20 Feature Films for 20 Years of Fantoche
FFantoche is celebrating its 20-year anniversary and giving itself the biggest gift of all: 20 feature films screened in Baden, including 17 modern and three historic movies. The feature film programme is one of Fantoche’s main attractions!
Family Films and Exclusive Insights
Three of the feature films are appropriate for children aged six and over; five others for children eight and over – and all are perfect for a family visit. Six screenings will be translated live into German over headphones for the children. Several directors will be attending the festival for Q&A sessions open to all festival visitors. Three making-of features and three coming-soons will also provide a glimpse into the films’ production processes.
Feature Films: Overview
In “Inside Out“, the control centre of Riley’s head is where decisions are governed by joy, sadness, disgust, fear and anger. The latest jewel in the Pixar crown offers a surprising explanation for the trials and tribulations of puberty while providing its trademark mix of entertainment for young and old alike. Swiss Martin Senn works for Pixar as a technical artist in the matte paint department and gives insight in his work in an exclusive making-of-talk.
Ben and his little sister Saoirse embark on a fantastic journey through Irish mythology to find their way home to their father. In “Song of the Sea“, Saoirse, who has the ability to turn into a seal, is the only person who can free a group of cursed mythical beings with her singing and return them to the spirit world.
“Tout en haut du monde“: St.Petersburg, 1982. Young aristocrat Sasha sets out on a journey in search of her much admired grandfather, who never returned from his last trip. At its premiere at the Annecy festival, the film immediately won the Audience Award. Director Rémy Chayé personally will describe some aspects of the production in a making-of-talk.
What does a society look like if there have been no technological advancements since the previous century? In “Avril et le monde truqué”, Avril embarks on an adventure to find her scientist parents who were abducted by the authorities in Paris of 1941.
In the 1980s, the life of a Polish refugee in Paris takes a dramatic turn. He travels to Afghanistan to fight against communist Soviet troops. In “The Magic Mountain”, Romanian filmmaker Anca Damian portrays the life of Adam Jacek Winkler as a moving animated docu-drama.
“Phantom Boy”, also known as eleven-year-old Leo, has a special gift: he can leave his body and float through the air as an apparition. When Leo has to go to hospital, he meets injured policeman Alex and helps him to bring a dangerous criminal to justice.
“Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai” tells the story of temperamental O-Ei, daughter of the successful Japanese master painter Hokusai, who lives with her father in a chaotic atelier. When O-Ei’s blind sister falls ill, Hokusai and O-Ei must face their emotions and overcome the challenge together.
In “When Marnie Was There”, the introverted Annie gets to know the cheerful Marnie. Despite their different backgrounds, the pair discover a bond that goes deeper than their sky-blue eyes. Based on the YA novel by British author Joan G. Robinson.
“Mune” is the story of a faun with a head full of nonsense. At a major ceremony for mythical creatures, it comes as a huge surprise when he is appointed Guardian of the Moon.
Joyce Ann Brown was sentenced to life in prison on a murder charge. She spent nine years of her life behind bars before her innocence could be proven. The animated documentary “Truth Has Fallen” tells the stories of three falsely imprisoned people.
In “Koo! Kin-dza-dza”, star cellist Chizhov and the daydreamer Tolik are teleported to the planet Plyuk. There strange creatures fly across an endless desert wasteland in tin cans and a match is worth more than a person’s life.
Five animated films exploring five different types of visual imagery tell five morbid, romantic tales by Edgar Allan Poe. “Extraordinary Tales” starts when Poe’s alter ego, the raven Nevermore, is coaxed by the seductive Lady Death into entering the realm of the dead. But Poe is not ready to meet his maker yet…
All inhabitants on the white planet have white skin. Except one: Choi Min-je, a boy with skin-colour skin who is treated as a leper because of it. As a winner at the 2015 Holland Animation Film Festival, “On the White Planet” truly gets under the skin.
After the premature death of her husband, the flamenco dancer Trini slips into depression. In the meantime, her son Damian begins to develop a number of evil character traits. The black comedy “Pos Eso” is an homage to the greatest horror films in celluloid history and honours the spirit of flamenco dancing.
Boxhead and Roundhead are back in a funny feature-length adventure! In “The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead”, their house is demolished and the pair have to make an adventurous trip into town to demand a new one.
In “Little from the Fish Shop”, the Sea King and his family are forced to leave the ruined waters of their homeland and live among people. On land, the daughter meets the shady J. J. and falls in love with him. Michael Carrington will explain why he had good reasons to adapt Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” in a making-of-talk.
“Cheatin’” is the story of an irrepressibly passionate love, sly betrayals and maddening jealousy. Every frame is hand-drawn by the American master of independent animation Bill Plympton.
In a suburb of Paris, Madame Souza is training her grandson to compete in the Tour de France. Before long, the pair make their way to Belleville, where they meet three elderly variety stars who help them to elude the French Mafia. Created by Silvain Chomet in 2003, the cult film „Les Triplettes de Belleville“ is loaded with truly surreal visuals.
Focus Poland: Feature Films
The animated documentary „Crulic – The Path to Beyond“ tells the life story of Claudiu Crulic, a 33 year old Romanian who died on hunger strike in a Polish prison in 2008. Director Anca Damian creates a dense visual puzzle that tries to find the truth behind a tragic chain of events.
„George, the Hedgehog“ is a story about an easy-going urban hedgehog whose hobbies include skateboarding, drinking beer and having sex with married women. When he gets into trouble with a mad scientist, two Neo-Nazis and a lunatic clone of himself, he finally has to make some serious decisions.