Cartoonists – Foot Soldiers Of Democracy

Cartoonists – Foot Soldiers Of Democracy

Cartoonists – Foot Soldiers of Democracy original french name : “Caricaturistes – Fantassins de la démocratie” is a 2014 documentary film about 12 cartoonists around the world who risk their lives to defend democracy.

Plot

12 lovable lunatics, capturing the comic and tragic in all four corners of the earth: cartoonists who risk their lives to defend democracy, with a smile on their faces and a pencil as their only weapon.

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

Awards and nominations

• Festival de Cannes 2014 : « sélection hors compétition »  Séances spéciales,
• César du cinéma 2015 : « Nomination pour le Meilleur film documentaire »
• Sofia film festival (Bulgaria, 2016)
• Seattle international film festival (USA, 2015)
• CoLCoA (USA, 2015)
• Festival du film francophone de Wien (Austria, 2015)
• Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce (Grèce, 2015)

Crew

Directed by: Stéphanie Valloatto Writing credits Radu Mihaileanu et Stéphanie Valloatto Chef opérateur : Cyrille Blanc Film editing Marie-Josée Audiard Music : Armand Amar Sound editing : Gilles Laurent ,Aline Gavroy

Nadège Verrier; Edwige Laforêt; Antoine Vidaling – Skydrone Génériques ; Ronan Jupin Laboratoire : Digimage Auditorium : Studio l’Équipe – Bruxelles Attaché de presse François Guerrar Editeur de la musique Long Distance Productions

Link

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