image cortesy of animationisfilm.com First off, the Hungarian title of this film - Fehérlófia - is much cooler-looking than the English one, and it's a shame that's the version most people will never get the chance to mispronounce. It's tough to figure out where to start here, because there isn't really a frame of reference to lean on, no neat shelf in the video store of the mind where this one slots in next to something familiar. I would love to meet anyone who has heard of
Every year in the Best Animated Feature Oscar category, there are one or two movies from other countries that most American audiences have never seen. Alongside the Pixars, Disneys, and Aardmans (not American, but still English-language), you'll see a Ghibli (Japan), a Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), or a Folimage (France). Every so often, one of these foreign-language films takes the prize: