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Long Way North (Tout en haut du monde), which debuted in Annecy last June, where it won the audience award, is finally being released theatrically in France this Wednesday. The distributor Diaphana will launch it on 150 screens.

It used to be that foreign animation like this rarely, if ever, made it to the United States, but times are changing. The stylized action-adventure film directed by Rémi Chayé will make a voyage to the United States later in 2016, courtesy of Shout! Factory. It’s one of the stronger picks-ups for Shout, which has distributed other international animated features including Snowtime! and Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart. Here’s the English-subtitled trailer:

http://youtu.be/udtT4pVcP6Q

The film is not only hand-drawn, but employs a graphic approach to design and animation that deviates from the smooth Disney-style movement that Americans typically associate with hand-drawn feature animation. Chayé has some experience in this area; he was the head of layout and first assistant director on Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated feature The Secret of Kells.

More here

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-...ong-way-north-u-s-release-trailer-132894.html

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[Dabanton]

Looks gorgeous. Will keep an eye out for this.