ICFF 2021
ICFF YOUTH | 127
CROC-BLANC
WHITE FANG FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, USA | 2018 | ITA | ENG SUBS | 85 MIN | ANIMATION, ADVENTURE DISTRIBUTION: Wild Bunch Distribution PRODUCTION: Superprod , Bidibul Productions, Big Beach Films CAST: Toni Servillo, Virginie Efira, Raphaël Personnaz, Dominique Pinon, Nick Offerman
White Fang, the film adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece which has been translated into over 90 languages, is an adventure that has thrilled entire generations. Directed by Alexandre Espigares, the animated story features a half-wolf half-dog. The wolf is a proud and courageous creature, and for this reason it will fall victim to man’s cruelty. After growing up in the snowy, wonderful but hostile lands of the Great North, it is welcomed by Gray Beaver and his Native American tribe. Here the animal is protected by the tribe, but will have to be accepted by other dogs. Unfortunately, Gray Beaver will be forced to surrender White Fang to a cruel man, who will force him to transform himself into a fighting dog. This is a story of redemption, and above all, of the extraordinary strength of love that binds an animal inextricably to man.
ALEXANDRE ESPIGARES Alexandre Espigares is a Spanish-Luxembourgian Academy Awardwinning filmmaker. Espigares and fellow director and producer, Laurent Witz, received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the 2013 film Mr. Hublot. He is a teacher and lecturer at animation schools and international film festivals, including the Animation Workshop in Viborg (Denmark), the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz (Germany), the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (France), the Animation Day in Munich (Germany) and the Tbilisi International Film Festival (Georgia).
