Project Description
Crulic – The Path to Beyond
Storyline
The animated documentary feature-length “Crulic – The Path to Beyond” tells the story of the life of Crulic, the 33 years old Romanian who died in a Polish prison while on hunger strike. The acclaimed Romanian actor, Vlad Ivanov, narrates Crulic’s ironic voice over from beyond the grave. A strong visual style, the result of beautiful hand drawn, collage, stop-motion and cut-cut animation techniques, blend to create a striking, surprisingly integrated and memorable film..
Festivals & Awards
CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND had its world premiere in competition at Locarno Film Festival 2011, was selected in over 140 festivals including Annecy, Pusan, London BFI, CPH DOX, Telluride, New Directors / New Films, Istanbul IFF.
The movie got the Cristal Award in Annecy, and more than 35 prizes at other festivals like Special Mention Don Quixote in Locarno, Audience Award ANIMA, Belgian Television Award ANIMA, Special Prize of the Human Rights Jury in Istanbul, Best long feature in Animator (Poznan), Best Movie Monstra, Cabrito de Plata – Best Long Animated Feature Monterrey, Best movie Milwaukee Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at Gdynia Film Festival
Crystal Jury Special Prize SICAF (Seoul), Best Long Feature CICDAF (Changzhou), SILVER PUMA Award for the Best Director- FICUNAM – Mexico, Audience Award FICUNAM – Mexico, Main Prize at Gdansk Doc Film Festival, Best film (Sopot), Best Director Mlodzi I Film, Amnesty Award in CPH DOX, Grand Prix and the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union , Special Jury Prize (Siver Dolphin) in Festroia, Special Prize at Se-Ma-For Film Festival among others.
Project Details
- Genre: Fiction Film / Animated Documentary
- Status: Completed
- Production: Aparte Film
- Co-produced by: Fundacja im. Ferdynanda Magellana and Romanian Ministry of Cultureand the Romanian Heritage/ Editura Video, Krakow Festival Office
- Co-financed by: Romanian National Centre of Cinema, Polish Film Institute Krakow Regional Film Fund
- With the support of: HBO Romania, Romanian National Television, Soros Foundation Romania
- Scriptwriter & director: Anca Damian
- Narrators: Vlad Ivanov,Jamie Sives
- Artwork and Animation: Dan Panaitescu, Raluca Popa, Dragos Stefan, Roxana Bentu, Tuliu Oltean
- Music: Piotr Dziubek
- Sound: Piotr Witkowski, Sebastian Włodarczyk
- Producer: Anca Damian
- Co-Producer: Arkadiusz Wojnarowsky
- Editor: Catalin Cristutiu
- Project Website: www.crulic.ro
Related News
CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND becomes a classic
Crulic- The Path to Beyond was included in the retrospective of 30 years of Romanian Cinema in United States. It was shown at Film Forum New York (Nov 15-26, 2019), as well as in 2020 in other cities in US.
Romania – France Season 2019 presents CRULIC at the French Cinemateque in Paris
The French public will have a new chance to watch CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND (2011, Anca Damian) during [...]
ANIMAC – Spain and FICAM Meknes- Morocco
Two retrospectives of the animated documentaries of Anca Damian, Crulic - The Path to Beyond and The Magic [...]
September 2013
We are proud to announce that Crulic The Path to Beyond went in more than 140 festivals, and received [...]
9 June 2012
Aparte Film is pleased to announce that „Crulic – The Path to Beyond”, directed and produced by Anca Damian, won the Crystal Prize [...]
19 March 2012
"Crulic - The Path to Beyond received the Grand Prix and the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) for 2011 [...]
1 March 2012
"Crulic - The Path to Beyond" got SILVER PUMA Award for the Best Director- FICUNAM - Mexic, and [...]
16 November 2011
Till mid November 2011 the movie "Crulic The Path to Beyond" got the following prizes:- Special Mention [...]
8 September 2011
Crulic - The Path to Beyond is selected in the International Competitions of Namur IFF, London BFI, Warsaw IFF, [...]
2 September 2011
Crulic - The Path to Beyond has the American premiere in Telluride International Film Festival.
1 August 2011
Crulic - The Path to Beyond will open Animest IFF.
13 July 2011
"Crulic- The Path to Beyond" will have the World premiere in the International Competition of the Film Festival Locarno.
July 2010
"Crulic - The Path to Beyond" received financing from Krakow Regional Fund.
April 2010
„Crulic –The Path to Beyond” the animated long feature documentary starts its graphic design. [...]
December 2009
Polish Film Institute granted the documentary on "Crulic" with the amount of 50,000 Euro.
November 2008
Crossing Dates was selected in competition at Cottbus International Film Festival (Germany) and at Goa International Film [...]
Related Press
„LE DOC S’ANIME !”
Source: tenk.fr
Author: Eva Tourrent et Jérémie Jorrand
Dans "Le voyage de M.Crulic", Cristal du meilleur long-métrage cette année-là, la réalisatrice roumaine Anca Damian retrace l'effacement progressif d'un individu face un système judiciaire kafkaïen.
La Crítica de SensaCine – Crulic, camino al más allá
Source: SensaCine.com
Publish Date: 9 July 2015
Author: Beatriz Martinez
Género animado para una terrible historia real. Un impresionante artwork que funciona a modo de collage sensitivo que estalla con toda su fuerza expresiva para narrar de forma original esta historia que va más allá de la crónica de sucesos, del escándalo político y gubernamental para instalarse en el terreno del intimismo.
Collage de una muerte anunciada
Source: www.los35milimetros.wordpress.com
Publish Date: 3 JULIO 2013
Author: DAVID GONZÁLEZ
Damian imagina la imaginación: en Crulic, camino al más allá se apodera de todas las técnicas posibles de animación para crear un conjunto complejísimo, arrebatador y arrebatado, que demuestra que en la animación no hay nada escrito -ni dibujado
El delito de pedir justicia Crulic, el camino hacia el más allá
Source: CASA BALCANES
Publish Date: 28.06.2013
Técnicas que van desde la fotografía animada y el collage, pasando por la animación tradicional o stop motion, que hacen muy dinámico el relato en primera persona de una víctima de un sistema que no le dio la oportunidad de defenderse.
El muerto que habla
Source: Udual
Publish Date: 28 June 2013
Crulic, entre otras cosas, viene a confirmar la eterna vigencia de lo que contó Kafka en El proceso.
Voyage au bout de l’injustice
Source: Politis
Publish Date: 13 décembre 2012
Author: Christophe Kantcheff
La liberté esthétique de l’ensemble permettant de nouer des tonalités différentes, la douceur, la souffrance et, de bout en bout, une subtile auto dérision et un goût pour le sarcasme.
LE VOYAGE DE MONSIEUR CRULIC D’ANCA DAMIAN
Source: Arte
Publish Date: 12 décembre 2012
Author: Olivier Père
Un parti-pris esthétique qui se révèle très puissant et confère au film une atmosphère inédite, proche de l’hallucination
DRAME KAFKAIEN Le Voyage de Monsieur Crulic RÉALISÉ PAR ANCA DAMIAN
Source: www.critikat.com
Publish Date: 11 décembre 2012
Author: Carole Milleliri
Avec Le Voyage de Monsieur Crulic, Anca Damian réalise un film politique puissant, où drame et absurdité viennent dire la violence d’un racisme pernicieux et d’une justice à deux vitesses, sans jamais tendre vers un propos vindicatif.
“Le Voyage de Monsieur Crulic”: mort d’un Roumain en mode Kafka
Source: Le Monde
Publish Date: 11 décembre 2012
Author: Jacques Mandelbaum
Le Voyage de Monsieur Crulic, de la Roumaine Anca Damian, est incontestablement la plus belle réussite depuis quatre ans.
[Critique] Le voyage de Monsieur Crulic
Source: www.cinecoulisses.fr
Publish Date: 10 décembre 2012
Author: Par Matthieu
Le voyage de Monsieur Crulic nous bouleverse par son humanité et son incroyable inventivité visuelle.
Le voyage de monsieur Crulic
Source: Studio Ciné Live
Publish Date: 10 décembre 2012
Author: Xavier Leherpeur
Ce refus de l'unité formelle permettant au récit de s'évader du réalisme pour composer un surréalisme qui, ponctué par l'ironie désespérée de lanarration et de la coloration musicale, touche à l'universalité de l'engrenage tragique d'une justice kafkaïenne.
“Le Voyage de M. Crulic” ou la vie pour une bourse
Source: Télérama
Publish Date: 8 décembre 2012
Author: Marc Belpois
Chaque séquence est une invention visuelle.
Crulic: The Path to Beyond – Film Review
Source: Vancouver Weekly
Publish Date: 19 September 2012
Author: Anja Savcic
For me, this film has secured a spot as one of the most visually stunning I have witnessed.
‘Crulic,’ ‘Approved’ top Annecy
Source: Variety
Publish Date: 9 June 2012
Author: John Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy
ANNECY CRYSTAL AWARD "Crulic - The Path to Beyond," (Anca Damian, Romania)
Annecy: documentaire judiciaire, Alzheimer et animisme, l’animation ose
Source: http://sotinel.blog.lemonde.fr
Publish Date: 07 juin 2012
Author: Thomas Sotinel
Déjà présenté à Locarno l'été dernier, le film retrace la fin d'un Roumain, accusé à tort de vol en Pologne.
Anca Damian – Crulic The Path to Beyond
Source: https://culture.pl
Publish Date: 14 may 2012
Author: Marta Jazowska
Displaying, as says Filmmaker’s Howard Feinstein notices, "a distinctly Eastern European dry humor manifest in the drawings and in the rapid, highly detailed voiceovers", the film combines techniques of animation, fiction and documentary in a form that, as he continues "is a brilliant choice to tell a tragic true story".
The Top 5 Criticwire Recommendations from ND/NF 2012
Source: Indiewire
Publish Date: 04 April 2012
Author: Steve Greene
The surprise here is that writer/director Damian has tasked five of her country’s most talented animators to weave Crulic’s tragic tale as an unfolding tapestry that’s as memorable, beguiling, and on occasion as majestic, as anything we’ve seen come out of Romania.
New Directors/New Films 2012: 10 Films Indiewire Thinks You Should See
Source: Indiewire
Publish Date: 21 March 2012
Authors: Peter Knegt, Eric Kohn, Bryce J. Renninger, Nigel M. Smith
Damian challenges the documentary form and stuns with her cut-out animation in a film that is sure to intrigue ND/NF audiences.
A MAKER’S DOZEN: NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS
Source: Filmmaker Magazine
Publish Date: 20 March 2012
Author: Howard Feinstein in Festival Coverage, News
Technically a documentary, this brilliant medley of animation and cutouts, with slivers of live action tossed in, is creative interpretation at its most sublime.
Anca Damian: Crulic: The Path to Beyond (2011)–ND/NF
Source: www.chrisknipp.com
Publish Date: 08 Mar 2012
Author: Chris Knipp
Damian deserves credit for treating her subject in a distinctive and artistic way. Hopefully this is a fairly unique incident, but the way a powerless man can be chewed up and spit out by the modern bureaucratic machine is hardly unusual.
« Crulic » première et magnifique découverte du 9e carrefour de l’animation
Source: www.toutelaculture.com
Publish Date: 2 décembre 2011
Author: Coline Crance
Inventif, audacieux, ce dessin animé déjà remarqué dans nombre de festivals, exprime toute la force de l’animation et son paradoxe.
“Crulic…”, première découverte du 9e Carrefour de l’animation
Source: Télérama
Publish Date: 1 décembre 2011
Author: Sophie Bourdais
L'animation introduit une forme d'épure qui permet de restituer au plus juste, sans la brutalité parfois insupportable de l'image « réelle », mais aussi sans rien édulcorer, toute la souffrance morale et physique du personnage principal.
Anca Damian, regizoare: „Am plâns când am lucrat la filmul despre cazul Crulic“
Source: https://adevarul.ro
Publish Date: 20 octombrie 2011
Author: Ana-Maria Onisei
Prin greva foamei, corpul se stinge lent, atât de lent încât trecerea în cealaltă lume durează săptămâni. E o contemplare a morţii.
Anca Damian: “La «Crulic» îţi rămâne râsul în gât”
Source: www.evz.ro
Publish Date: 18 octombrie 2011
Author: Ruxandra Grecu
Eu cred că un film care vorbeşte intelectului nu are aceeaşi putere ca un film care se adresează emoţiei. O emoţie o poţi înmagazina în baza de date, mult mai uşor decât o idee. O idee rămâne la nivelul superficial.
Crulic – The Path to Beyond Interview avec Anca Damian
Source: www.cineuropa.org
Publish Date: 18 octobre 2011
Author: Stefan Dobroiu
"J'ai forcé les limites du langage filmique" Anca Damian combine plusieurs techniques d'animation et nous livre le premier film d'animation roumain en vingt ans.
“I forced the limits of the cinematic language beyond the borders” (Anca Damian)
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: October 18, 2011
Author: Stefan Dobroiu
Well-known Romanian documentary director Anca Damian made her feature debut in 2009, with Crossing Dates.
Soon afterwards the director started working at the country's first animated feature in more than two decades, Crulic – The Path to Beyond , which tells the story of Claudiu Crulic, a young Romanian who died by hunger strike after being wrongfully imprisoned by the Polish authorities.
Crulic, la prima întâlnire cu publicul românesc
Source: România Liberă
Publish Date: 12 octombrie 2011
Author: Gabriela Lupu
Pentru că, dacă nici noi nu facem nimic şi lăsăm cazul să fie ascuns sub preş, cum şi-ar dori cu ardoare unii, am putea liniştiţi să ne trecem şi noi numele pe lunga listă a vinovaţilor de moartea lui Claudiu Crulic.
Crulic -The Path to Beyond
Source: Variety
Publish Date: 16 August 2011
Author: Jay Weissberg
Beautiful artwork and a powerful story are the key elements of animated docu "Crulic -- The Path to Beyond."
Animation is especially appealing, featuring attractive watercolors and lovely washes forming the background to an imaginative use of drawings, cutouts and photos.
Le Festival du film de Locarno, entre déluge et refondation du monde
Source: Le Monde
Publish Date: 08.08.2011
Author: Jacques Mandelbaum
Crulic, d'Anca Damian, est un documentaire d'animation d'une éblouissante inventivité graphique.
