Ernest & Celestine

Ernest & Celestine (French: Ernest et Célestine) is a 2012 animated comedy drama film directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children's books of the same name published by the Belgian author and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent. The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, as part of the TIFF Kids programme at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Ernest & Celestine
US theatrical release poster
Directed byStéphane Aubier
Vincent Patar
Benjamin Renner
Written byDaniel Pennac
Based onErnest & Celestine
by Gabrielle Vincent
Produced by
StarringLambert Wilson
Pauline Brunner
CinematographyStéphane Aubier
Vincent Patar
Edited byFabienne Alvarez-Giro
Music byVincent Courtois
Production
companies
La Parti Productions
Les Armateurs
Melusine Productions
Distributed byStudioCanal (France)
Cinéart (Belgium)
Release dates
  • 23 May 2012 (2012-05-23) (Cannes)
  • 12 December 2012 (2012-12-12) (France)
  • 19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) (Belgium)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
Luxembourg
LanguageFrench
Budget€8.9 million
Box office$8.1 million

It was selected for the grand competition at feature film edition of the 2013 World festival of animated film Animafest Zagreb and was screened as the opening film. The film was released in the United States in 2013 by GKIDS. There is also an English dub that was released on 28 February 2014, with the voices of Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman and Jeffrey Wright. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and became the first animated film to win the Magritte Award for Best Film. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards, but it lost to Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated musical Frozen.

A sequel, entitled Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, was released in France on December 14, 2022.

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