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{{Infobox film
|name= Khumba
| name = Khumba
|caption= Movie poster
| image = Khumba poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
|image=
|director= [[Anthony Silverston]]
| director = Anthony Silverston
| producer = {{Plainlist|
|producer= [[Mike Buckland]]<br>[[Stuart Forrest]]<br>[[James Middleton]]<br>[[Anthony Silverston]]<br>[[Vanessa Sinden]]
* Stuart Forrest
|writer= [[Jonathan Roberts]]<br>[[Camilla Bubna-Kasteliz]]<br>[[Raffaella Delle Donne]]<br>[[Anthony Silverston]]<br>[[Richelle Wilder]]
* Mike Buckland
|narrator=
* Jean-Michel Koenig
|starring= [[Jake T. Austin]]<br>[[AnnaSophia Robb]]<br>[[Ben Vereen]]<br>[[Phil LaMarr]]<br>[[Joey Richter]]<br>[[Catherine Tate]]<br>[[Greg Ellis]]<br>[[Loretta Devine]]<br>[[Roger L. Jackson]]<br>[[Jennifer Cody]]<br>[[Rodger Bumpass]]<br>[[Alexander Polinsky]]
* James Middleton
|music=
* Anthony Silverston}}
|cinematography=
| writer = {{Plainlist|
|editing=
* Raffaella Delle Donne
|studio=[[Triggerfish Studios]]
* Anthony Silverston}}
|distributor=
| story = Anthony Silverston
|released=
| starring = {{Plainlist|<!-- Per poster billing block. Please do not change. -->
|runtime=
* [[Jake T. Austin]]
|country= [[United States]]<br />[[South Africa]]
* [[Steve Buscemi]]
|language= English
* [[Loretta Devine]]
|budget=
* [[Laurence Fishburne]]
|gross=
* [[Richard E. Grant]]
}}
* [[AnnaSophia Robb]]
'''''Khumba''''' is an upcoming animated children's family film released in 2013 by Triggerfish Studios.<ref>[http://www.thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=7728 The Film Catalogue]</ref>
* [[Liam Neeson]]}}
| music = Bruce Retief
| editing = Luke MacKay
| studio = [[Triggerfish Animation Studios]]
| distributor = {{ubl|Indigenous Film Distribution {{small|(International)}}|[[Alchemy (company)|Millennium Entertainment]] {{small|(US)}}|[[Cinema Management Group]]}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|9|8|[[Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2013|10|25|South Africa}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = South Africa
| language = English<br>Afrikaans
| budget = $20 million<ref>{{cite web|last=Mallory|first=Michael|title=Khumba Earns Its Stripes|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/khumba-earns-stripes/|publisher=Animation Magazine|access-date=8 March 2014|date=15 November 2013|quote=Khumba was made for less (some whisper considerably less) than $20 million, roughly the P&A cost of a big-studio toon feature.}}</ref>
| gross = $28.42 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=khumba.htm|title=Khumba (2013)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
'''''Khumba''''' is a 2013 South African animated [[comedy film]] directed and co-produced by Anthony Silverston and written by Silverston and Raffaella Delle Donne. The film stars the voices of [[Jake T. Austin]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Loretta Devine]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Richard E. Grant]], [[AnnaSophia Robb]],
[[Anika Noni Rose]], [[Catherine Tate]], [[Ben Vereen]], and [[Liam Neeson]]. It is the second movie made by [[Triggerfish Animation Studios]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=7728 |title=The Film Catalogue |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-date=18 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718084240/http://thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=7728 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is distributed by [[Millennium Entertainment]] in the US. The international distribution rights are being licensed by [[Cinema Management Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/cmg-closes-three-major-territories-khumba/ |title=CMG Closes Three Major Territories on 'Khumba' |date=11 September 2013 |publisher=Animation Magazine|access-date=11 September 2013}}</ref> The film is about Khumba, a zebra who is half-striped like a [[quagga]] and is blamed for the lack of rain throughout the land by most of his herd. He embarks on a quest to earn his missing stripes.


The film was dedicated in memory of [[Quagga Project|The Quagga Breeding Project]] founder [[Reinhold Rau]], who died on February 11, 2006. Rau was known for efforts to use selective-breeding to recreate the extinct quagga, a close relative of the plains zebra. The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]] on September 8, 2013, and was released on 25 October 2013 by Indigenous Film Distribution. ''Khumba'' received mixed reviews from critics and was a [[Box-office bomb|box office disappointment]], only grossing $28.4 million worldwide against a $20 million budget.<ref name=":0" />
When Khumba, a half-striped [[zebra]] is blamed for the lack of rain by the rest of his insular, superstitious herd, he embarks on a daring quest to earn his stripes. In his search for the legendary waterhole in which the first [[zebra]]s got their stripes, Khumba meets a quirky range of characters, and teams up with an unlikely duo: an overprotective [[wildebeest]], Mama V, and Bradley, a self-obsessed, flamboyant [[ostrich]]. But before he can reunite with his herd, Khumba will have to come face to face with Phango, a sadistic [[leopard]] who controls the waterholes and terrorizes all the animals in the Great Karoo. It's not all black and white in this colorful adventure with a difference.


==Plot==
==Plot==
In [[Karoo|Great Karoo]], Khumba is born half-striped to an all-striped [[Plains zebra|zebra]] herd. He is raised by his mother Lungisa and his father Seko, the herd's leader. Khumba is blamed for a drought and is ostracized by the herd, except for Tombi, a female zebra who is also his best friend. Like Khumba, Tombi also feels out of place in the herd because of her tomboyish attitude.
A half-striped [[zebra]] is born into an insular, isolated herd obsessed with stripes. Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and, before long, he is blamed for the drought that sets into the [[Karoo|Great Karoo]]. When even his father, the leader of the herd, blames him for the lack of rain and the subsequent death of his mother, the outcast [[zebra]] leaves the confines of his home knowing that he cannot survive in the herd without all his stripes. Khumba ventures beyond the fence - vulnerable to the ferocious [[Leopard]], Phango, who controls the waterholes and terrorizes the animals in the [[Karoo|Great Karoo]]. Khumba is rescued from an opportunistic [[African Wild Dog|wild dog]] by a quirky duo: a [[wildebeest]] and an [[ostrich]]. Mama V is a self-confessed free spirit who does not want to be the average stay-at-home mom, like other [[wildebeest]]. Ironically, she mothers Bradley, a flamboyant but insecure [[ostrich]] who overcompensates for his scraggily feathers. When a mystical [[African Playing mantis|mantis]] appears to the foal, drawing a map to what could be interpreted as either water or stripes, the duo join Khumba on his quest in the hope that their own search for a safe waterhole is over. On their journey, Khumba encounters a colorful range of characters including a migrating herd of [[Springbok]] in search of greener (and safer) pastures; a new age, bohemian community living safely within the confines of a luxurious national park; an endangered [[Riverine Rabbit]] who has survived extinction by mastering a myriad of skills ranging from impersonations to beat-boxing; a group of hysterical Dassies ([[Rock Hyrax|rock-rabbits]]) who fanatically worship the Mighty [[Black Eagle]] and Nora, a loony, solitary Merino [[sheep]] living on an abandoned farm. Through these interactions, Khumba begins to learn that diversity is essential for survival and that one's difference can, in fact, be one's strength.

A [[African mantis|mantis]] inspires Khumba by drawing a striated map locating water. Khumba admits a group of [[gemsbok]]s into the watering-hole and is punished. A [[leopard]] named Phango warns Mkhulu that the herd must leave to find water.

Lungisa tells the story of how the first zebras were plain white. One day, a brave young zebra journeyed across the Karoo, and discovered a magic water hole in a cave. After swimming in the water, the young zebra came out with stripes. The other zebras swam in the magic water and also received stripes.

Khumba ventures out and encounters an [[African wild dog]] named Skalk. A maternal [[wildebeest]] named Mama V saves him from trouble, accompanied by an [[Common ostrich|ostrich]] named Bradley. As the three search for water, Bradley reveals that he was almost sent to death in a slaughterhouse. Khumba aids a migrating herd of [[springbok]] in opening a hole in a great fence to continue journeying forward.

Khumba's group wanders into a bohemian community of animals living in Ying's National Park. After narrowly escaping capture by [[park ranger]]s who [[tranquilizer gun|tranquilize]] Bradley and trap Khumba in a cage, Khumba and his friends ascend a nearby mountain to speak to the Black Eagle.

Khumba encounters a group of [[rock hyrax]]es who worship the Black Eagle and stymie his advance. From the albino Black Eagle, he learns the way to the watering hole and that it lies in Phango's cave. The Black Eagle also reveals that Phango murdered his clan, as revenge for being rejected when he was a cub, due to him being born with one eye blind, which gave him a keener sense of smell to be a better hunter. Unbeknownst to Khumba, the reason Phango is hunting him because of an ancient leopard myth that foretold the birth of a half-striped zebra, and the leopard that ate the zebra will be the most powerful hunter. Seko is remorseful that he has let his herd down. With Tombi’s help, he realizes that if he does not lead his herd in search of another waterhole, they will all die. He follows the trail of Phango.

While Khumba wanders the depths of the dark cave, his herd arrives at the base of the mountain, along with many of the other animals he has encountered along his journey. Within the cave, Khumba finds the watering hole and upon reflecting on his mother's words and all of the interactions he has had, he realizes that diversity is essential for survival that would be one's difference that can, in fact, be one's strength. As Phango closes in, he ends up chasing after Khumba. Khumba races to escape his clutches as the cave starts to collapse. The assembled animals watch the fight between Khumba and Phango, which results in both of them falling due to the collapsing cave. Phango falls off the cliff where he is killed by two large rocks falling on him, while Khumba falls into the water and his body washes up on the shores. As it starts to rain, everyone begins to mourn Khumba until he suddenly awakens from his apparent death.

With Phango dead and the zebra herd now having a new home, Khumba celebrates with his herd, Mama V, Bradley, Skalk, Nora, the gemsbok herd, the springbok herd, the animals from Ying's National Park, and the rock hyraxes, who all now live together and engage in different activities around the waterfall.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Jake T. Austin]] as Khumba the [[Zebra]]
* [[Jake T. Austin]] as Khumba, a half-striped [[plains zebra]]
* [[AnnaSophia Robb]] as Tombi the [[Zebra]]
* [[Loretta Devine]] as Mama V, a [[black wildebeest]]
* [[Joey Richter]] as Themba the [[Zebra]]
* [[Richard E. Grant]] as Bradley, a British-accented [[ostrich]]
* [[AnnaSophia Robb]] as Tombi, Khumba's closest friend
* [[Ben Vereen]] as Mkhulu
* [[Liam Neeson]] as Phango, a half-blind [[african leopard]] who desires to eat Khumba
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]] as [[Meerkat]] Father/Chorus Dassie ([[Rock Hyrax]])
* [[Julianna Rose]] as [[Meerkat]] Mother
* [[Laurence Fishburne]] as Seko, Khumba's father.
* [[Mason Charles]] as [[Meerkat]] 2
* [[Anika Noni Rose]] as Lungisa, Khumba's mother.
* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Skalk, an opportunistic [[African wild dog]].
* Andre Robinson as [[Meerkat]] 3
* [[Catherine Tate]] as Nora, a neurotic Merino sheep who lives on an abandoned farm
* [[Phil LaMarr]] as Seko the [[Zebra]]
* [[Jeff Bennett]] as [[Riverine Rabbit]]
* [[Ben Vereen]] as Mkhulu, the eldest of the zebras.
* [[Jennifer Cody]] as Fifi the [[Zebra]]
* [[Charlie Adler]] as:
** [[Rock hyrax|Rock Hyrax]] Leader
* [[Catherine Tate]] as Nora the [[Sheep]]
** African Wild Dog #1
* [[Loretta Devine]] as Mama V the [[Wildebeest]]
* [[Richard E. Grant]] as Bradley the [[Ostrich]]
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]] as:
** [[Meerkat]] Father
* [[Charlie Adler]] as [[African Wild Dog|Wild Dog]] #1
** Rock Hyrax Chorus
* [[Greg Ellis]] as Thabo the [[Zebra]]
* [[Jeff Bennett]] as:
* Rob van Vuuren as Captain
** [[Riverine rabbit|Riverine Rabbit]]
* [[Roger L. Jackson]] as Phango the [[African Leopard]]
** Elder #3
* [[Rodger Bumpass]] as Skalk the [[African Wild Dog]]
* Juanita Jennings as Zuki
* Mason Charles as Meerkat #2
* [[Andre Sogliuzzo]] as [[Black Eagle]]
* [[Kat Cressida]] as Cheerleader Zebra #1
* [[Jennifer Cody]] as Fifi, Zuki's best friend Themba's girlfriend, and cheerleader.
* Matthew Dylan Roberts as Bokkie
* [[Greg Ellis (actor)|Greg Ellis]] as
* [[Alexander Polinsky]] as Nigel the [[Zebra]]
** Thabo, Tombi and Themba's father.
* [[Sam Riegel]] as Jock #1
** Elder #1
* Khary Paton as [[African Wild Dog|Wild Dog]] #2
* [[Roger L. Jackson]] as:
** A [[Black eagle]] who directs Khumba to the water hole.
** Walkie Talkie Voice
* [[Juanita Jennings]] as Zuki, Fifi's best friend.
* [[Phil LaMarr]] as Elder #2
* Hope Levy as Cheerleader Zebra #2
* [[Sindiwe Magona]] as Gemsbok Healer, who is leader of her herd who helped by Khumba to give her some water.
* Anele Matoto as Gemsbok #2
* Nhlanhla Mkwanazi as Gemsbok #1
* [[Bryce Papenbrook]] as Plains Zebra #1
* [[Khary Payton]] as:
** African Wild Dog #2
** Rock Hyrax Chorus
* [[Alexander Polinsky]] as Nigel, a bucktoothed zebra.
* Nik Rabinowitz as:
** Frikkie, a springbok.
** Percy, a springbok
* [[Joey Richter]] as Themba, Tombi's brother, Thabo's son and Fifi's boyfriend.
* [[Sam Riegel]] as Jock, a zebra.
* Adrian Rhodes as Mantis,
* [[Stephanie Sheh]] as Cheerleader Zebra #3
* Matthew Dylan Roberts as:
** Jannie, a springbok.
** Sakkie, a springbok
* Andre Robinson as Meerkat Baby
* Julianne Rose as Meerkat Girl
* [[Rob van Vuuren]] as:
** Bokkie, a springbok
** Captain, a springbok the leader of his herd.
** Koos, a springbok.


Jon Olson provides the vocal effects of additional animals.
==Music==


==Release==
==Release==
The film was released in cinemas in South Africa on 25 October 2013, and was released on DVD on 11 February 2014. The film also premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]] on 8 September 2013.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Khumba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Various Artists
| cover =
| caption =
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 1 December 2013
| recorded = 2012–2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| length = 45:18
| label = labelzero.com
| producer = Bruce Retief, Ebrahim Mallum, David Langemann, Ashley Valentine
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

The original motion picture [[Soundtrack album|soundtrack]] for ''Khumba'' was written, composed, produced and orchestrated by Bruce Retief with additional music composed by Zwai Bala. Songs for the soundtrack were all written by Retief are performed by various artists, including Loyiso Bala, Heavenly Quartez, the Karoo Children's Choir, and [[Richard E. Grant]]. It was released on 1 December 2013 through labelzero.com, and is available on [[iTunes]]<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/khumba-original-soundtrack/id760335534 Khumba - Original Soundtrack] on [[iTunes]]. Retrieved 6 September 2014.</ref> and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Khumba-Original-Soundtrack-Bruce-Retief/dp/B00GT1OG8G Khumba - Original Soundtrack] on [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]. Retrieved 6 September 2014.</ref>

===Notes===
* "The Real Me", with Retief, was additionally written by Loyiso Bala. It was programmed and produced by Ebrahim Mallum, with additional production from Retief, David Langemann, and Ashley Valentine.
* "Sulila" was produced by Retief.
* "Karoo Montage", performed by the Karoo Children's Choir, was produced by Retief, but the song was not put in the official soundtrack for several reasons.
* "Ostracized" was produced by Retief with additional brass orchestration handled by Lucien Lewin.

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 44% based on 18 reviews.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Khumba (2013) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/khumba |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=20 February 2020 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 40 out of 100 based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Khumba |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/khumba |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=20 February 2020 }}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
|-
| rowspan=1 | [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]]
| Best Animation<ref>[http://www.ziff.or.tz/2014/06/22/ziff-2014-winners/ ZIFF 2014 : THE WINNERS | Zanzibar International Film Festival]</ref>
| Anthony Silverston
| rowspan=1 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=1 | [[10th Africa Movie Academy Awards|Africa Movie Academy Awards]]
| Best Animation<ref>[https://www.awn.com/news/triggerfish-takes-top-animation-prize-africa-movie-academy-awards Triggerfish Takes Top Animation Prize at Africa Movie Academy Awards]</ref>
| Anthony Silverston
| rowspan=1 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[South African Film and Television Awards|SAFTAs]] 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=All the 2014 Safta winners|url=https://www.news24.com/Channel/All-the-2014-Safta-winners-20140405|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>
| Best Music Composition of a Feature Film
| Bruce Retief
| rowspan=1 {{won}}
|-
| Best Animation
| Triggerfish Animation
| rowspan=1 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sichuan Television Festival|Gold Panda Awards]]
| Best Overseas Animated Feature
| Triggerfish Animation
| rowspan=1 {{won}}
|-
| Grand Prize for Animation
| Triggerfish Animation
| rowspan=1 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival|Annecy Animation Festival]] 2013
| Best Feature<ref>{{Cite web|last=AlloCine|title=Palmares : Festival du Film d'Animation d'Annecy 2013 : récompenses, nominations|url=https://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-263/edition-18355296/palmares/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=AlloCiné|language=fr}}</ref>
| Anthony Silverston
| rowspan=1 {{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film|Stuttgart Animation Festival]]
| Animovie<ref>{{Cite web|title=21. International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart 2014 - Competition 2014|url=https://www.itfs.de/archive/itfs-2009-2014/www.itfs.de/en/home/festival/competitions-of-the-itfs/animovie/wettbewerb-2014/index.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.itfs.de}}</ref>
| Anthony Silverston
| rowspan=1 {{nominated}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.triggerfish.co.za/khumba/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.triggerfish.co.za/khumba/}}
* {{IMDb title|1487931}}
* {{IMDb title|1487931}}


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Khumba
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony Silverston
Written by
  • Raffaella Delle Donne
  • Anthony Silverston
Story byAnthony Silverston
Produced by
  • Stuart Forrest
  • Mike Buckland
  • Jean-Michel Koenig
  • James Middleton
  • Anthony Silverston
Starring
Edited byLuke MacKay
Music byBruce Retief
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 8 September 2013 (2013-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 25 October 2013 (2013-10-25) (South Africa)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguagesEnglish
Afrikaans
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$28.42 million[2]

Khumba is a 2013 South African animated comedy film directed and co-produced by Anthony Silverston and written by Silverston and Raffaella Delle Donne. The film stars the voices of Jake T. Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta Devine, Laurence Fishburne, Richard E. Grant, AnnaSophia Robb, Anika Noni Rose, Catherine Tate, Ben Vereen, and Liam Neeson. It is the second movie made by Triggerfish Animation Studios[3] and is distributed by Millennium Entertainment in the US. The international distribution rights are being licensed by Cinema Management Group.[4] The film is about Khumba, a zebra who is half-striped like a quagga and is blamed for the lack of rain throughout the land by most of his herd. He embarks on a quest to earn his missing stripes.

The film was dedicated in memory of The Quagga Breeding Project founder Reinhold Rau, who died on February 11, 2006. Rau was known for efforts to use selective-breeding to recreate the extinct quagga, a close relative of the plains zebra. The film premiered at the TIFF on September 8, 2013, and was released on 25 October 2013 by Indigenous Film Distribution. Khumba received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment, only grossing $28.4 million worldwide against a $20 million budget.[5]

Plot

In Great Karoo, Khumba is born half-striped to an all-striped zebra herd. He is raised by his mother Lungisa and his father Seko, the herd's leader. Khumba is blamed for a drought and is ostracized by the herd, except for Tombi, a female zebra who is also his best friend. Like Khumba, Tombi also feels out of place in the herd because of her tomboyish attitude.

A mantis inspires Khumba by drawing a striated map locating water. Khumba admits a group of gemsboks into the watering-hole and is punished. A leopard named Phango warns Mkhulu that the herd must leave to find water.

Lungisa tells the story of how the first zebras were plain white. One day, a brave young zebra journeyed across the Karoo, and discovered a magic water hole in a cave. After swimming in the water, the young zebra came out with stripes. The other zebras swam in the magic water and also received stripes.

Khumba ventures out and encounters an African wild dog named Skalk. A maternal wildebeest named Mama V saves him from trouble, accompanied by an ostrich named Bradley. As the three search for water, Bradley reveals that he was almost sent to death in a slaughterhouse. Khumba aids a migrating herd of springbok in opening a hole in a great fence to continue journeying forward.

Khumba's group wanders into a bohemian community of animals living in Ying's National Park. After narrowly escaping capture by park rangers who tranquilize Bradley and trap Khumba in a cage, Khumba and his friends ascend a nearby mountain to speak to the Black Eagle.

Khumba encounters a group of rock hyraxes who worship the Black Eagle and stymie his advance. From the albino Black Eagle, he learns the way to the watering hole and that it lies in Phango's cave. The Black Eagle also reveals that Phango murdered his clan, as revenge for being rejected when he was a cub, due to him being born with one eye blind, which gave him a keener sense of smell to be a better hunter. Unbeknownst to Khumba, the reason Phango is hunting him because of an ancient leopard myth that foretold the birth of a half-striped zebra, and the leopard that ate the zebra will be the most powerful hunter. Seko is remorseful that he has let his herd down. With Tombi’s help, he realizes that if he does not lead his herd in search of another waterhole, they will all die. He follows the trail of Phango.

While Khumba wanders the depths of the dark cave, his herd arrives at the base of the mountain, along with many of the other animals he has encountered along his journey. Within the cave, Khumba finds the watering hole and upon reflecting on his mother's words and all of the interactions he has had, he realizes that diversity is essential for survival that would be one's difference that can, in fact, be one's strength. As Phango closes in, he ends up chasing after Khumba. Khumba races to escape his clutches as the cave starts to collapse. The assembled animals watch the fight between Khumba and Phango, which results in both of them falling due to the collapsing cave. Phango falls off the cliff where he is killed by two large rocks falling on him, while Khumba falls into the water and his body washes up on the shores. As it starts to rain, everyone begins to mourn Khumba until he suddenly awakens from his apparent death.

With Phango dead and the zebra herd now having a new home, Khumba celebrates with his herd, Mama V, Bradley, Skalk, Nora, the gemsbok herd, the springbok herd, the animals from Ying's National Park, and the rock hyraxes, who all now live together and engage in different activities around the waterfall.

Cast

Jon Olson provides the vocal effects of additional animals.

Release

The film was released in cinemas in South Africa on 25 October 2013, and was released on DVD on 11 February 2014. The film also premiered at the TIFF on 8 September 2013.

Soundtrack

Khumba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released1 December 2013
Recorded2012–2013
GenreFilm soundtrack, pop
Length45:18
Labellabelzero.com
ProducerBruce Retief, Ebrahim Mallum, David Langemann, Ashley Valentine

The original motion picture soundtrack for Khumba was written, composed, produced and orchestrated by Bruce Retief with additional music composed by Zwai Bala. Songs for the soundtrack were all written by Retief are performed by various artists, including Loyiso Bala, Heavenly Quartez, the Karoo Children's Choir, and Richard E. Grant. It was released on 1 December 2013 through labelzero.com, and is available on iTunes[6] and Amazon.[7]

Notes

  • "The Real Me", with Retief, was additionally written by Loyiso Bala. It was programmed and produced by Ebrahim Mallum, with additional production from Retief, David Langemann, and Ashley Valentine.
  • "Sulila" was produced by Retief.
  • "Karoo Montage", performed by the Karoo Children's Choir, was produced by Retief, but the song was not put in the official soundtrack for several reasons.
  • "Ostracized" was produced by Retief with additional brass orchestration handled by Lucien Lewin.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 44% based on 18 reviews.[5] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 40 out of 100 based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[8]

Accolades

Award Category Recipient Result
Zanzibar International Film Festival Best Animation[9] Anthony Silverston Won
Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Animation[10] Anthony Silverston Won
SAFTAs 2014[11] Best Music Composition of a Feature Film Bruce Retief Won
Best Animation Triggerfish Animation Won
Gold Panda Awards Best Overseas Animated Feature Triggerfish Animation Won
Grand Prize for Animation Triggerfish Animation Won
Annecy Animation Festival 2013 Best Feature[12] Anthony Silverston Nominated
Stuttgart Animation Festival Animovie[13] Anthony Silverston Nominated

References

  1. ^ Mallory, Michael (15 November 2013). "Khumba Earns Its Stripes". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2014. Khumba was made for less (some whisper considerably less) than $20 million, roughly the P&A cost of a big-studio toon feature.
  2. ^ "Khumba (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "The Film Catalogue". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ^ "CMG Closes Three Major Territories on 'Khumba'". Animation Magazine. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Khumba (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ Khumba - Original Soundtrack on iTunes. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. ^ Khumba - Original Soundtrack on Amazon. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Khumba". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  9. ^ ZIFF 2014 : THE WINNERS | Zanzibar International Film Festival
  10. ^ Triggerfish Takes Top Animation Prize at Africa Movie Academy Awards
  11. ^ "All the 2014 Safta winners". Channel. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  12. ^ AlloCine. "Palmares : Festival du Film d'Animation d'Annecy 2013 : récompenses, nominations". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  13. ^ "21. International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart 2014 - Competition 2014". www.itfs.de. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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