Fantastic Planet [1973] : Film + Live Soundtrack

A surreal film journey to the future with powerful allusions to the challenges of today with a LIVE SOUNDTRACK by dub jazz quartet The Shadow Ministers which brings the experience of this otherworldly movie to new heights.

Fantastic Planet (French: La Planète sauvage, The Wild Planet) is a 1973 animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor.

The allegorical story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 novel Oms en série by French writer Stefan Wul and the film was an international co-production of France and Czechoslovakia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Planet

The film was awarded the Grand Prix special jury prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, and in 2016, it was ranked the 36th greatest animated movie ever by Rolling Stone.

SESSION #1 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm

SESSION #2 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Popcorn will be available and the screening will start 30 mins after doors open.

Presented by Cultura Clandestino + sideway + Branch Stack Records