Athens International Film Festival
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Long Way North / Tout en Haut du Monde

26/9/2015, 18:00, Δαναός 1

2D animation fused with multi-dimensional emotion! In late 19th Century North Pole, Sasha seeks her missing explorer grandfather in a stunning, hand-drawn period adventure, following in the French animation tradition. 

Saint Petersburg, late 19th Century. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, is convinced that her grandfather, a renowned explorer who designed a technologically advanced arctic ship, did not perish in his last expedition to the North Pole, like everyone thinks. To save her family's honor, Sasha runs away on a dangerous quest to locate his trail. At a time when 3D animation is the name of the game, French animation designer Rémi Chayé hops into the director's chair, daring to create a 2D hand-drawn extravaganza that follows in the footsteps of traditional fantasy literature that would later influence some of the most renowned European comics. In competition at Annecy International Animated Film Festival


Στην Κορυφή του Κόσμου - trailer from NyxtesPremieras

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Rémi Chayé
Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Claire Paoletti, Patricia Valeix
Fabrice de Costil
Μουσική / Music
Jonathan Morali
Μοντάζ / Editor
Benjamin Massoubre
Ακούγονται / Voices
Christa Théret, Audrey Sablé
Rémi Caillebot, Thomas Sagols
Feodor Atkine


Γαλλία, Δανία/ France, Denmark
2015
Εγχρωμο / Color
DCP
81'
Γαλλικά/ French



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