The Summit of the Gods

Feature Film | 2019-2021 | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mountain | France, Luxembourg

Main data

Director	Patrick Imbert
Written by	Patrick Imbert, Magali Pouzol, Jean-Charles Ostoréro (co-writer), Jirô Taniguchi (literary source), Baku Yumemakura (literary source)
Production	Folivari [fr], Julianne Films [fr], Mélusine Productions [lu], France 3 Cinéma [fr], Auvergne Rhône Alpes Cinéma [fr]
Distributor	Goodfellas / Wild Bunch Distribution [fr], Netflix

Project data

Budget	9,2 M€
Film financing	ANGOA - Agence Nationale de Gestion des Œuvres Audiovisuelles [fr] Gan Foundation for Film [fr] PROCIREP - Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision [fr] Centre National du Cinéma et de L' Image Animée [fr] (CNC) [fr] - Avance sur recettes (10/2017) Film Paris Region [fr] - production funding cinema: 400.000 € (11/2017) Film Fund Luxembourg [lu]
Length of movie	90 Min.

Trailers/Videos

Teaser June 2020
[fr] Trailer French - Wild Bunch

Posters

Brief synopsis

Were George Mallory and his companion Andrew Irvine the first men to scale Everest on June 8th, 1924? Only the little Kodak VPK camera they took with them might reveal the truth. In Kathmandu, 70 years later, a young Japanese reporter named Fukamachi recognizes the camera in the hands of the mysterious Habu Jôji, an outcast climber believed missing for years. Fukamachi enters a world of obsessive mountaineers hungry for impossible conquests on a journey that leads him, step by step, towards the summit of the gods.

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
1st AD	Laëtitia Nurdin
Casting director	Céline Ronté voices	voices
Director	Patrick Imbert
Director (dubbing)	Céline Ronté
Storyboard artist	Étienne Mattera
Storyboard artist	Quentin Reubrecht
Storyboard artist	Franz Kirchner
Storyboard artist	Marietta Ren
Storyboard artist	Christelle Abgrall
Editor	Camillelvis Théry
Editor	Benjamin Massoubre
Composer	Amin Bouhafa
Producer	Jean-Charles Ostoréro Julianne Films	Julianne Films
Producer	Stéphane Roelants Mélusine Productions	Mélusine Productions
Producer	Didier Brunner Folivari	Folivari
Producer	Damien Brunner Folivari	Folivari
Producer	Eric Goossens
Line producer	Thibaut Ruby
Production manager	Guillaume Villeneuve
Production manager	Sébastien Blanchard
Screenwriter	Patrick Imbert
Screenwriter	Magali Pouzol
Literary source	Baku Yumemakura
Literary source	Jirô Taniguchi
Co-writer	Jean-Charles Ostoréro

Production companies

Company	Comment
Julianne Films [fr]
Folivari [fr]
Mélusine Productions [lu]
France 3 Cinéma [fr] coproduction	coproduction
Auvergne Rhône Alpes Cinéma [fr] coproduction	coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Goodfellas / Wild Bunch Distribution [fr] France (theatrical) & World Sales	France (theatrical) & World Sales
Netflix Most territories	Most territories

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Didier Brunner	2022	César [fr] Best Animated Feature Film	Best Animated Feature Film	Winner
Patrick Imbert	2022	César [fr] Best Animated Feature Film	Best Animated Feature Film	Winner
Jean-Charles Ostoréro	2022	César [fr] Best Animated Feature Film	Best Animated Feature Film	Winner
Damien Brunner	2022	César [fr] Best Animated Feature Film	Best Animated Feature Film	Winner

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2021	France	Festival de Cannes Cinéma de la Plage (Open Air) - Out of Competition	Cinéma de la Plage (Open Air) - Out of Competition

TV-broadcast

Type	Country	Station	Date / Time	Comment
Repeat	France	France 4 [fr]	Saturday, 17/02/2024, 9.00 PM

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 22/09/2021
Premiere		Saturday, 10/07/2021	Cannes - Cinéma de la plage [fr]

Links

Websites
	https://www.facebook.com/lesommetdesdieux/
Projet sur le site de Folivari	http://folivari.com/projet/le-sommet-des-dieux/

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