Project Description
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 (