May 29, 2018

Trailer: "Another Day of Life" takes the animation to a new place

Making an animated film that radically breaks the industry's traditional narrative boundaries is never easy. Another Day of Life is a film that has managed to do just that, and it only took a decade or so.

The Oscar-nominated Spanish filmmaker Raúl de la Fuente, who co-directed with Polish filmmaker Damian Nenow, first came up with the idea for the film back in 2008, and we first covered it here on Cartoon Brew back in 2013.

The 85-minute film, combining cg animation and documentary footage, is based on the true life adventures of Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski, who in his career covered 27 coups and revolutions around the world.

Here's the English-language trailer:

Adapted from a Kapuscinski book of the same name, Another Day of Life tells of the journalist's experiences in Angola at the start of the country's civil war in 1975, a Cold War-era proxy battle that was greatly intensified by the involvement of the United States and Russia:

The film had its world premiere earlier this month at the Cannes Film Festival, where it screened out of competition. It'll screen next month at Annecy as part of a special screening event.

Another Day of Life is produced by Platige Films (Poland) and Kanaki Films (Spain), and co-produced by Walking The Dog (Belgium), Wüste Film (Germany), Animations Fabrik (Germany), and Puppetworks (Hungary).

No American distributor or release date has been announced at this time.