Press
Press: Marona’s Fantastic Tale aka
L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona
„L’éphémère en toile de fond et du solide en relief: voilà la structure de cette biographie de chien.”
Source: filmexplorer.ch
Publish Date: September 10, 2019
Author: Giuseppe Di Salvatore
„Le registre descriptif de la narration est alors toujours bouleversé par une explosion des formes et la création d’atmosphères apparemment oniriques, qui en réalité ne font que rendre avec précision la situation ou l’état d’esprit de Marona.”
A Dog’s Love Fur-Ever: Anca Damian Speaks on ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: animationmagazine.net
Publish Date: September 8, 2019
Author: Ramin Zahed
Romanian director Anca Damian’s poetic new animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale follows the adventures of a spirited mutt as she looks back at her life and experiences with the humans in her colorful life.
Marona – among the „Must-See Animated Features at Annecy 2019”
Source: awn.com
Publish Date: June 6, 2019
Author: Chris Robinson
“Happiness, as the film’s closing song suggests, is a small fleeting thing that we should jump as high as we can for.”
„It’s a colourful, visual tour de force that will take your breath away.”
Source: dmovies.org
Publish Date: June 19, 2019
Author: Jeremy Clarke
"It fits the bill as a much better kids' movie than most of the more commercial fare foisted on audiences by the major studios and it should equally delight dog lovers. Having said that, as a person who neither has young kids or dogs, I adored it. And I suspect you will too."
“The quality of the lively, vibrant animation and the depth of feelings make it entirely engaging.”
Source: screendaily.com
Publish Date: June 17, 2019
Author: Allan Hunter
"Told with charm, wit and invention, this is family entertainment with an appeal that should cross the generations."
“Il y a donc ces auteurs, qui viennent repenser le montage, le cadrage et les formes, puis il y a Anca Damian qui collabore avec Brecht Evens, Gina Thorstensen et Sarah Mazzetti et là, tout éclate.”
Source: baz-art.org
Publish Date: June 17, 2019
"Les techniques se mèlent, il n'y a plus de limites, l'essentiel est le langage visuel et la transmission d'une histoire et d'une émotion."
„Tous de jolis films, mais qui nous ont semblé terriblement engoncés sitôt apparu le joyau de cette édition, objet unique et rabelaisien, festin visuel qui se permet la cruauté drôle comme le tragique.”
Source: next.liberation.fr
Publish Date: June 14, 2019
Author: Marius Chapuis
"Véritablement extraordinaire tant le film de la Roumaine Anca Damian s'affranchit de tout ce que l'on peut voir au cinéma, l'Extraordinaire voyage de Marona est de ces étincelles qui continuent de nous illuminer longtemps après la fin de la séance. Un film qui sonne comme une évidence."
Sur l’épineuse question de la place des femmes dans le cinéma d’animation
Source: parismatch.com
Publish Date: June 14, 2019
Author: Paris Match
"Depuis la création du Cristal du long métrage en 1985, seules deux réalisatrices ont été couronnées, dont la Roumaine Anca Damian, qui présente cette année, en compétition, «L'Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona»".
„(_Anca Damian_) impressionne d’autant plus que ses réalisations sont des réussites.”
Source: revue24images.com
Publish Date: June 14, 2019
Author: Nicolas Thys
"L'histoire pourrait sembler d'une simplicité confinant à la banalité mais le film fourmille d'inventions visuelles et sonores, avec mille et une idées par plan."
„L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona» tient aussi du prodige graphique.”
Source: leparisien.fr
Publish Date: June 13, 2019
Author: Renaud Baronian
"Hyper-inventif et audacieux, le film, qui suit le destin émouvant d'une jeune chienne adoptée par plusieurs maîtres successifs, multiplie les superpositions de dessins à la façon de collages qui s'animeraient, une orgie de couleurs et de mouvements qui en met plein les yeux et touchera les enfants comme les adultes."
“Wow this is magnificent. Truly one-of-a-kind animation storytelling. One of the most uniquely imaginative, trippy, fascinating, entrancing, beautiful, clever animated films I have ever seen.” (Alex Billington)
Source: letterboxd.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2019
"There's so many wonderful life lessons in this, not just about caring for a dog, but about how to live as a human and what matters the most."
“Anca Damian puts her name to a remarkable animated film, a simple, tender and moving story suffused with visual and musical poetry of great inventiveness…”
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: June 12, 2019
"Visually exquisite and peppered with vertiginous, sparkling, surrealist sequences, Marona's Fantastic Tale imparts a profound life philosophy on the question of identity, the search for happiness, the bonds which form between beings and the human condition as seen through the animal's eyes, all wrapped up in a very simple and moving story which is accessible to the very youngest of audiences."
“Those positive vibes are channeled by Evens’ vibrant illustrations, which teeter on the abstract but always remain figurative, recalling the paintings of French Fauvists.”
Source: hollywoodreporter.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2019
Author: Jordan Mintzer
Romanian director Anca Damian ('The Magic Mountain') teamed with Belgian artist Brecht Evens for this animated feature told from a canine's perspective.
„«L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona», tendre et émouvante peinture d’une vie de chien”
Source: abusdecine.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2019
Author: Olivier Bachelard
"Première grande émotion pour les festivaliers, "L'extraordinaire voyage de Marona" a surpris tout le monde avec son récit tout en flash-back de la vie d'une petite chienne croisée."
„Alors qu’il frôle l’abstraction à tout moment, donnant la part belle au ressenti au détriment du réel, L’EXTRAORDINAIRE VOYAGE DE MARONA fait mouche grâce à un récit limpide et une folie formelle agile et à propos. Ne retenez pas cette larme.”
Source: cinemateaser.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2019
Author: Perrine Quennesson
À LA LIMITE DE L'ABSTRACTION, LE FILM D'ANCA DAMIAN NOUS EMMÈNE DANS LA MÉMOIRE D'UN CHIEN ET QUESTIONNE NOTRE RAPPORT À L'ATTACHEMENT. BOULEVERSANT.
GKIDS Acquires Anca Damian’s ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ – Annecy
Source: cartoonbrew.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2019
Author: Carlos Aguilar
Just one day after announcing it has picked up North American rights for the Chinese feature White Snake, GKIDS has added yet another Annecy title to its crowded slate of upcoming animated films.
„Anca Damian s’offre toutes les libertés, et notamment de multiplier les styles graphiques, allant parfois très loin dans l’abstraction, ou dans une représentation stylisée du monde.”
Source: www.ecrannoir.fr
Publish Date: June 8, 2019
"On a la sensation qu'elle applique au long métrage ce qu'on aime tant dans le court : cette audace formelle qui ne s'interdit aucune expérimentation, et propose un cinéma libéré des contraintes esthétiques ou narratives traditionnelles, débordant d'idées visuelles et poétiques."
„L’extraordinaire Voyage de Marona est un film précieux.”
Source: lebleudumiroir.fr
Publish Date: June 8, 2019
"Evidemment, pour son traitement d'une générosité flamboyante qui tutoie souvent une forme de perfection baroque."
“Anca Damian Wraps Marona’s Fantastic Tale for Cannes and Preps The Island” (FilmNewEurope)
Source: www.filmneweurope.com
Publish Date: May 2019
"Romanian writer/director Anca Damian will show her French language animated film Marona's Fantastic Tale at the Cannes Film Festival Market, followed by its screening in the competition of Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy (10-15 June 2019)."
L’Extraordinaire voyage de Marona” – Parmi les plus attendues premières établies pour 2019, selon Cartoon Movies
Source: https://www.digitalcine.fr
Publish Date: 31 Martie 2019
Author: Nicolas Thys
Plus surprenant encore est L'Extraordinaire voyage de Marona produit par Sacrebleu et Aparte et réalisé par Anca Damian qui décidément réussit à monter des projets audacieux en peu de temps.
Le voyage fantastique de Marona … met la barre très haut en terme d’expérimentation formelle
Source: http://ecrannoir.fr/
Dans la première partie, la petite chienne (noire et blanche, avec un nez en forme de cœur) est adoptée par un acrobate.
THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF MARONA
Source: https://animation-week.com/
Publish Date: 20 april 2018
The Extraordinary Voyage of Marona is an animated film project that invites you to a very unique and fantastical visual world.
Tara Karajica talks to Anca Damian about Marona, her trailblazing work as a (female) filmmaker in Romania and women in film today
Source: https://rm.coe.int/
Publish Date: December 2017
Author: Tara Karajica
"The Fantastic Voyage of Marona” was inspired by an event in your personal life. Can you share it?
Eurimages gives $503,000 to Anca Damian Animation
Source: Variety
Publish Date: 26 october 2017
Authors: John Hopewell, Leo Barraclough
“The victim of an accident, a small female dog remembers the different masters she has unconditionally loved. With her unfailing empathy, Marona has brought lightness and innocence to each of the homes she has lived in.”
Press: Moon Hotel Kabul
Anca Damian, premiată la Varșovia și Madrid
Source: https://www.zilesinopti.ro
„Anca Damian este o creatoare totală, un reper și o inspirație inconturnabilă pentru noii realizatori.”
Romanian female director Anca Damian wins two international awards in Warsaw and Madrid for “Moon Hotel Kabul”
Source:https://www.romaniajournal.ro
„Besides the passion that I put in my films, I have the desire for them to be seen. And these awards are important for their visibility”.
Moon Hotel Kabul … are darul de a fi deopotrivă dureros de românesc, dar și entuziasmant de universal.
Source: http://horiaghibutiu.ro
Publish Date: 24 Noiembrie 2018
Author: Horia Ghibuțiu
Am fost la premiera de gală a filmului „Moon Hotel Kabul”, co-producție România-Franța 2018, și vă îndemn să nu-l ratați, intră pe marile ecrane pe 30 noiembrie.
“Există cinema românesc fără pretenții de “Nou Val”: Moon Hotel Kabul”
Source: cabalinkabul.wordpress.com
Publish Date: October 24, 2018
Author: Dan Alexe
"Încep cronica printr-o mărturisire: am vrut să văd filmul ăsta (care va ieși abia pe 30 noiembrie) al Ancăi Damian (pe un scenariu scris împreună cu Lia Bugnar) nu pentru că a primit premiul de regie (total meritat, cum aveam să descopăr rapid) la festivalul de la Varșovia și încă un premiu la Madrid, ci pentru că are Kabul în titlu și citisem că prima parte se petrece în Afganistan."
Anca Damian was named Best director for ‘Moon Hotel Kabul’
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com
Publish Date: 20 october 2018
Author: Vladimir Kozlov
Anca Damian, helmer of the Romanian/French film Moon Hotel Kabul, collected the prize for Best director at Warsaw IFF 2018.
Anca Damian termine Moon Hotel Kabul
Source: https://cineuropa.org
Publish Date: 09 avril 2018
Author: Stefan Dobroiu
"Mon film explore deux destins, avec deux choix différents sur les valeurs qui permettent au public d'accompagner le personnage principal dans le purgatoire personnel qu'est sa relation à la vérité et à l'amour".
Press: The Call
“I would like to make people think of the fragility of the moment.”- Anca Damian on THE CALL
Source: http://www.wearemovingstories.com/
Publish Date: April 2019
Congratulations! Why did you make your film? Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this film?
Festivalul de film de la Toronto debutează joi; România, prezentă în selecția de anul acesta
Source: https://www.stiripesurse.ro/
Publish Date: 5 septembrie 2018
Author: Loredana Codruț
Scurtmetrajul “The Call”, de Anca Damian, a fost inclus în secțiunea Short Cuts.
Press: In Perfect Health
Interviu cu regizoarea Anca Damian: “Povestea mea e strâns legată de justiția vieții, am crescut cu un tată judecător”
Source: anamariaonisei.ro
Publish Date: September 25, 2017
Author: Ana Maria Onisei
Multipremiată internațional, și cunoscută mai ales pentru filmul de animație “Crulic”, Anca Damian spune cu “Perfect sănătos” o poveste care pornește de la o întâmplare reală – pierderea propriului tată.
Perfect sănătos – Filmat excepţional, jucat cu fineţe – Mircea VASILESCU
Source: dilemaveche.ro
Publish Date: September 21, 2017
Author: Mircea Vasilescu
„Perfect sănătos” mi se pare un film foarte bine lucrat, cu finețe și intensitate psihologică, un pseudo-thriller care pune pe gînduri.”
„Un film de artă, un film care nu-și seduce publicul din primele secvențe.”
Source: yorick.ro
Publish Date: September 12, 2017
Author: Monica Andronescu
„Perfect sănătos” îți oferă un lux rar în lumea noastră: plăcerea de a trăi o poveste nu pe repede înainte, așa cum suntem obișnuiți, ci încet, degustând fiecare imagine, ca pe o chiflă caldă, cu unt și granule de sare care ți se topesc încet în gură…
Press: The Magic Mountain
La Montagne magique
Source: https://www.telerama.fr/
Author: Cécile Mury
Etrange, insolite et ambitieux film d'aventures...
LA MONTAGNE MAGIQUE
Source: Cinéma Utopia Montpellier
La Montagne magique est un vrai, un pur, un authentique bijou de cinéma.
LA MONTAGNE MAGIQUE
Source:http://www.lepasseurcritique.com
La puissance et l’émotion qui se dégagent de ce récit sont magnifiées par l’emballement esthétique et un traitement artistique sans pareil aujourd’hui dans le paysage cinématographique.
The Magic Mountain – Rezistenta unui artist, intr-o animatie pentru cei pasionati de pictura
Source: http://postmodern.ro
Publish Date: 27 mai 2016
Author: Adriana Gionea
Muntele magic, dincolo de a fi semnul unei identităţi cinematografice, ar putea fi începutul unui nou tip de realism în redarea lumii interioare, a intimităţii introspective.
La Montaña Mágica
Source: Los del sótano
Publish Date: 11 marzo 2016
Author: Albert Martínez
Una presentación visual rica e innegablemente artesanal.
On The Magic Mountain at ANIMATEKA 2015
Source: www.madaboutfilm.si
Publish Date: January, 2016
Author: Paraskevi Karageorgu
"Throughout the movie Wikner's narrative voice is teaching his daughter the rules of survival, but in fact he is teaching her the rules of a meaningful life, which for him may also be a meaningful death."
L’ultime combat
Source: L’Histoire
Publish Date: janvier 2016
Author: Antoine de Baecque
La Montagne magique est un chef-d'oeuvre de cette relecture de l'histoire, ici enroulée autour du récit intime d'un destin individuel méconnu, faisant feu d'images animées les plus inattendues et les plus visionnaires.
Festival Animateka: The Magic Mountain Animateka, Festivali, Film & Jaz
Source: https://madaboutfilm.si
Publish Date: 2 January 2016
Author: Recenzije Paraskevi Karageorgu
The Magic Mountain is an animated epic, which compels not only with the explosion of animation creativity, but with the deep sense of humanity, that cannot be without giving a meaning to life.
Cinéma. Adam Jacek Winkler, vie magique
Source: COURRIER INTERNATIONAL - PARIS
Publish Date: 28 décembre 2015
Author: Iulia Badea-Guéritée
Le film d’Anca Damian a le mérite d’utiliser nombreux artefacts – dessins et peintures naïves – créés par cet ennemi déclaré du bolchevisme.
La Montagne magique, un film d’Anca Damian: Critique François Bonini, 20 décembre 2015
Source: https://www.lemagducine.fr/
Publish Date: 23 décembre 2015
Author: Constance Mendez-Harscouët
La Montagne magique est un film singulier qui flirte avec les genres canoniques et démontre la caducité d’une partition du cinéma en fiction, documentaire et animation.
La Montagne magique
Source: http://www.petit-bulletin.fr
Publish Date: 22 décembre 2015
Author: Vincent Raymond
Une œuvre d’animation hybride, à la fois abstraite (ou, à tout le moins, non strictement figurative) et poétique.
[CRITIQUE] « LA MONTAGNE MAGIQUE » : UN DOCUMENTAIRE D’ANIMATION HÉROÏQUE D’ANCA DAMIAN
Source: http://toutelaculture.com
Publish Date: 22 décembre 2015
Author: Yaël Hirsch
Une histoire d’héroïsme en dessins et en archives, qui bluffe par sa forme et son engagement.
« La Montagne magique » : dessine-moi un montagnard
Source: Le Monde
Publish Date: 22 décembre 2015
Author: Noémie Luciani
L’avis du « Monde » – à ne pas manquer
LA MONTAGNE MAGIQUE – LA CRITIQUE DU FILM
Source: https://www.avoir-alire.com
Publish Date: 20 décembre 2015
Author: François Bonini
Anca Damian propose une méditation quasi métaphysique en même temps qu’une réflexion sur le cinéma d’animation et donc sur le cinéma tout court : elle dépasse le cadre traditionnel, cherchant les limites d’un genre en épuisant quelques-unes de ses possibilités.
The Magic Mountain – Anca Damian
Source: https://culture.pl
Publish Date: December 2015
Author: Bartosz Staszczyszyn | Translated by: N. Mętrak-Ruda
The Magic Mountain is a display of impressive artistic versatility.
Licorne d’Or meilleur film du festival d’Amiens 2015
Source: Mediapart
Publish Date: 23 NOV. 2015
Author: CÉDRIC LÉPINE
La Montagne magique fait partie de ces chefs-d’oeuvre qui ont aussi pour point commun d’apporter une réflexion politique engagée et citoyenne sur l’histoire.
Film Review: ‘The Magic Mountain’
Source:Variety
Publish Date: 19 July 2015
Author: Alissa Simon
“The Magic Mountain” is a work of overwhelming artistry.
“The Magic Mountain is a work of overwhelming artistry”
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: July 19, 2015
Author: Alissa Simon
„The second of Romanian animator Anca Damian’s 'tales of heroism' offers a relentless tide of imagery and narration.”
‘The Magic Mountain’: „An endless variety of styles further obscures an unfocused story.”
Source: hollywoodreporter.com
Publish Date: July 16, 2015
Author: Boyd van Hoeij
„Anca Damian's mixed-media animated feature recounts the harrowing life of Adam Jacek Winkler, a Paris-based Pole who ended up fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahideen in Afghanistan.”
The Magic Mountain
Source: Eye For Film
Publish Date: 10 July 2015
Author: Richard Mowe
Her mix of animation, collage, and actual footage from the various periods covered suits her subject to perfection.
‘Magic Mountain’ Director Anca Damian on Anticommunist Dissident, Mountain Climber Adam Jacek Winkler
Source:Variety
Publish Date: 9 July 2015
Author: Will Tizard
“This is what is extraordinary in animation. You can have a kind of surreality using real elements, mixing them with drawings, and create a world.”
‘Magic Mountain’ Director Anca Damian on Anti-communist Dissident, Mountain Climber Adam Jacek Winkler
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: July 9, 2015
Author: Will Tizard
“This is what is extraordinary in animation,” says the writer/helmer/producer. “You can have a kind of surreality using real elements, mixing them with drawings, and create a world.”
The Magic Mountain: An exploration of an exemplary destiny
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: June 7, 2015
Author: Stefan Dobroiu
„The film is a captivating exploration of an amazing destiny: Adam Jacek Winkler, a Polish artist and anti-communist who will find himself fighting against the Soviet invaders in 1980s Afghanistan.”
Press: Crulic – The Path to Beyond
„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.
Press: Crossing Dates (Co-producer)
„Întâlniri încrucișate” – între destin și întâmplare
Source: frdanieladermengi.wordpress.com
Publish Date: October 24, 2009
Author: Daniela Dermengi
Acest film de producție românească, în regia Ancăi Damian, a fost prezentat și în cadrul Festivalului Filmului Românesc la Chișinău. „Întâlniri încrucișate” este o dramă în care viețile a trei oameni, din trei medii diferite, cu trei vieți distincte, ajung să se întâlnească și să-și influențeze viața reciproc.
Anca Damian: “Am vrut ca filmul Întâlniri încrucișate să transmită un mesaj de iubire”
Source: hotnews.ro
Publish Date: January 20, 2009
Author: Magda Barascu
”Dacă puteam să spun povestea în cuvinte, nu făceam un film. Întotdeauna alegi mijlocul de comunicare cel mai adecvat pentru ceea ce vrei să transmiți.” (A.D.)