Home audiences can discover a fantastical new animate world in the technicolor European import Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds, releasing on all major platforms in North America from GKIDS with distribution by Shout! Studios on September 17. From award-winning director Benôit Chieux, the psychedelic fairy tale about two sisters swept away to another world won the Audience Award for feature film at Annecy this summer.
Synopsis: One day, the adventurous Juliette and her sister Carmen find an enchanted toy and get swept away into the Kingdom of the Winds. They are transformed into cats and find themselves in a fantastical new world full of flying divas, technicolor dragons, and other mind-melting creations.
When Juliette causes an accident that draws the ire of the local inhabitants, the Mayor gives Juliette to the beautiful songstress Selma and sentences Carmen to marry his son as punishment. The sisters must find a way to escape before the wedding bells ring, but the key to their journey home lies with Sirocco, the mysterious wizard feared for his ferocious storms.
