Synopsis

The animated documentary feature-length Crulic – The Path to Beyondtells the life’s story of Crulic, a 33-year-old Romanian who died in a Polish prison while on hunger strike. The acclaimed Romanian actor, Vlad Ivanov, narrates Crulic’s ironic voice-over from beyond the grave. A strong visual style, the result of beautiful hand drawn, collage, stop-motion and cut-out animation techniques, blend to create a striking, surprisingly integrated and memorable film.

Anca Damian

Anca Damian (1962) is a cinematographer and filmmaker. She worked as a director of photography on two feature films, Forgotten by God (1991), The Way of Dogs (1992), as well as on many shorts and documentaries. Later she worked as a director, screenwriter and producer of several award-winning documentaries. In 2008 she made her first feature film as a director, screenwriter and co-producer. Intalniri incrucisate (Crossing Dates, 2008), a Romanian-Finnish co-production, was selected at Pusan, Chicago, Gothenburg, Pune, Cottbus and Rome, and in 2011 she made her multi-award winning film Crulic – The Path to Beyond.