Madagascar, a Journey Diary
Story
Famadihana is an ancient Malagasy custom that means "the turning of the dead". A chance to move the remains of ancestors from their first tomb to their final resting place, it is an occasion for festivities, dance and the sacrifice of zebus.
Madagascar, A Journey Diary is filmed like the travel diary of a Western tourist in search of these customs. The pages turn, the drawings come to life, and the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar appear one after another.
"Wonderfully captures the organic and spontaneous feeling of traveling."
Tunde Vollenbroek, Cartoon Brew
Did you know?
Director Bastien Dubois moved to Madagascar for ten months, spending three traveling and the other seven making this short.
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Madagascar | Malagasy | East Africa | <15 min | Animation | Oscar | Short of the Week | African creativity