IFI SCHOOLS: ZARAFA Director: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie France/Belgium • 2012 • 78 mins Animation/Family Book cinema tickets Recommended age 6+ This refreshingly old-school, hand-drawn animation imagines how the first giraffe got from Africa to Paris through a story involving a slave boy, Maki, a hot air balloon and a kindly Bedouin trader. After Maki escapes evil slave trader Moreno, he befriends a baby giraffe who is captured by the Bedouin. Maki insists on accompanying the animal on the long journey across desert and sea, to be presented as a gift to the King of France. Directors: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie France/Belgium, 2012, Animation/Family, 78mins Study Guide available from mid-October. Screening as part of the 2016/2017 IFI Schools Programme. Download the programme here. Showing at: Dublin, IFI – Nov 8. IFI Education on 01 679 5744 Blanchardstown, Draoícht Arts Centre – Feb 16. Draoícht Arts Centre on 01 885 2622 Dún Laoghaire, Pavilion Theatre – Mar 6. Pavilion Theatre on 01 231 2929 Director: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie France/Belgium • 2012 • 78 mins Animation/Family