Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy
	Film poster
Directed by	Stéphanie Valloatto
Produced by	Radu Mihăileanu; André Logie
Written by	Stéphanie Valloatto; Radu Mihăileanu
Starring	Plantu
Cinematography	Cyrille Blanc
Edited by	Marie-Jo Audiard
Production; company	Oï Oï Oï Productions; Panache Productions
Distributed by	EuropaCorp Distribution
Release date	19 May 2014 (Cannes); 28 May 2014 (France);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy (French: Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie) is a 2014 documentary film directed by Stéphanie Valloatto about 12 cartoonists around the world who risk their lives to defend democracy. The film premiered in the Special Screenings section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 40th César Awards.[2]

Featuring

Plantu, French cartoonist
Jeff Danziger, American cartoonist
Rayma Suprani, Venezuelan cartoonist
Angel Boligan, Cuban-Mexican cartoonist
Mikhail Zlatkovsky, Russian cartoonist
Michel Kichka, Belgian-Israeli cartoonist
Baha Boukhari, Palestinian cartoonist
Zoho (Lassane Zohore), Ivorian cartoonist
Damien Glez, Franco-Burkinabé cartoonist
Willis from Tunis (Nadia Khiari), Tunisian cartoonist
Slim (Menouar Merabtene), Algerian cartoonist
Pi San (Wang Bo), Chinese cartoonist

Release

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May. A public preview screening of the film was held at the Place de la République in Paris on 23 May 2014, before its theatrical release on 28 May.[3]

On 7 January and 9 January 2015, the film was broadcast on Canal+ and France 3 respectively, in tribute to victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.[4][5]

The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on 2 December 2014.[6]

gollark: Can't trade if you have no magis!

gollark: Wait, you can trade, via grabbing eggs from the apcave.

gollark: Clever...

gollark: Ah, trading. A great way to end up waiting for ages.

gollark: ?

References

"2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
"Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
"Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie". France Info. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
"Après l'attentat à Charlie Hebdo. Caricaturistes sur Canal + ce soir". Ouest-France. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
"Hommage à "Charlie" : France 3 diffuse "Caricaturistes : fantassins de la démocratie"". Télérama. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
"Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la Démocratie : DVD, Blu-ray, VOD". Première. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy on IMDb

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Cannes2014-1] "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

[2] "Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

[3] "Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie". France Info. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[4] "Après l'attentat à Charlie Hebdo. Caricaturistes sur Canal + ce soir". Ouest-France. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[5] "Hommage à "Charlie" : France 3 diffuse "Caricaturistes : fantassins de la démocratie"". Télérama. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[6] "Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la Démocratie : DVD, Blu-ray, VOD". Première. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.