Der Kongress
The congress- Director
- Ari Folman
- Country
- Germany, Israel, Poland, France, Belgium, Luxemburg
- Year
- 2013
- Genre
- Animation, Drama, Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Ari Folman
- Cast
- Frances Fisher / Robin Wright / Paul Giamatti / Harvey Keitel / Danny Huston / Kodi Smit-McPhee / Michael Landes / Sami Gayle / Michael Stahl-David / Christopher B. Duncan / Don McManus / Ed Corbin / Matthew Wolf / Kevin Thompson / John Lacy
- Production
- PANDORA FILM / Bridgit Folman Film Gann / Opus Film / ARP Selection / Entre Chien et Loup / Paul Thiltges Distribution / ARD Degeto. PANDORA MEDIA Production Guarantee Fund to PANDORA FILMPRODUKTION (DE) for THE CONGRESS and LAYLA FOURIE: 1 592 250 €
Storyline
A free adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's novel “The Futurological Congress”.
It is a story about human life and emotions controlled by pharmaceutical cartels and big Hollywood studios. About future when technology and cynical implementation of science endangers love and existence.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Gijon International Film Festival 2013
AnimaFICX Section
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013
Horizons
Sitges Film Festival 2013
Official competition- Award from the Critics
BFI London Film Festival 2013
Cult Section
Seville European Film Festival 2013
EFA Section (European Film Academy)
European Film Awards (EFA) 2013
Winner: European Film Academy Animated Feature Film 2013
Cannes Awards 2013
La Quinzaine des Réalizateurs: Official Competition
Releases
Spain (29 of August 2014)
France (3 of July 2013)
Call for proposals i2i Audiovisual
Year 2011
Call number 24/2011
Media support 50,000.00 €
Call for proposals Development
Media support 80,000.00€
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2013
Call number 07/2012
Media support 102,458.00€
Spain: GOLEM DISTRIBUCION SL
Austria: FILMCASINO & POLYFILM BETRIEBS GMBH
Czech Republic: AEROFILMS s.r.o.
Hungary: CIRKO FILM KORLATOLT FELELÖSSEGU TARSASAG
Portugal: MIDAS FILMES LDA
Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2013
Call number 21/2012
Media support 371.000,00€
Selective scheme - Call 21/2012 - Deadline 01/07/2013
Territories: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia
Distribution:
The Match Factory ()
ARP Sélection (France)
