As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.

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Film Cast:

• Arkie (voice): Jillian Nguyen
• Bunniguru (voice): Remy Hii
• Dr. Maybee (voice): Sam Neill
• Blister (voice): Rob Collins
• Chihoohoo (voice): Tim Minchin
• The Keeper (voice): Anna Torv
• Bugeye (voice): Liv Hewson
• Treedweller (voice): Deborah Mailman
• Rebel King (voice): Dylan Alcott
• River Bandit / Swamp Dog (voice): Mark Coles Smith
• Egg / Computer Voice (voice): Kate Murphy
• Narwhal (voice): Ricard Cussó

Film Crew:

• Production Designer: Nathan Jurevicius
• Producer: Sophie Byrne
• Director: Ricard Cussó
• Producer: Kristen Souvlis
• Producer: Nadine Bates
• Producer: Ryan Greaves
• Original Music Composer: Ack Kinmonth
• Executive Producer: John Stevenson
• Editor: Michelle McGilvray
• Writer: Les Turner
• Writer: Polly Watkins
• Writer: Matt Everitt
• Writer: Craig Behenna
• Animation Director: Tania Vincent
• Supervising Producer: Cristin O’Carroll
• Art Direction: Nathan Geppert
• Executive Producer: Julia Adams
• Executive Producer: Steven Matusko
• Executive Producer: Michael Favelle
• Executive Producer: Tomás Yankelevich
• Executive Producer: Peter Bevan
• Executive Producer: Mariana Sanjurjo
• Co-Producer: Brett Thornquest
• Line Producer: Sarra Watts
• Associate Producer: Gabbrielle Warren
• Supervising Sound Editor: Stuart Morton
• Additional Editing: Matt Villa
• Additional Editing: Courtney Teixera
• Storyboard Artist: Paul Kassab

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: “Arkie” lives with her octopus dad “Blister” on the peninsula where he does his best to harness the sunlight to protect the delicately balanced eco-structure. She’s not an octopus, though – more a sort of hybrid of human being with just the one green tentacle, and she’s not great when it comes to helping out with the complexities of her dad’s intricate contraptions for distributing the sunlight. Meantime, “The Keeper” in the nearby city of light has tasked some searchers to seek out her dad. Her boss “Dr. Maybee” is convinced that he possesses the energy necessary to repatriate him with his long lost daughter. When “Blister” is duly apprehended, “Arkie” must follow him into the big city with her new friends “Bunniguru” the rabbit and ‘Egg” to thwart his plan before her father is little better than a cephalopod smoothie. Loads of daft adventures, a menacing baddie who looks like the love child of Terence Stamp and Lionel Jeffries and gadgets and gizmos now feature as the rescue begins. The writing isn’t the best but the characters are quite good fun with plenty going on and an underlying environmental message that’s presented to us whimsically rather than imposed upon us. The storyline presents us with the usual character virtues of loyalty, friendship and determination and there’s quite a bit of imagination gone into the look of this film. I was on my own in the cinema for this screening, which was a bit of a shame – it is worth a trip to see the colourful animation to best effect – it will look really ordinary of the television.