France / 2011 / 84mins / Animation / French

Tales of the Night weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the Land of the Dead. In Ocelot’s storytelling, history blends with fairytale as viewers are whisked off to enchanted lands full of dragons, werewolves, captive princesses, sorcerers, and enormous talking bees - and each fable ends with its own ironic twist.

Michel Ocelot

Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist, and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator, and other roles in earlier works) and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 début feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. Michel Ocelot was the guest of honor at Animation First 2019, on the 20th anniversary of the release of his acclaimed film Kirikou and the Sorceress. His 2018 feature film, Dilili in Paris, set in the Belle Epoque, won the 2019 Cesar award, France’s highest film honor.
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