1998
- Country
- France, Belgium, Luxembourg
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Awards
- 14 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →14 wins from 15 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Lola Kenya Children's Screen 2009 | Audience's Choice Award | Winner | |
| British Animation Awards 2002 | Best European Feature Film | Winner | |
| 18th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival 2000 | Best Original Script in Foreign Movie | Winner | |
| 18th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival 2000 | Best Animation Film | Winner | |
| 18th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival 2000 | Animation for Older Children | Winner | |
| Cartagena Film Festival 2000 | Best Feature Film for Children | Winner | |
| Montréal International Children's Film Festival 2000 | Feature Film | Winner | |
| Annecy International Animation Film Festival 1999 | Best Animation Film | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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15 awards — Kirikou and the Sorceress
×| Animation for Older Children | Winner | |
| Best Animation Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Script in Foreign Movie | Winner |
| Environment and Health Award | Winner | |
| Silver Castle | Winner |
| C.I.F.E.J. Award | Winner | |
| Starboy Award | Nominee |
| Best Animation Film | Winner |
| Best European Feature Film | Winner |
| Best Feature Film for Children | Winner |
| Feature Film and Video – Animation | Winner |
| Cinekid Film Award | Winner |
| KAFF Award | Winner |
| Audience's Choice Award | Winner |
| Feature Film | Winner |