Josep: An Animated Biographical Film Directed by Aurel
October 18 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$7.00 – $15.00
Join us for a screening of Josep and a discussion with French illustrator and director, Aurel.
February 1939. Spanish republicans are fleeing Franco’s dictatorship to France. The French government built concentration camps, confining the refugees, where they barely have access to hygiene, water and food. In one of these camps, separated by barbed wire, two men will become friends. One is a guard, the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 – NYC 1995), an illustrator who fights against Franco’s regime.
Directors Biography
Aurel is a French illustrator born in 1980. He is working as a press illustrator for the national daily Le Monde and the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné. He has also worked on numerous graphic reports for various French newspapers. As a cartoonist, Aurel has published around twenty books, including two non-fiction comics, “Clandestino” and “La Menuiserie”. In 2011, he co-directed with Florence Corre his first animated short film, OCTOBRE NOIR. JOSEP is his first feature film.
Cast & Crew
Directed by: Aurel
Written by: Jean-Louis Milesi
Produced by: Serge Lalou
Editing: Thomas Belair
Production Design: Luciano Lepinay
Sound: Nils Fauth
Visual Effects: Éric Manevy, Justine Hwang
Nominations & Awards
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2020
French CESAR (French Animated Feature)