PANDA BEAR IN AFRICA
Genre
Animation and Comedy
Running time
89 minutes
Year
2024
Language
English
Subtitle
Arabic
Country
Denmark, Netherlands, France, Germany, Estonia and China
Director
Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich
Bio
Producer
Richard Claus, Chantal Nissen
Cast
Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Maurits Delchot, Namisa Mdlalose, Georgina Verbaan, Silas Lekgoathi, Candice Modiselle, Sthandile Nkosi, Thulani Nzonzo, Tom Hoffman, Adrian Pang
Scriptwriter
Robert Sprackling
SHOWTIME
Fri
06.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 5
5:00 PM - 6:34 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat
07.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 5
5:30 PM - 7:04 PM
Price: 40 SAR
When Panda Ping’s best friend, Jielong the Dragon, is kidnapped by a baboon and smuggled to Africa, Ping sets off from their forest home in South China to rescue him - stowing away on a junk ship, he lands in East Africa and gets captured. Alongside the monkey Jojo, Ping escapes, and they cross deserts and mountains facing down the hippopotamus, an army of meerkats and a suspicious hyena before discovering Jielong at the court of King Ade, a spoilt teenage lion. But Ade is not safe either: his uncle, evil Malume, is plotting to dethrone him and destroy the neighbouring jungle home of Niala, Ping’s new hyena friend. Ping is just one small panda. Can he save everyone?
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