On today's episode, the Kicking the Seat Podcast welcomes director Rémi Chayé to talk about his new animated film, Long Way North! This thrilling family adventure follows a 19th Century Russian teenager on a trek through the Arctic, in search of her missing explorer grandfather. Though Chayé is well known for his work on movies like The Painting and the Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells, this is his first time as a feature director. Ian spoke with Chayé from Paris last week about stylistic choices, competing with big-studio fare, and epic journeys both real-life and animated.
Long Way North opens this Friday at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center, and you can catch two versions of the film, in both the original French-language audio and with an English voice cast. For tickets and more information, visit siskelfilmcenter.org/longwaynorth.
Climb aboard Episode 176, as we travel to parts unknown in search of cinematic truth!
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