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Press: Short Stories
about Love and Space
Short Stories about Love and Space in Cartoon Movie 2025: International Projects to Watch
Source: radixanimacion.com
Publish Date: 14 March 2025
Author: Luis Miguel Cruz
Anca Damian used the Cartoon Movie stage to show off her creativity and genius with Short Stories about Love and Space. [...]
Short Stories about Love and Space, selected at Cartoon Movie 2025 event in Bordeaux
Source: screendaily.com
Publish Date: 27 February 2025
Author: Emilio Mayorga
Short Stories about Love and Space, among line up for Cartoon Movie 2025. [...]
Press: Short Stories
about Love and Space
Short Stories about Love and Space in Cartoon Movie 2025: International Projects to Watch
Source: radixanimacion.com
Publish Date: 14 March 2025
Author: Luis Miguel Cruz
Anca Damian used the Cartoon Movie stage to show off her creativity and genius with Short Stories about Love and Space. [...]
Short Stories about Love and Space, selected at Cartoon Movie 2025 event in Bordeaux
Source: screendaily.com
Publish Date: 27 February 2025
Author: Emilio Mayorga
Short Stories about Love and Space, among line up for Cartoon Movie 2025. [...]
Press: Starseed
Starseed in production
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: October 13, 2023
Author: Ben Croll
Damian is also readying her fifth animated feature, “Starseed,” an African futurist time-bender tracking the adventures of a young albino girl, Loveness. [...]
Both films, The Island and Starseed in the top pics of Zippy Frames!
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: March 15, 2021
Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
Anca Damian aims for a penetrating field research into the connecting tissue of humans and other living beings in a family format; the first tests of hypnotic nature (art director: Gina Thorstensen) confirm her intentions.
‘Funan’ Producer Sebastian Onomo Boards Annecy Winner Anca Damian’s ‘Starseed’
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: March 5, 2021
Author: Emilio Mayorga
Sébastien Onomo, producer of 2018 Annecy Crystal winner “Funan,” has teamed with Romanian animator Anca Damian to co-produce her new project “Starseed.”
Cartoon Movie, Europe’s Main Animated Movie Co-Production Forum, Selects ‘Sorya,’ ‘Starseed’ & ‘Caramel’s Words’
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: February 1, 2021
Author: Emilio Mayorga
Set in Zimbabwe, “Starseed” centers on Geekisde, a somewhat special and lonesome little girl who has the appearance of an African albino.
Starseed – the new project of Anca Damian, between the 5 striking new projects in Cartoon Movie 2021
Source: cartoonbrew.com
Publish Date: December 24, 2020
Author: Alex Dudok De Wit
The prolific Damian is attending this year’s event with not one but two feature projects.
Press: Starseed
Starseed in production
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: October 13, 2023
Author: Ben Croll
Damian is also readying her fifth animated feature, “Starseed,” an African futurist time-bender tracking the adventures of a young albino girl, Loveness. [...]
Both films, The Island and Starseed in the top pics of Zippy Frames!
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: March 15, 2021
Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
Anca Damian aims for a penetrating field research into the connecting tissue of humans and other living beings in a family format; the first tests of hypnotic nature (art director: Gina Thorstensen) confirm her intentions.
‘Funan’ Producer Sebastian Onomo Boards Annecy Winner Anca Damian’s ‘Starseed’
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: March 5, 2021
Author: Emilio Mayorga
Sébastien Onomo, producer of 2018 Annecy Crystal winner “Funan,” has teamed with Romanian animator Anca Damian to co-produce her new project “Starseed.”
Cartoon Movie, Europe’s Main Animated Movie Co-Production Forum, Selects ‘Sorya,’ ‘Starseed’ & ‘Caramel’s Words’
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: February 1, 2021
Author: Emilio Mayorga
Set in Zimbabwe, “Starseed” centers on Geekisde, a somewhat special and lonesome little girl who has the appearance of an African albino.
Starseed – the new project of Anca Damian, between the 5 striking new projects in Cartoon Movie 2021
Source: cartoonbrew.com
Publish Date: December 24, 2020
Author: Alex Dudok De Wit
The prolific Damian is attending this year’s event with not one but two feature projects.
The Island has its London premiere at BFI Southbank with live accompaniment by the Balanescu Ensemble in a one of a kind event
The Island has its London premiere at BFI Southbank with live accompaniment by the Balanescu Ensemble in a one of a kind event The cine concert on September [...]
Les films à voir cette semaine
Source: nouvelobs.com
Publish Date: June 9, 2023
La réalisatrice roumaine Anca Damian défie littéralement le spectateur : pas facile de suivre, mais, [...]
“L’Ile” d’Anca Damian : quand le mythe de Robinson Crusoé devient politique et musical
Source: radiofrance.fr
Publish Date: June 8, 2023
La matinale: Le nouveau film de la cinéaste roumaine Anca Damian est au croisement des arts [...]
Une variation poétique, politique et écologique de Robinson Crusoe
Source: abusdecine.com
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Habituée du Festival d’Annecy, la Roumaine Anca Damian [...]
The Island in 13/14 de FRANCE INTER
Source: radiofrance.fr
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Sur Radiofrance à la minute 25.
Voilà le lien de À L’AFFICHE sur FRANCE 24
Source: france24.com
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Author: Thomas Baurez
Belle présentation par Thomas Baurez. À partir de 3'40''.
FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson about The Island
Source: france24.com
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Author: Lisa Nesselson
sur France 24 au minute 7.45.
Anca Damian : « L’Île est un film au carrefour des arts »
Source: cnc.fr
Publish Date: June 6, 2023
Avec son film d’animation L’Île, la cinéaste roumaine réinterprète [...]
L’Île : une merveille d’animation [critique]
Source: premiere.fr
Publish Date: June 5, 2023
Un conte animé moderne, d’une grande poésie et bardé d’inventions visuelles, [...]
Les films à voir ou à éviter la semaine du 7 juin
Source: lejdd.fr
Publish Date: June 3, 2023
Jouant aussi bien avec les mythes bibliques qu’avec les codes du conte, [...]
Critique cinéma- L’île : Robinson Crusoé revisité avec folie et inventivité
Source: baz-art.org
Publish Date: June 2, 2023
L’île de Anca Damian est un très beau film d'animation engagé à sa façon, jamais frontale mais toujours poétique.
L’Île d’Anca Damian
Source: Positif Author: Nicolas Geneix Sans compromis et avec la liberté que donne l’animation, cette fantasmagorie visuelle et musicale brave la dialectique ambiguë du sauveur et du [...]
(Critique) L’île d’Anca Damian
Source: Focus on animation Publish Date: June 1st, 2023 Quatre années après L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona, la réalisatrice roumaine Anca Damian propose enfin son septième long-métrage aux accents surréalistes en salles [...]
The Island : L’île des perdu·es
Source: On se fait un cine Publish Date: March 2nd, 2022 Author: Margaux Maekelberg En 2019, nous avions découvert L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona. Un premier film impressionnant de maîtrise [...]
Anca Damian, réalisatrice de “The Island” : “Ouvrir le cœur et l’esprit du spectateur avec l’art que je fais”
Source: On se fait un cine Publish Date: April 1st, 2022 Author: Margaux Maekelberg La dernière édition de l’IFFR a signé le retour de la réalisatrice Anca Damian. [...]
IFFI 2022: Love animation? Here are 5 films to watch out for this November!
Source: Gomantak Times Publish Date: November 16, 2022 Author: GT Desk The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has in store a great mix [...]
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian
Source: https://www.cinematographe.it Publish Date: September 28, 2022 Author: Gianlorenzo Franzi The Island è un film del 2022 con la regia di Anca Damian, presentato al Future Film Festival di [...]
Don’t miss THE ISLAND, an amazing animated feature at SEEFEST
Source: Cinema Without Borders Publish Date: April 25, 2023 Author: CWB News Department If you are in LA, don’t miss watching THE ISLAND on this Saturday, April 29th, [...]
Fantastische animatiefilm over… ja, waarover eigenlijk?
Source: Film Totaal Publish Date: August 8, 2022 Author: Lisa Van der Waal In 2019 bracht de Roemeense filmmaker Anca Damian haar eerste lange animatiefilm uit: Marona. Een magische, [...]
Break Out the Popcorn: Features to Watch at Annecy 2022
Source: Animation World Network Publish Date: 8 June 2022 Author: Chris Robinson AWN’s Animation Pimp and Ottawa Animation Festival artistic director Chris Robinson takes a look at five [...]
« The Island », splendide actualisation contemporaine de « Robinson Crusoé »
Source: https://usbeketrica.com/ Publish Date: June 12, 2022 Author: Victor Mottin À l’occasion du festival du film d’animation d’Annecy qui se déroule du 8 au 13 juin, l’équipe d’Usbek & Rica [...]
Anca Damian poétique comme jamais avec “L’île”
Source: https://www.abusdecine.com/ Publish Date: June 15, 2022 Author: Olivier Bachelard La roumaine Anca Damian est une habituée du Festival d’Annecy, où elle a déjà présenté deux films en [...]
Review: The Island
Source: jeremycprocessing.com Publish Date: June 15, 2022 Author: Jeremy Processing The story of Robinson Crusoe, the man shipwrecked on a desert island befriended by a native he calls [...]
(Critique) L’île d’Anca Damian
Source: focusonanimation.fr
Publish Date: June 1, 2023
L’île est une œuvre déstabilisante qui réinvente pleinement un mythe littéraire ancré dans l’esprit collectif.
Anca Damián: “En animación tienes toda la libertad para crear mundos”
Source: https://www.goldenglobes.com/ Publish Date: July 13, 2022 Author: Rocio Ayuso "La mejor forma de describir a la realizadora rumana Anca Damián es recurriendo a la imagen de Juan [...]
Anca Damian to receive the Honorary prize at Animac 2023
The Romanian creator Anca Damian (Cluj-Napoca, 1962) will receive the Honorary Award of Animac 2023 in recognition of "her prolific work the challenges of the contemporary world with imagination [...]
New York Premiere of The Island at Animation First Festival
Anca Damian is the guest of honor at the French Institution Alliance Francaise in New York, on the occasion of the sixth edition of the Animation First Festival, the [...]
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian Source: cineuropa.org Publish Date: January 28, 2022 Author: Fabien Lemercier Damian's trump card is undoubtedly that of immersing the [...]
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian
Source: cinematographe.it
Publish Date: September 28, 2022
Damian's trump card is undoubtedly that of immersing the tragic nature of her stories in the soft melancholy of a delicate and never over the top storytelling [...]
The Island receives the Green Future Award at Future Film Festival Italy
The Island receives the Green Future Award at Future Film Festival Italy At the 22nd edition of the Future Film Festival, taking place in Bologna between Septembre 21 [...]
The Island at HAIFA FILM FESTIVAL
The Island is screening at the 38th edition of HAIFA Film Festival in Israel, in the section named ”Complex, Demanding, Different”. The Festival notes "Welcome back! We've screened previous films [...]
The Island goes to Greece at Animasyros Festival
The Island goes to Greece at Animasyros Festival Between Sept 20-25 takes place the 13th Animasyros International Animation Festival, where The Island is screening in the Official Competition. Animasyros International [...]
The Island screens at Hong Kong International Film Festival
The 46th Edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival took place between Aug 15 - 31st and has grown to be Hong Kong’s largest cultural event and is [...]
The Island and accompanying AR exhibition at Festival Europeen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg
The Island and accompanying AR exhibition at Festival Europeen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg The Island will be presented this September in competition at Festival Europeen du Film Fantastique de [...]
THE ISLAND (2021) Fantastische animatiefilm over… ja, waarover eigenlijk?
Source: filmtotaal.nl
Publish Date: August 17, 2022
In 2019, Romanian filmmaker Anca Damian released her first full-length animated film: Marona. [...]
Interview // Anca Damian on Dailyme.tv
We would like to introduce you to Anca Damian, who directed the animation film ‘ The Island’. For most movie fans, animated films are synonymous with family-friendly flicks, but [...]
‘The Island’ secures French distribution
‘The Island’ secures French distribution Source: Screen Daily Publish Date: 9 May 2022 Author: Melanie Goodfellow French distributor Eurozoom has acquired French rights to Romanian director Anca [...]
The Island Cineconcert at Fondation Cartier Paris
The Island Cineconcert at Fondation Cartier Paris Source: Fondation Cartier Publish Date: 7 September 2022 On September 7th, Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain is hosting [...]
Anca Damián: “En animación tienes toda la libertad para crear mundos”
Source: goldenglobes.com
Publish Date: July 13, 2022
The best way to describe the Romanian filmmaker Anca Damián is by referring to the image of Juan Sin Miedo. [...]
The Island
Source: jeremycprocessing.com
Publish Date: June 15, 2022
Author: Jeremy Clarke
If the above description conjures numerous meandering and unsatisfactory movies seen over the years, most of them live action rather than animation [...]
Review: Robinson Crusoe and the Land of Wonders
Review: Robinson Crusoe and the Land of Wonders Source: Zippy Frames Publish Date: February 7th Author: Vassilis Kroustallis ”Anca Damian can be as real as when she [...]
The Island spins off AR Exhibition & Board Game
Anca Damian’s psychedelic, musical take on the Robinson Crusoe’s story, “The Island,” will be accompanied by an AR exhibition inviting the audience to further explore its colorful universe. A [...]
Review: The Island
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: January 28, 2022
Author: Fabien Lemercier
"Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, political, symbolic and poetic animated work. A contemporary and timeless visual whirlwind"
Review: The Island
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: January 28, 2022
Author: Fabien Lemercier
Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, [...]
Robinson Crusoe Inspired Animated Film ‘The Island’ Spins Off AR Exhibition, Board Game (EXCLUSIVE)
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: Junuary 27, 2022
Author: Marta Balaga
Romanian animator Anca Damian’s psychedelic, musical take on the Robinson Crusoe’s story, “The Island,” [...]
2022 Official Selection – Press & Industry
2022 Official Selection – Press & Industry After The Island had its first screenings for the Asian markets in the World Cinema section of Busan International Film Festival, The [...]
Both films, The Island and Starseed in the top pics of Zippy Frames!
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: March 15, 2021
Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
Anca Damian aims for a penetrating field research into the connecting tissue of humans and other living beings in a family format; the first tests of hypnotic nature (art director: Gina Thorstensen) confirm her intentions.
Sneak Peek: Anca Damian’s ‘The Island,’ a Postmodern Robinson Crusoe Musical!
Source: animationmagazine.net
Publish Date: February 4, 2021
Author: Ramin Zahed
Over two years ago, Romanian director Anca Damian made a huge splash with her much-loved, award-winning feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale, which pushed the artistic envelope while telling a deeply moving story about a dog’s experiences
Anca Damian Interview: Art Is Thinking Why We Are Alive (Indie Online 2020 Project)
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: January 14, 2021
Author: ZF Team
Romanian acclaimed director Anca Damian talks to Zippy Frames about her animation work and online content during the framework of the IndieOnline 2020 research project.
The Island – CARTOON Movie 2021: 17 Animation Feature Projects for Adults
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: December 28, 2020
Author: ZF Team
A much-awaited project with mixed techniques.
Anca Damian’s “The Island” to be finished before the end of the year
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: April 28, 2020
Author: Stefan Dobroiu
The only Romanian director to have delivered animated features over the last decade, Anca Damian is currently in production with her newest project, The Island, which she describes as a musical comedy and "an upside-down Robinson Crusoe story". The film is a co-production between Damian's Aparte Film, Take Five (Belgium) and Komadoli (France).
Anca Damian : “Nous sommes seuls mais nous rigolons ensemble”
Source: franceculture.fr
Publish Date: April 24, 2020
Author: Emmanuel Laurentin and Fanny Richez
Coronavirus, une conversation mondiale | Depuis Bucarest, la réalisatrice Anca Damian, qui connait très bien la France, nous donne son point de vue d'artiste sur le confinement mis en place dans son pays. Malgré la crise, le peuple roumain ne se départit pas de son humour et de son autodérision.
Cartoon Movie 2020: Six Most-Anticipated Titles
Source: animationmagazine.net
Publish Date: March 8, 2020
Author: Ramin Zahed
If you were to judge the health of the European animation feature industry by the quality of the projects presented at the latest edition of Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux (March 3-5), the industry is faring quite well: There are many interesting, innovative and thought-provoking projects made for both family and adult audiences in the pipeline. We were fortunate to catch some of these presentations at the event.
Cartoon movie 2020 top picks
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: March 7, 2020
Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
Here's our report of the major European pitching event for animation features, CARTOON Movie, and the projects that we highlighted during the event. (...) Anca Damian's The Island (in development) and Even Mice Belong in Heaven (in production) by Jan Bubinecek and Denisa Grimmova are two of the most prominent examples of what is to come for this region in the upcoming years, even though co-productions like the Czech participation (Maur Film) in Florence Miailhe's The Crossing are a case in point.
Cartoon movie 2019 : 9 projets à suivre, signés Claude Barras, Anca Damian (The Island), Sébastien Laudenbach ou encore Mirai Mizue
Source: ecrannoir.fr
Publish Date: March 21, 2019
Encore à l'état de concept (bien avancé, cela dit, vu ce que la réalisatrice nous a montré de son animatique), The island est une forme de comédie musicale inspirée de Robinson Crusoé, sur fond de crise des réfugiés.
The Island has its London premiere at BFI Southbank with live accompaniment by the Balanescu Ensemble in a one of a kind event
The Island has its London premiere at BFI Southbank with live accompaniment by the Balanescu Ensemble in a one of a kind event The cine concert on September [...]
Les films à voir cette semaine
Source: nouvelobs.com
Publish Date: June 9, 2023
La réalisatrice roumaine Anca Damian défie littéralement le spectateur : pas facile de suivre, mais, [...]
“L’Ile” d’Anca Damian : quand le mythe de Robinson Crusoé devient politique et musical
Source: radiofrance.fr
Publish Date: June 8, 2023
La matinale: Le nouveau film de la cinéaste roumaine Anca Damian est au croisement des arts [...]
Une variation poétique, politique et écologique de Robinson Crusoe
Source: abusdecine.com
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Habituée du Festival d’Annecy, la Roumaine Anca Damian [...]
The Island in 13/14 de FRANCE INTER
Source: radiofrance.fr
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Sur Radiofrance à la minute 25.
Voilà le lien de À L’AFFICHE sur FRANCE 24
Source: france24.com
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Author: Thomas Baurez
Belle présentation par Thomas Baurez. À partir de 3'40''.
FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson about The Island
Source: france24.com
Publish Date: June 7, 2023
Author: Lisa Nesselson
sur France 24 au minute 7.45.
Anca Damian : « L’Île est un film au carrefour des arts »
Source: cnc.fr
Publish Date: June 6, 2023
Avec son film d’animation L’Île, la cinéaste roumaine réinterprète [...]
L’Île : une merveille d’animation [critique]
Source: premiere.fr
Publish Date: June 5, 2023
Un conte animé moderne, d’une grande poésie et bardé d’inventions visuelles, [...]
Les films à voir ou à éviter la semaine du 7 juin
Source: lejdd.fr
Publish Date: June 3, 2023
Jouant aussi bien avec les mythes bibliques qu’avec les codes du conte, [...]
Critique cinéma- L’île : Robinson Crusoé revisité avec folie et inventivité
Source: baz-art.org
Publish Date: June 2, 2023
L’île de Anca Damian est un très beau film d'animation engagé à sa façon, jamais frontale mais toujours poétique.
L’Île d’Anca Damian
Source: Positif Author: Nicolas Geneix Sans compromis et avec la liberté que donne l’animation, cette fantasmagorie visuelle et musicale brave la dialectique ambiguë du sauveur et du [...]
(Critique) L’île d’Anca Damian
Source: Focus on animation Publish Date: June 1st, 2023 Quatre années après L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona, la réalisatrice roumaine Anca Damian propose enfin son septième long-métrage aux accents surréalistes en salles [...]
The Island : L’île des perdu·es
Source: On se fait un cine Publish Date: March 2nd, 2022 Author: Margaux Maekelberg En 2019, nous avions découvert L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona. Un premier film impressionnant de maîtrise [...]
Anca Damian, réalisatrice de “The Island” : “Ouvrir le cœur et l’esprit du spectateur avec l’art que je fais”
Source: On se fait un cine Publish Date: April 1st, 2022 Author: Margaux Maekelberg La dernière édition de l’IFFR a signé le retour de la réalisatrice Anca Damian. [...]
IFFI 2022: Love animation? Here are 5 films to watch out for this November!
Source: Gomantak Times Publish Date: November 16, 2022 Author: GT Desk The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has in store a great mix [...]
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian
Source: https://www.cinematographe.it Publish Date: September 28, 2022 Author: Gianlorenzo Franzi The Island è un film del 2022 con la regia di Anca Damian, presentato al Future Film Festival di [...]
Don’t miss THE ISLAND, an amazing animated feature at SEEFEST
Source: Cinema Without Borders Publish Date: April 25, 2023 Author: CWB News Department If you are in LA, don’t miss watching THE ISLAND on this Saturday, April 29th, [...]
Fantastische animatiefilm over… ja, waarover eigenlijk?
Source: Film Totaal Publish Date: August 8, 2022 Author: Lisa Van der Waal In 2019 bracht de Roemeense filmmaker Anca Damian haar eerste lange animatiefilm uit: Marona. Een magische, [...]
Break Out the Popcorn: Features to Watch at Annecy 2022
Source: Animation World Network Publish Date: 8 June 2022 Author: Chris Robinson AWN’s Animation Pimp and Ottawa Animation Festival artistic director Chris Robinson takes a look at five [...]
« The Island », splendide actualisation contemporaine de « Robinson Crusoé »
Source: https://usbeketrica.com/ Publish Date: June 12, 2022 Author: Victor Mottin À l’occasion du festival du film d’animation d’Annecy qui se déroule du 8 au 13 juin, l’équipe d’Usbek & Rica [...]
Anca Damian poétique comme jamais avec “L’île”
Source: https://www.abusdecine.com/ Publish Date: June 15, 2022 Author: Olivier Bachelard La roumaine Anca Damian est une habituée du Festival d’Annecy, où elle a déjà présenté deux films en [...]
Review: The Island
Source: jeremycprocessing.com Publish Date: June 15, 2022 Author: Jeremy Processing The story of Robinson Crusoe, the man shipwrecked on a desert island befriended by a native he calls [...]
(Critique) L’île d’Anca Damian
Source: focusonanimation.fr
Publish Date: June 1, 2023
L’île est une œuvre déstabilisante qui réinvente pleinement un mythe littéraire ancré dans l’esprit collectif.
Anca Damián: “En animación tienes toda la libertad para crear mundos”
Source: https://www.goldenglobes.com/ Publish Date: July 13, 2022 Author: Rocio Ayuso "La mejor forma de describir a la realizadora rumana Anca Damián es recurriendo a la imagen de Juan [...]
Anca Damian to receive the Honorary prize at Animac 2023
The Romanian creator Anca Damian (Cluj-Napoca, 1962) will receive the Honorary Award of Animac 2023 in recognition of "her prolific work the challenges of the contemporary world with imagination [...]
New York Premiere of The Island at Animation First Festival
Anca Damian is the guest of honor at the French Institution Alliance Francaise in New York, on the occasion of the sixth edition of the Animation First Festival, the [...]
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian Source: cineuropa.org Publish Date: January 28, 2022 Author: Fabien Lemercier Damian's trump card is undoubtedly that of immersing the [...]
The Island: recensione del film di Anca Damian
Source: cinematographe.it
Publish Date: September 28, 2022
Damian's trump card is undoubtedly that of immersing the tragic nature of her stories in the soft melancholy of a delicate and never over the top storytelling [...]
The Island receives the Green Future Award at Future Film Festival Italy
The Island receives the Green Future Award at Future Film Festival Italy At the 22nd edition of the Future Film Festival, taking place in Bologna between Septembre 21 [...]
The Island at HAIFA FILM FESTIVAL
The Island is screening at the 38th edition of HAIFA Film Festival in Israel, in the section named ”Complex, Demanding, Different”. The Festival notes "Welcome back! We've screened previous films [...]
The Island goes to Greece at Animasyros Festival
The Island goes to Greece at Animasyros Festival Between Sept 20-25 takes place the 13th Animasyros International Animation Festival, where The Island is screening in the Official Competition. Animasyros International [...]
The Island screens at Hong Kong International Film Festival
The 46th Edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival took place between Aug 15 - 31st and has grown to be Hong Kong’s largest cultural event and is [...]
The Island and accompanying AR exhibition at Festival Europeen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg
The Island and accompanying AR exhibition at Festival Europeen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg The Island will be presented this September in competition at Festival Europeen du Film Fantastique de [...]
THE ISLAND (2021) Fantastische animatiefilm over… ja, waarover eigenlijk?
Source: filmtotaal.nl
Publish Date: August 17, 2022
In 2019, Romanian filmmaker Anca Damian released her first full-length animated film: Marona. [...]
Interview // Anca Damian on Dailyme.tv
We would like to introduce you to Anca Damian, who directed the animation film ‘ The Island’. For most movie fans, animated films are synonymous with family-friendly flicks, but [...]
‘The Island’ secures French distribution
‘The Island’ secures French distribution Source: Screen Daily Publish Date: 9 May 2022 Author: Melanie Goodfellow French distributor Eurozoom has acquired French rights to Romanian director Anca [...]
The Island Cineconcert at Fondation Cartier Paris
The Island Cineconcert at Fondation Cartier Paris Source: Fondation Cartier Publish Date: 7 September 2022 On September 7th, Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain is hosting [...]
Anca Damián: “En animación tienes toda la libertad para crear mundos”
Source: goldenglobes.com
Publish Date: July 13, 2022
The best way to describe the Romanian filmmaker Anca Damián is by referring to the image of Juan Sin Miedo. [...]
The Island
Source: jeremycprocessing.com
Publish Date: June 15, 2022
Author: Jeremy Clarke
If the above description conjures numerous meandering and unsatisfactory movies seen over the years, most of them live action rather than animation [...]
Review: Robinson Crusoe and the Land of Wonders
Review: Robinson Crusoe and the Land of Wonders Source: Zippy Frames Publish Date: February 7th Author: Vassilis Kroustallis ”Anca Damian can be as real as when she [...]
The Island spins off AR Exhibition & Board Game
Anca Damian’s psychedelic, musical take on the Robinson Crusoe’s story, “The Island,” will be accompanied by an AR exhibition inviting the audience to further explore its colorful universe. A [...]
Review: The Island
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: January 28, 2022
Author: Fabien Lemercier
"Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, political, symbolic and poetic animated work. A contemporary and timeless visual whirlwind"
Review: The Island
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: January 28, 2022
Author: Fabien Lemercier
Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, [...]
Robinson Crusoe Inspired Animated Film ‘The Island’ Spins Off AR Exhibition, Board Game (EXCLUSIVE)
Source: variety.com
Publish Date: Junuary 27, 2022
Author: Marta Balaga
Romanian animator Anca Damian’s psychedelic, musical take on the Robinson Crusoe’s story, “The Island,” [...]
2022 Official Selection – Press & Industry
2022 Official Selection – Press & Industry After The Island had its first screenings for the Asian markets in the World Cinema section of Busan International Film Festival, The [...]
Both films, The Island and Starseed in the top pics of Zippy Frames!
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: March 15, 2021
Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
Anca Damian aims for a penetrating field research into the connecting tissue of humans and other living beings in a family format; the first tests of hypnotic nature (art director: Gina Thorstensen) confirm her intentions.
Sneak Peek: Anca Damian’s ‘The Island,’ a Postmodern Robinson Crusoe Musical!
Source: animationmagazine.net
Publish Date: February 4, 2021
Author: Ramin Zahed
Over two years ago, Romanian director Anca Damian made a huge splash with her much-loved, award-winning feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale, which pushed the artistic envelope while telling a deeply moving story about a dog’s experiences
Anca Damian Interview: Art Is Thinking Why We Are Alive (Indie Online 2020 Project)
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: January 14, 2021
Author: ZF Team
Romanian acclaimed director Anca Damian talks to Zippy Frames about her animation work and online content during the framework of the IndieOnline 2020 research project.
The Island – CARTOON Movie 2021: 17 Animation Feature Projects for Adults
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: December 28, 2020
Author: ZF Team
A much-awaited project with mixed techniques.
Anca Damian’s “The Island” to be finished before the end of the year
Source: cineuropa.org
Publish Date: April 28, 2020
Author: Stefan Dobroiu
The only Romanian director to have delivered animated features over the last decade, Anca Damian is currently in production with her newest project, The Island, which she describes as a musical comedy and "an upside-down Robinson Crusoe story". The film is a co-production between Damian's Aparte Film, Take Five (Belgium) and Komadoli (France).
Anca Damian : “Nous sommes seuls mais nous rigolons ensemble”
Source: franceculture.fr
Publish Date: April 24, 2020
Author: Emmanuel Laurentin and Fanny Richez
Coronavirus, une conversation mondiale | Depuis Bucarest, la réalisatrice Anca Damian, qui connait très bien la France, nous donne son point de vue d'artiste sur le confinement mis en place dans son pays. Malgré la crise, le peuple roumain ne se départit pas de son humour et de son autodérision.
Cartoon Movie 2020: Six Most-Anticipated Titles
Source: animationmagazine.net
Publish Date: March 8, 2020
Author: Ramin Zahed
If you were to judge the health of the European animation feature industry by the quality of the projects presented at the latest edition of Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux (March 3-5), the industry is faring quite well: There are many interesting, innovative and thought-provoking projects made for both family and adult audiences in the pipeline. We were fortunate to catch some of these presentations at the event.
Cartoon movie 2020 top picks
Source: zippyframes.com
Publish Date: March 7, 2020
Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
Here's our report of the major European pitching event for animation features, CARTOON Movie, and the projects that we highlighted during the event. (...) Anca Damian's The Island (in development) and Even Mice Belong in Heaven (in production) by Jan Bubinecek and Denisa Grimmova are two of the most prominent examples of what is to come for this region in the upcoming years, even though co-productions like the Czech participation (Maur Film) in Florence Miailhe's The Crossing are a case in point.
Cartoon movie 2019 : 9 projets à suivre, signés Claude Barras, Anca Damian (The Island), Sébastien Laudenbach ou encore Mirai Mizue
Source: ecrannoir.fr
Publish Date: March 21, 2019
Encore à l'état de concept (bien avancé, cela dit, vu ce que la réalisatrice nous a montré de son animatique), The island est une forme de comédie musicale inspirée de Robinson Crusoé, sur fond de crise des réfugiés.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: videolibrarian.com
Publish Date: December 15, 2021
Author: Ally Ham
"Damian and her skilled production crew take a simplistic vision of a dog's life and execute it with remarkable nuance and sophisticated technique."
La mia fantastica vita da cane | When a dog teaches us empathy and love
Source: hotcorn.com
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Ileana Dugato
Is the entertainment only for children? No. Anca Damian proves it with her existential reflection.
My amazing life as a dog, the review
Source: opentapes.org
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Admin
“Dogs have the opposite idea of happiness than humans,” Anca Damian’s film tells us, and anyone who has lived at least part of their life with a dog knows how true that is.
La mia fantastica vita da cane, di Anca Damian
Source: sentieriselvaggi.it
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Marco Bolsi
Un dialogo a due tra cane e umano, una piccola lezione di filosofia raccontata attraverso un’animazione che apre lo sguardo all’immaginazione più creativa.
La mia fantastica vita da cane, la recensione: La ricerca della felicità
Source: movieplayer.it
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Antonio Cuomo
"Anca Damian's is an animation that uses simplicity as a goal, which is never banal and full of inspiring ideas and visual solutions."
La mia fantastica vita da cane, un film di Anca Damian
Source: spettakolo.it
Publish Date: December 1, 2021
Author: Pierfranco Bianchetti
The Romanian filmmaker tells, through a very simple and moving story, a profound philosophy of life about identity, the pursuit of happiness, the bonds between beings and the human condition reflected in the eyes of an animal.
‘La mia fantastica vita da cane’ di Anca Damian, attraverso gli occhi di una cagnolina la vita delle piccole gioie
Source: taxidrivers.it
Publish Date: December 1, 2021
Author: Rita Andreetti
Al cinema con Wanted questa estrosa animazione per gli amanti degli amici a quattro zampe, e per chi vuole riflettere sui valori della vita in una colorata danza surrealista.
A visual symphony that speaks to the eyes and the heart, to remind us that humanity is not a fact but an exception.
Source: mymovies.it
Publish Date: November 30, 2021
Author: Marianna Cappi
È una storia d'amore, e di quelle strazianti, La mia fantastica vita da cane. L'amore di un piccolo animale per chi risponde alla sua muta richiesta di compagnia.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale – a fable about the chaotic life of a pet
Source: thefrontierpost.com
Publish Date: January 13, 2021
Author: The Frontier Post
The title “Marona’s Fantastic Tale” promises a fantasy or fable, packed with dream visions, eccentric characters and world-changing events.
‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ Blu-Ray Review – Pup’s Journey Offers Moments Of Heartbreaking Brilliance
Source: geekvibesnation.com
Publish Date: January 5, 2021
Author: Dillon Gonzales
The purity of spirit and lessons learned from this canine will be enough to make your heart burst open.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale Blu-ray Review
Source: doblu.com
Publish Date: November 2, 2020
Author: CHRISTOPHER ZABEL Marona’s Fantastic Tale is a life-affirming tale with a simple message – look for the happiness in small things and love matters more than anything else in the end.
Las vidas de Marona, de Anca Damian
Source: 242peliculasdespues.com
Publish Date: June 25, 2020
Author: JOSÉ A. PÉREZ GUEVARA
En Las vidas de Marona arranca con el atropello de la perra protagonista del relato.
Though you may weep, be not afraid to embark on “Marona’s Fantastic Tale.”
Source: elementsofmadness.com
Publish Date: June 25, 2020
Author: Douglas Davidson
Screened at a variety of global festivals before seeing a limited release in 2020, Anca Damian’s Marona’s Fantastic Tale (L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona) is unlike anything I’ve seen so far this year.
Interview: Anca Damian on Finding Empathy Through the Eyes of a Lost Dog in “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
Source: moveablefest.com
Publish Date: June 25, 2020
Author: Stephen Saito
When Anca Damian had been working on her previous film “The Magic Mountain” when she came upon a stray dog with no owner in sight.
Movie Review: Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: kmuw.org
Publish Date: June 18, 2020
Author: Fletcher Powell
The movie’s animation is simply jaw-dropping, some of the best I’ve ever seen in my life, and it makes for a gorgeous, sad, thrilling, elevating experience that I never expected to have.
How Marona’s Fantastic Tale Director Anca Damian Animated a Dog’s View of Happiness
Source: animationscoop.com
Publish Date: June 16, 2020
Author: Carlos Aguilar
Anca Damian got the idea for her film Marona’s Fantastic Tale when she came across a stray puppy while walking her own dog.
Review: Amazing animation propels ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ beyond your standard dog story
Source: moviecricket.net
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author:Sean P. Means
In the Romanian-made, French-dubbed “Marona’s Fantastic Tale,” a simple story of a dog’s hard-luck life gets raised to beautiful levels by some of the most imaginative, colorful animation you’re likely to see anywhere.
The animated puppy fantasy Marona’s Fantastic Tale activates all the senses
Source: polygon.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author: Petrana Radulovic
The first moments of Marona’s Fantastic Tale set up the movie for heartbreak.
Reviews: Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: rogerebert.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author: Roger Ebert / Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a movie about existence, about the necessity of moving through life as best you can knowing that everybody gets the same ending.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: filmthreat.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author: Alex Saveliev
With Marona’s Fantastic Tale, Damian has created a genuine work of art.
‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ Review: A Dog’s Life for Better or Worse
Source: nytimes.com
Publish Date: June 11, 2020
Author: Teo Bugbee
The director Anca Damian has a playful drawing style, and her kinetic frames are always creating something new for the audience to enjoy
‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ is a dizzying, moving tour through a dog’s heartbreaks and joys
Source: latimes.com
Publish Date: June 10, 2020
Author: Michael Ordona
Director Anca Damian’s film is more thoughtful and emotionally realized than the carnival rides that dominate the American animated scene.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale Vibrantly Animates Life From a Dog’s Perspective
Source: cbr.com
Publish Date: June 9, 2020
Author: Reuben Baron
More than anything, the film looks like no other film you've seen before.
INTERVIEW: Director Anca Damian on “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
Source: animationscoop.com
Publish Date: June 3, 2020
Author: Jackson Murphy
A year after its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the dazzling animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale will finally be released in the US.
MARONA’S FANTASTIC TALE – Review by Leslie Combemale
Source: awfj.org
Publish Date: June 3, 2020
Author: Leslie Combemale
Romanian director Anca Damian and screenwriter Anghel Damian, in partnership with Belgian artist Brecht Evens, have created a whimsical, moving animated feature that is truly artistry in motion.
L’interview Cinéma. Anca Damian : « J’aimerais Être La Personne Que Mon Chien Croit Que Je Suis »
Source: humanite.fr
Publish Date: May 7, 2020
Author: Michaël Mélinard
Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona [...] Un film tendre et philosophique dans un écrin somptueux.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale by Anca Damian, the Picasso of animation
Source: fotogramas.es
Publish Date: March 11, 2020
Author: Carlos Loureda
" Marona's Fantastic Tale" is an absolute delight to see and see again without limit, which also travels with multiple references the history of twentieth century painting: Matisse, Cubism, Picasso, surrealism, Magritte, expressionism...", says Fotogramas.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale: Between dadaism and surrealism
Source: cinenuevatribuna.es
Publish Date: March 11, 2020
Author: Vicente I. Sánchez:
Marona's Fantastic Tale is a movie that is hard to be classified into the animation genre. The last proposal by the Romanian director Anca Damian (The Magic Mountain) is a fascinating proposal that gravites between surrealism and cubism. Nothing has enaugh meaning and, in the same time, everything is incredible beautiful.
“L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona”, un feu d’artifice animé
Source: lalibre.be
Publish Date: February 21, 2020
Author: Alain Lorfèvre
La mort et les écueils de la vie - notamment l'abandon - travaillent la cinéaste roumaine Anca Damian.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale in the main news at the Belgian TV.
Source: vrt.be
Publish Date: February 15, 2020
In Antwerpen is het JEF festival van start gegaan, een festival in verschillende Vlaamse steden voor jeugdfilms en nieuwe media. De animatiefilm "Marona" van de Roemeense regisseur Anca Damian mocht vandaag het festival in gang trekken.
A Dog’s Heart – Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: supamodu.com
Publish Date: February 04, 2020
Author: Katya Kazbek
Abstract art meets unconditional love in an animated film about a dog's history living with humans: a dazzling all-age feature from Romanian auteur and an international team of visual artists.
IFFR 2020 review: Marona’s Fantastic Tale (Anca Damian)
Source: icsfilm.org
Publish Date: January 27, 2020
Author: Marc van de Klashorst
Every pet owner will recognize this: each time one of our furry, four-legged friends cocks their head and gives us a quizzical look we wonder what is going through that little mind.
“L’Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona” : un hymne poétique au bonheur
Source: telerama.fr
Publish Date: January 08, 2020
Author: Cécile Mury
Peinture, papiers découpés, 3D... La vie d'une petite chienne, contée avec une belle richesse de techniques.
PREMIÈRE A ADORÉ: L’EXTRAORDINAIRE VOYAGE DE MARONA ★★★★☆
Source: premiere.fr
Publish Date: January 08, 2020
Author: Thierry Cheze
On guette chaque nouvelle saynète en se demandant ce que la réalisatrice va bien pouvoir imaginer. Et jamais elle ne bégaie ou s'endort sur ses lauriers. Un tour de force.
« L’Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona », la jeune chienne et la mort
Source: la-croix.com
Publish Date: January 08, 2020
Author: Stéphane Dreyfus
Récit à la première personne du destin mouvementé d'une petite chienne, ce film d'animation familial, coloré et poétique, aborde la question de la mort en célébrant la vie.
«MARONA», DÉTOURS DE PROPRIÉTAIRES
Source: next.liberation.fr
Publish Date: January 07, 2020
Author: Marius Chapuis
Jonglant brillamment avec les techniques d'animation, la Roumaine Anca Damian retrace la vie d'une chienne auprès de ses différents maîtres. Un tourbillon graphique réaliste et réussi.
With ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale,’ Director Anca Damian Depicts The World As Experienced By A Dog, Examining Themes Of Empathy & Connection
Source: Deadline.com
Publish Date: January 01, 2020
Author: Matt Grobar
With her awards-contending animated film Marona's Fantastic Tale, director Anca Damian aimed to capture the world, as experienced by a dog.
Review: ‘The Swallows of Kabul,’ ‘Bombay Rose,’ ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: CartoonBrew
Publish Date: November 4, 2019
Author: Carlos Aguilar
It's an endlessly ingenious trip that confidently exploits the medium's boundless freedom to reimagine and defy the world.
Film Review: ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: Variety
Publish Date: October 23, 2019
Author: Peter Debruge
Damian depicts that journey in such original ways, taking considerable freedom from her naïve-art approach, in which 2D drawings are married with basic digital techniques to move through the film's various environments — including the streets of a Paris quite unlike any previously depicted on screen.
Netflix Oscar-Contender ‘I Lost My Body’ Takes Top Honors at Animation Is Film 2019
Source: indiewire.com
Publish Date: October 22, 2019
Author: Bill Desowitz
In addition, Romanian director Anca Damian's heat-tugger, "Marona's Fantastic Tale" (GKids,) earned the special jury prize for visual impact, exploring the memories of a mixed-breed Labrador with its various owners in a daring assortment of animated techniques.
Presentation and Q&A in the festival Animation is film, Los Angeles, October 2019
Source: TheMovieReport.com
Publish Date: October 19, 2019
MARONA'S FANTASTIC TALE Q&A with director Anca Damian
„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."
Annecy 2019 : Critique de L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona
Source: Erreur. 42
Publish Date: June 15, 2019
Author: Azzucena Denis
Si l'on devait définir L'extraordinaire voyage de Marona en un mot, ce serait « poétique ». La narration se faufile entre lignes de dialogues émouvantes et créativité dans l'utilisation de son médium.
„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.”
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: videolibrarian.com
Publish Date: December 15, 2021
Author: Ally Ham
"Damian and her skilled production crew take a simplistic vision of a dog's life and execute it with remarkable nuance and sophisticated technique."
La mia fantastica vita da cane | When a dog teaches us empathy and love
Source: hotcorn.com
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Ileana Dugato
Is the entertainment only for children? No. Anca Damian proves it with her existential reflection.
My amazing life as a dog, the review
Source: opentapes.org
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Admin
“Dogs have the opposite idea of happiness than humans,” Anca Damian’s film tells us, and anyone who has lived at least part of their life with a dog knows how true that is.
La mia fantastica vita da cane, di Anca Damian
Source: sentieriselvaggi.it
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Marco Bolsi
Un dialogo a due tra cane e umano, una piccola lezione di filosofia raccontata attraverso un’animazione che apre lo sguardo all’immaginazione più creativa.
La mia fantastica vita da cane, la recensione: La ricerca della felicità
Source: movieplayer.it
Publish Date: December 2, 2021
Author: Antonio Cuomo
"Anca Damian's is an animation that uses simplicity as a goal, which is never banal and full of inspiring ideas and visual solutions."
La mia fantastica vita da cane, un film di Anca Damian
Source: spettakolo.it
Publish Date: December 1, 2021
Author: Pierfranco Bianchetti
The Romanian filmmaker tells, through a very simple and moving story, a profound philosophy of life about identity, the pursuit of happiness, the bonds between beings and the human condition reflected in the eyes of an animal.
‘La mia fantastica vita da cane’ di Anca Damian, attraverso gli occhi di una cagnolina la vita delle piccole gioie
Source: taxidrivers.it
Publish Date: December 1, 2021
Author: Rita Andreetti
Al cinema con Wanted questa estrosa animazione per gli amanti degli amici a quattro zampe, e per chi vuole riflettere sui valori della vita in una colorata danza surrealista.
A visual symphony that speaks to the eyes and the heart, to remind us that humanity is not a fact but an exception.
Source: mymovies.it
Publish Date: November 30, 2021
Author: Marianna Cappi
È una storia d'amore, e di quelle strazianti, La mia fantastica vita da cane. L'amore di un piccolo animale per chi risponde alla sua muta richiesta di compagnia.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale – a fable about the chaotic life of a pet
Source: thefrontierpost.com
Publish Date: January 13, 2021
Author: The Frontier Post
The title “Marona’s Fantastic Tale” promises a fantasy or fable, packed with dream visions, eccentric characters and world-changing events.
‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ Blu-Ray Review – Pup’s Journey Offers Moments Of Heartbreaking Brilliance
Source: geekvibesnation.com
Publish Date: January 5, 2021
Author: Dillon Gonzales
The purity of spirit and lessons learned from this canine will be enough to make your heart burst open.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale Blu-ray Review
Source: doblu.com
Publish Date: November 2, 2020
Author: CHRISTOPHER ZABEL Marona’s Fantastic Tale is a life-affirming tale with a simple message – look for the happiness in small things and love matters more than anything else in the end.
Las vidas de Marona, de Anca Damian
Source: 242peliculasdespues.com
Publish Date: June 25, 2020
Author: JOSÉ A. PÉREZ GUEVARA
En Las vidas de Marona arranca con el atropello de la perra protagonista del relato.
Though you may weep, be not afraid to embark on “Marona’s Fantastic Tale.”
Source: elementsofmadness.com
Publish Date: June 25, 2020
Author: Douglas Davidson
Screened at a variety of global festivals before seeing a limited release in 2020, Anca Damian’s Marona’s Fantastic Tale (L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona) is unlike anything I’ve seen so far this year.
Interview: Anca Damian on Finding Empathy Through the Eyes of a Lost Dog in “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
Source: moveablefest.com
Publish Date: June 25, 2020
Author: Stephen Saito
When Anca Damian had been working on her previous film “The Magic Mountain” when she came upon a stray dog with no owner in sight.
Movie Review: Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: kmuw.org
Publish Date: June 18, 2020
Author: Fletcher Powell
The movie’s animation is simply jaw-dropping, some of the best I’ve ever seen in my life, and it makes for a gorgeous, sad, thrilling, elevating experience that I never expected to have.
How Marona’s Fantastic Tale Director Anca Damian Animated a Dog’s View of Happiness
Source: animationscoop.com
Publish Date: June 16, 2020
Author: Carlos Aguilar
Anca Damian got the idea for her film Marona’s Fantastic Tale when she came across a stray puppy while walking her own dog.
Review: Amazing animation propels ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ beyond your standard dog story
Source: moviecricket.net
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author:Sean P. Means
In the Romanian-made, French-dubbed “Marona’s Fantastic Tale,” a simple story of a dog’s hard-luck life gets raised to beautiful levels by some of the most imaginative, colorful animation you’re likely to see anywhere.
The animated puppy fantasy Marona’s Fantastic Tale activates all the senses
Source: polygon.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author: Petrana Radulovic
The first moments of Marona’s Fantastic Tale set up the movie for heartbreak.
Reviews: Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: rogerebert.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author: Roger Ebert / Matt Zoller Seitz
This is a movie about existence, about the necessity of moving through life as best you can knowing that everybody gets the same ending.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: filmthreat.com
Publish Date: June 12, 2020
Author: Alex Saveliev
With Marona’s Fantastic Tale, Damian has created a genuine work of art.
‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ Review: A Dog’s Life for Better or Worse
Source: nytimes.com
Publish Date: June 11, 2020
Author: Teo Bugbee
The director Anca Damian has a playful drawing style, and her kinetic frames are always creating something new for the audience to enjoy
‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ is a dizzying, moving tour through a dog’s heartbreaks and joys
Source: latimes.com
Publish Date: June 10, 2020
Author: Michael Ordona
Director Anca Damian’s film is more thoughtful and emotionally realized than the carnival rides that dominate the American animated scene.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale Vibrantly Animates Life From a Dog’s Perspective
Source: cbr.com
Publish Date: June 9, 2020
Author: Reuben Baron
More than anything, the film looks like no other film you've seen before.
INTERVIEW: Director Anca Damian on “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”
Source: animationscoop.com
Publish Date: June 3, 2020
Author: Jackson Murphy
A year after its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the dazzling animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale will finally be released in the US.
MARONA’S FANTASTIC TALE – Review by Leslie Combemale
Source: awfj.org
Publish Date: June 3, 2020
Author: Leslie Combemale
Romanian director Anca Damian and screenwriter Anghel Damian, in partnership with Belgian artist Brecht Evens, have created a whimsical, moving animated feature that is truly artistry in motion.
L’interview Cinéma. Anca Damian : « J’aimerais Être La Personne Que Mon Chien Croit Que Je Suis »
Source: humanite.fr
Publish Date: May 7, 2020
Author: Michaël Mélinard
Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona [...] Un film tendre et philosophique dans un écrin somptueux.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale by Anca Damian, the Picasso of animation
Source: fotogramas.es
Publish Date: March 11, 2020
Author: Carlos Loureda
" Marona's Fantastic Tale" is an absolute delight to see and see again without limit, which also travels with multiple references the history of twentieth century painting: Matisse, Cubism, Picasso, surrealism, Magritte, expressionism...", says Fotogramas.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale: Between dadaism and surrealism
Source: cinenuevatribuna.es
Publish Date: March 11, 2020
Author: Vicente I. Sánchez:
Marona's Fantastic Tale is a movie that is hard to be classified into the animation genre. The last proposal by the Romanian director Anca Damian (The Magic Mountain) is a fascinating proposal that gravites between surrealism and cubism. Nothing has enaugh meaning and, in the same time, everything is incredible beautiful.
“L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona”, un feu d’artifice animé
Source: lalibre.be
Publish Date: February 21, 2020
Author: Alain Lorfèvre
La mort et les écueils de la vie - notamment l'abandon - travaillent la cinéaste roumaine Anca Damian.
Marona’s Fantastic Tale in the main news at the Belgian TV.
Source: vrt.be
Publish Date: February 15, 2020
In Antwerpen is het JEF festival van start gegaan, een festival in verschillende Vlaamse steden voor jeugdfilms en nieuwe media. De animatiefilm "Marona" van de Roemeense regisseur Anca Damian mocht vandaag het festival in gang trekken.
A Dog’s Heart – Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Source: supamodu.com
Publish Date: February 04, 2020
Author: Katya Kazbek
Abstract art meets unconditional love in an animated film about a dog's history living with humans: a dazzling all-age feature from Romanian auteur and an international team of visual artists.
IFFR 2020 review: Marona’s Fantastic Tale (Anca Damian)
Source: icsfilm.org
Publish Date: January 27, 2020
Author: Marc van de Klashorst
Every pet owner will recognize this: each time one of our furry, four-legged friends cocks their head and gives us a quizzical look we wonder what is going through that little mind.
“L’Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona” : un hymne poétique au bonheur
Source: telerama.fr
Publish Date: January 08, 2020
Author: Cécile Mury
Peinture, papiers découpés, 3D... La vie d'une petite chienne, contée avec une belle richesse de techniques.
PREMIÈRE A ADORÉ: L’EXTRAORDINAIRE VOYAGE DE MARONA ★★★★☆
Source: premiere.fr
Publish Date: January 08, 2020
Author: Thierry Cheze
On guette chaque nouvelle saynète en se demandant ce que la réalisatrice va bien pouvoir imaginer. Et jamais elle ne bégaie ou s'endort sur ses lauriers. Un tour de force.
« L’Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona », la jeune chienne et la mort
Source: la-croix.com
Publish Date: January 08, 2020
Author: Stéphane Dreyfus
Récit à la première personne du destin mouvementé d'une petite chienne, ce film d'animation familial, coloré et poétique, aborde la question de la mort en célébrant la vie.
«MARONA», DÉTOURS DE PROPRIÉTAIRES
Source: next.liberation.fr
Publish Date: January 07, 2020
Author: Marius Chapuis
Jonglant brillamment avec les techniques d'animation, la Roumaine Anca Damian retrace la vie d'une chienne auprès de ses différents maîtres. Un tourbillon graphique réaliste et réussi.
With ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale,’ Director Anca Damian Depicts The World As Experienced By A Dog, Examining Themes Of Empathy & Connection
Source: Deadline.com
Publish Date: January 01, 2020
Author: Matt Grobar
With her awards-contending animated film Marona's Fantastic Tale, director Anca Damian aimed to capture the world, as experienced by a dog.
Review: ‘The Swallows of Kabul,’ ‘Bombay Rose,’ ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: CartoonBrew
Publish Date: November 4, 2019
Author: Carlos Aguilar
It's an endlessly ingenious trip that confidently exploits the medium's boundless freedom to reimagine and defy the world.
Film Review: ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’
Source: Variety
Publish Date: October 23, 2019
Author: Peter Debruge
Damian depicts that journey in such original ways, taking considerable freedom from her naïve-art approach, in which 2D drawings are married with basic digital techniques to move through the film's various environments — including the streets of a Paris quite unlike any previously depicted on screen.
Netflix Oscar-Contender ‘I Lost My Body’ Takes Top Honors at Animation Is Film 2019
Source: indiewire.com
Publish Date: October 22, 2019
Author: Bill Desowitz
In addition, Romanian director Anca Damian's heat-tugger, "Marona's Fantastic Tale" (GKids,) earned the special jury prize for visual impact, exploring the memories of a mixed-breed Labrador with its various owners in a daring assortment of animated techniques.
Presentation and Q&A in the festival Animation is film, Los Angeles, October 2019
Source: TheMovieReport.com
Publish Date: October 19, 2019
MARONA'S FANTASTIC TALE Q&A with director Anca Damian
„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."
Annecy 2019 : Critique de L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona
Source: Erreur. 42
Publish Date: June 15, 2019
Author: Azzucena Denis
Si l'on devait définir L'extraordinaire voyage de Marona en un mot, ce serait « poétique ». La narration se faufile entre lignes de dialogues émouvantes et créativité dans l'utilisation de son médium.
„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.”
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".
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".
“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.
“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: 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…
”Animation makes visible the things that are invisible when you are only looking at their appearance”, says Anca Damian.
Source: taff.fi
Publish Date: August 26, 2020
Author: Taff
In Magic Mountain the director combines and mixes different techniques and styles such as animated photographs and watercolors.
The Filmmaker Anca Damian is Searching for the Truth with Animation
Source: taff.fi
Publish Date: July 27, 2020
Author: Turku Animated Film Festival
„Animation makes visible the things that are invisible when you are only looking at their appearance”, says Anca Damian.
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.”
”Animation makes visible the things that are invisible when you are only looking at their appearance”, says Anca Damian.
Source: taff.fi
Publish Date: August 26, 2020
Author: Taff
In Magic Mountain the director combines and mixes different techniques and styles such as animated photographs and watercolors.
The Filmmaker Anca Damian is Searching for the Truth with Animation
Source: taff.fi
Publish Date: July 27, 2020
Author: Turku Animated Film Festival
„Animation makes visible the things that are invisible when you are only looking at their appearance”, says Anca Damian.
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.”
„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.
„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.)
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.)