cgi animation motion pictures founded 1996 headquarters cape town south africa key people stuart forrest ceo anthony silverston writer & director james middleton coo & producer jean michel koenig cfo mike buckland animation producer website triggerfishstudios.com triggerfish animation studios or simply triggerfish is a computer animated film studio based in cape town south africa . the studio is best known for its animated feature films adventures in zambezia 1 2012 khumba 2013 and a television special titled stick man for magic light pictures 2015 . in 2016 stick man was awarded the cristal for best tv production at the annecy international animation festival . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 feature films 1.2 story lab 2 filmography 3 awards 3.1 adventures in zambezia 3.1.1 khumba 4 upcoming projects 5 references 6 external links history edit triggerfish was established in 1996 by jacquie trowell and emma kaye in cape town south africa . 3 as a stop frame animation studio it produced multiple commercials for south african ad agencies . from 1998 through 2008 triggerfish produced animation for sesame workshop for the south african version of sesame street takalani sesame as well as the us domestic and international versions of the pre school kids program . stuart forrest joined as a junior animator in 2002 to work on takalani sesame for seasons two and three . in 2004 forrest and james middleton became partners in triggerfish and in 2005 became the sole partners when the original founders left the company . in 2007 anthony silverston joined as creative director and mike buckland joined as head of production . at the same time the company moved away from stop frame animation and relaunched as a computer animation studio . in 2008 triggerfish created a 30 minute short entitled the rise and fall of tony the frog . the short was produced by ambient animation in cape town 4 for isaac entertainment . feature films edit from 2006 the team began to shift focus to motion pictures by writing their first script adventures in zambezia with us based rights company wonderful works . the script went into production in 2009 and was released in 2012 . in 2010 the studio started production on khumba which started its worldwide release in q3 2013 . triggerfish are now working in their third feature provisionally called here be monsters which is slated for release in 2016 . the studio is planning a fourth film entitled seal team . 5 story lab edit in mid 2015 triggerfish announced the triggerfish story lab a program that aims to develop african writers and directors . the initiative has financial backing from the department of trade and industry of south africa and has the support of the walt disney company . 6 filmography edit feature films title release date budget gross rt mc 1 adventures in zambezia 000000002012 07 03 0000july 3 2012 20 000 000 34 428 345 17 % n a 2 khumba 000000002013 10 25 0000october 25 2013 20 000 000 27 000 000 47 % 41 3 seal team 5 tba television specials title release date 1 stick man 7 for magic light pictures 000000002015 12 25 0000december 25 2015 2 revolting rhymes 7 for magic light pictures 000000002016 12 01 0000december 2016 awards edit adventures in zambezia edit 2012 best south african feature film at the durban international film festival 1 2012 best animation at south african film and television awards 2013 best animation at africa movie academy awards 2013 best children s feature at anima mundi . khumba edit prior to its release khumba screened in competition at annecy international animation festival 2013 and was in the official selection of durban international film festival and toronto international film festival 2013 . gold panda award for best foreign animation 2013 gold panda award for grand prize 2013 2014 best animation at south african film and television awards 2014 best music composition for a feature film at south african film and television awards 2014 best animation at africa movie academy awards upcoming projects edit in march 2013 triggerfish announced that they will produce a third feature film called here be monsters that tells the story of a girl and a sea monster with magical powers set for release in 2016 . a fourth film seal team is a story that pits cape fur seals against great white sharks . 5 references edit a b teo kermeliotis april 22 2012 . zambezia 3d animation puts south africa film in the picture . cnn . retrieved april 23 2012 . sa animation stick man wins top tv prize at the annecy international animated film festival . times live . 26 june 2016 . retrieved 5 september 2016 . mfonobong nsehe october 1 2012 . meet the man behind triggerfish . forbes . retrieved october 2 2012 . http www.animationsa.org article milestone south african animation a b c szalai georg november 15 2013 . south african animation studio triggerfish gets funding plans action comedy seal team exclusive . the hollywood reporter . http www.hollywoodreporter.com news triggerfish animation story lab disney 808493 a b triggerfish s stick man to screen on bbc . screen africa . 8 december 2015 . retrieved 5 september 2016 . external links edit official website triggerfish animation studios channel on youtube retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title triggerfish animation studios & oldid 737870220 categories animation studioscompanies based in cape towncompanies established in 1996film production companies of south africa navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages magyar edit 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