‘Crulic,’ ‘Approved’ top Annecy
Source: Variety
Publish Date: 9 June 2012
Author: John Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy
ANNECY — Two socially-conscious mixed-media features – Anca Damian’s “Crulic – The Path to Beyond” and Laurent Boileau and Jung Henin’s “Approved For Adoption” – shared top honors Saturday at the 2012 Annecy Intl.
Animation Film Festival. Loic Magneron’s Wide Management reps international sales on both “Approved” and “Crulic.” A Locarno competition player and fest favorite, “Crulic,” an animated documentary, won Annecy’s best feature Crystal.

Meshing watercolors, drawings, cutouts, photos and final news footage, “Crulic” narrates the true story of Claudio Crulic, who died after a hunger strike in a Polish jail. […]