In 1998, French director Michel Ocelot found success with his first feature-length f ilm, Kirikou and the Sorceress, which was followed by the cut-out animation feature Princes and Princesses (2000) and Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (co-director, 2005). Ocelot’s other films include Azur & Asmar (2007), which was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Festival de Cannes, Tales of the Night (2011), which was screened in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012), Dilili in Paris (2019), which won the César Award for Best Animated Film, and The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022).