Aida of the Trees

Aida of the Trees is a 2001 Italian musical adventure fantasy animated film written and directed by Guido Manuli with soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. It is the third movie produced by the studio Lanterna Magica after How the Toys Saved Christmas and Lucky and Zorba, and it is loosely inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida.
Was released in Italy on December 21, 2001 by Medusa Film and in North America on June 7, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures

Plot

Arborea and Petra are two neighbouring countries perpetually at war with one another.
Only the romantic relationship between Aida, the daughter of the Arborean king, and Radames, the brave son of the high general of Petra, will change the situation.
The couple's worst enemy is Ramfis, the high priest of the evil god Satam, who would like his clumsy son Kak to marry the princess of Petra.
After a series of adventures and fierce battles, Aida and Radames will manage to defeat Ramfis, to end the war between their countries and to live happily ever after.

Cast

/ Filippa Giordano as Aida
Simone D'Andrea/ Peppe Servillo as Radames
Enzo Iacchetti as Kak
Massimo Lopez as Ramfis
as Goa
as Kanak
as Raz
as Satam
as Amonasro
as Amneris / Helena Hellwig as Amneris
Ciro Imparato as Diaspron
as Moud
Gino Lana as Uzi

Production

This Italian musical adventure fantasy animated film was produced by Lanterna Magica in Turin, Italy. Based on an original story created and developed by director Guido Manuli, it uses both traditional animation and computer animation with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Softimage, Avid Media Composer, oil-paint and paper, Pegs, pencil and paper, Softimage 3D and Toonz Premium.