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#OnTheBigScreen: 'Magic Arch'

Fans of animation films can enjoy the 'funtastic' Russian animation film Magic Arch.

Magic Arch

In this underwater adventure, Delphy, a shy dolphin, discovers the Magic Arch, which can transform any fish into what it wishes to be. One day, the Arch is misused by the Morays, which have become gigantic and plan to take over the peaceful Fish Town. Delphy needs to reunite with his long lost dad to gain the strength and power to conquer the Morays, protect his city and win over the love of his life.

Directed by Vasily Rovensky, the screenplay was crafted by Alec Sokolow, a co-writer on seminal 1995 animation Toy Story.

Upcoming animation films

There are six upcoming animation films this year.

In the German animated fantasy film Dragon Rider (26 October), a young silver dragon teams up with a mountain spirit and an orphaned boy on a journey through the Himalayas in search for the Rim of Heaven; in the Danish animation film Dreambuilders (6 November), a girl discovers a world behind her dreams in which the dreambuilders create our dreams on theater stages; the Australian film 100% Wolf (27 November) tells the story of Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves who is positive he’ll become the most fearsome werewolf ever, but his first ‘warfing’ goes awry, turning him into a ferocious – poodle; the zany Crood family returns in The Croods: A New Age (11 December); in the Belgian-French computer-animated comedy Bigfoot Family (18 December) Bigfoot mysteriously disappears, and Adam and his animal friends band together to find Bigfoot and save the nature reserve; and in The Elfkins – Baking A Difference (24 December), gnomes breathe new life into a tumbledown pastry shop and discover their true purpose.

Read more about the latest and upcoming films. 

About Daniel Dercksen

Daniel Dercksen has been a contributor for Lifestyle since 2012. As the driving force behind the successful independent training initiative The Writing Studio and a published film and theatre journalist of 40 years, teaching workshops in creative writing, playwriting and screenwriting throughout South Africa and internationally the past 22 years. Visit www.writingstudio.co.za
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