Very small update on new Ocelot series

Nord-Ouest's Web site has changed the title from Bergères et dragons to Dragons et princesses (though I suspect that even this might not end up being the final title) and, more disappointingly, the running time of each episode from 13 to 5 minutes. The number of episodes has also decreased – though quite sensibly, I believe, in this case – from 52 to 26, which still makes this his longest project since Gédéon.

Animafest in Zagreb, Croatia will in early June 2010 hold a Michel Ocelot retrospective as part of the festival, with screenings of three of his features and one of many of his shorter works, including Les Quatre Vœux; this screening is particularly notable, even for someone some distance away from Croatia, in that the Web page for it has some nice, proper stills, one of each of the segments, including several of which I haven't come across in this form before.

And lastly, a few notes on cinema releases: Gake no Ue no Ponyo is out in Australian cinemas tomorrow (tomorrow being Thursday, 27 August and Brendan and the Secret of Kells is to reach the Netherlands in September and the USA in October 2009.