Assault
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
90'
Kazakhstan
P&I Selection 2022
Fancy watching a comical, surreal musical with Robinson Crusoe, about refugees on the Mediterranean Sea? Look no further! The switch of perspective, previously demonstrated by Romanian animator Anca Damian in L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona in 2018 – in which a dying dog reflects on his owners – also drives The Island. Here, Robinson Crusoe is not a desperate marooned sailor, but someone who voluntarily wiles away his days on an island. One day, Friday washes ashore – the sole survivor from a boat full of people trying to reach Italy. Criminals, border guards, and mermaids follow.
The result is not so much an indictment, as an absurd animation set to music which, in Damian’s own apt words, is a mix of The Little Prince, Robinson Crusoe, and Monty Python. The most bizarre scenes pass across the screen and merge together. In short, a film powered by wild free association, comic observation, and visual poetry.
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Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
- Director
- Anca Damian
- Countries of production
- Romania, France, Belgium
- Production Year
- 2021
- Festival Edition
- P&I Selection 2022
- Length
- 85'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Anca Damian
- Production Company
- Aparte Film
- Sales
- Best Friend Forever
- Screenplay
- Anca Damian, Augusto Zanovello
- Production Design
- Gina Thorstensen
- Sound Design
- Benoit Bilal
- Music
- Alexander Balanescu, Ada Milea
- Local Distributor
- Periscoop Film
Programme IFFR 2022
Big Screen Competition
A diverse competition bridging the gap between popular, classic and art house cinema. An expert audience jury picks the winner.
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Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
97'
Greece
P&I Selection 2022
CE2
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
97'
France
P&I Selection 2022