Synopsis:
On the 15th of September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme the British army for the first time in history used tanks in order to force a breakthrough in the trench war. The use of this new weapon was a hellish experience, both for the defending soldiers in the trenches and the crew inside the tank. For Otto in the trench and Johny in the tank, this proves a turning point.
“Inspired by the Pierre Jean Jouve’s poem “Le Tank”, this film is a free interpretation of the first tank assault during the First World War”.
Awards:
2015: Silver Spike, International Film Festival – Valladolid (Spain)
Technical File:
– Release format: DCP
– Other available formats: Blu-ray, digital file (QT ProRes)
– Colour: colour and black-white
– Frame: 16:9
– Sound format: 5.1
– Length: 6’20”
– Original version: French, English
– Directed by: Raoul Servais
– Assistant director and layout: Rudy Turkovics
– Script: Raoul Servais
– Animation: Carl Van Isacker
– Backgrounds and compositing: Joris Bergmans
– Compositing: Wouter Bongaerts
– 3D animation: Philippe Taboureau
– Sound: Frederik Van de Moortel
– Cast: (voice cast) Vincenzo De Jonghe
– Produced by: Lunanime, realized with the support of Flanders
Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
– Tax shelter partner: WPG Uitgevers
Contact/Sales:
Contact: Santeboetiek; Tania Berkovitch, Mechelsesteenweg 203,
2018 Antwerp, Belgium
tania.berkovitch@wpg.be
Sales: Lumière, Hof ter Mere 28, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
T +32 9 235 40 20 sales@lumiere.be www.lumiere.be/