Skip to contentSkip to navigation
Battledream Chronicle
Location
Main screening room
Date
June 10th, 2021
Duration
108 min
Cycle
Black at the camera

The recurrent cycle Noir.e.s à la caméra allows us to discover works directed or produced by African or Afrodescendant filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.

Reflexion
Directed by
Alain Bidard
Language
VOA
Origins
Martinique
Year
2020
Duration
5 min
Genre
Animation
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Created during quarantine, an animated short film about what occurs when social distanciation turns bad.

Reflexion
Battledream Chronicle
Directed by
Alain Bidard
Language
VOF
Actors
Youry Bemol, Yna Boulangé, Stefany De Chavigny
Origins
Martinique
Year
2015
Duration
108 min
Genre
Animation
Format
DCP
Synopsis

In the year 2100, the Mortemonde empire colonizes almost every nation on earth and enslaves its population. The slaves are forced to collect 1000XP each month in Battledream, a video game in which you can actually die. Only those who succeed are allowed to live until the next month. Syanna, a young slave from Martinique, refuses to continue living like this and decides to fight to regain her freedom...

Battledream Chronicle
Awards

Alain Bidard

Alain Bidard is an animation film director who has worked in Martinique for 16 years. In 1996, after completing high school, he entered Supinfocom, one of the best Computer Graphics schools in Europe. His first film, “Pixies”, entered many festivals including the prestigious Imagina festival in Monaco and Anima Folioscope in Brussels. Between 2000 and 2007, he directed many short films including “Opale”, a film which entered the Cannes Festival and won the Best Film Award in the Cinema Encounters of the CMAC (Martinique) in 2006, along with the Best director Award in the FEMI (Guadeloupe) in 2007. In 2008, Alain Bidard began the production of his first animation feature film, “Battledream Chronicle”, a film that has been selected in more than 35 festivals and won five awards in the ten months following its release. (IMDb)

Explore

Image : Panorama-Cinéma

Petite prouesse martiniquaise reposant sur le postulat d’un monde semi-réel et semi-virtuel, Battledream Chronicle propose une lecture avant-gardiste du 22e siècle mettant en scène des peuples réduits à l’esclavage sous le joug de la souveraineté imposée par Mortemonde...

Full cast
More on Alain Bidard
Filmography
Open