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Extraordinary Tales

Director(s):	Raul Garcia
Producer(s):	MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS Melon Digital (ES), R&R Communications (USA), The Big Farm (BE)
Script:	Raul Garcia, Stéphan Roelants
Year:	2015
Form:	ANIMATION - Feature film
Genre:	Fantastic, Educational
Original version:	English
Running time:	73'
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Synopsis

An animated feature film based on the masterpiece of Edgar Allen Poe

Five stories of Edgar Allan Poe, each crafted in a graphic design style uniquely suited to the individual segments and inspired by visual artists and illustrators, whose style best expresses the psychological depth and complexity of Poe’s dark universe. The animation styles and techniques used for each segment vary with the graphic styles as we use textures, rendering techniques, colorization, and mixtures of 2D and 3D backgrounds with 3D animation to uniquely express the psychological adventures of Poe’s characters as they twist and turn in the darkest crevices of his tortured imagination.

Poe's spirit, embodied in his most famous creation, the Crow, faces Death while visiting the grave of his beloved wife Virginia Clemm. The time has come and Death wants to steal the poet's soul but Poe needs to linger a little bit more in the world of the living and soon he engages with Death in a creepy story-telling game where both parts play the role of a macabre Scheherazade. The stories they exchange are the extraordinary tales written during his tortured life.

With each grisly tale Poe tries to buy time in a mortal world as the writer reflects on his own existence and realizes he has led a life obsessed with death and embittered by the loss of loved ones.

"The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell Tale Heart", "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Masque of the Red Death" are nothing but reflections of Poe's fear of dying alone and forgotten.

Casting

With the voices of Sir Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Roger Corman and Guillermo del Toro

Crew

Co-Delegate Producer – Stéphan Roelants
First Assistant Director – Cédric Gervais
Line Producer/Production Manager – Fabien Renelli
Studio Manager – David Feraille
Production Administrator – Emilie Pirotte
Art Director – Stéphane Lecocq
Technical Director/Pipeline and Compositing Development – Cédric Gervais
Editing – Aurélien Antezac
Storyboard Supervisor – Etienne Willem
Design Supervisor – Stéphane Lecocq
Modeling Supervisor – Cédric Gervais
Layout and Camera Supervisor – Denis Figueiredo
Background Supervisor – Pascal Gérard
Animation Supervisor – Gilles Rudziak
2D Key Animation – Victor Ens
FX – Cédric Gervais, Jean-Paul Teixeira
Ink and Paint/Texturing Supervisor – Céline Schiltz
Rendering/Lighting Supervisor – Jérôme Ducasse
Compositing Supervisor – Laurent Bret
Sound Mix – Mike Butcher, Ingo Dumlich

Nominations & Awards

FULL MOVIE (2015)

Brussels Animation Film Festival - Winner of Best Movie
Luxembourg City Film Festival – Official Selection
Cartoon Movie, Lyon – Official Selection
Annecy Animation Film Festival, France – Official Selection, Out of Competition
AniFilm, Czech Republic – Official Selection
FICAM, Morocco – Closing Movie
Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Japan – Official Selection
Luxembourg City Film Festival – Youth Audience Award
ANIMA Brussels, Belgium – Audience Award for Best Animated Movie

INDIVIDUAL SHORTS

THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR - 2014 - Luxembourg City FIlm Festival – Special Screening

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER - 2013 - Oscars Academy Awards, Hollywood, USA - Pre-selected for best animated short film
Luxembourg City FIlm Festival – Special Screening - ANIMA Brussels Festival – Special Screening

International sales

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