In this video you can see a preview of the animated film Black Butterfliesan ambitious cinematographic commitment about the migrations caused by the climate crisis directed by David Baute and produced by Edmon Roch, which premieres on December 5 in cinemas in Spain. This documentary work intertwines the story of three women who must flee their homes due to extreme weather events. It does so in a shocking and entertaining way, but without hiding all the harshness of the existential labyrinth into which they are expelled. Although it is a drawn story, the result is a crude work, not recommended for children, which will not allow viewers to settle into their seats.
“It’s about getting a message across, a message that is hard,” says Baute, who assures that they wanted to be honest with what they narrate. According to the canary, the work is 2D animation, they have chosen not to produce it in 3D, nor to use voices of famous actresses. “It is less commercial, although it is worse for us, but it fits better with the stories we tell.” With a budget of 2.5 million euros, an amount nowadays lower than that of large animated productions, the film is the culmination of a project lasting more than 10 years by Baute, who combines his work as a documentary filmmaker with directing the Canary Islands International Environmental Film Festival.
For Roch, who among many well-known works has produced more commercial animated films such as Tadeo Jonesthis is a hard work because it shows the fragility of people in the face of the climate crisis. As the title of Black Butterfliesthese are fragile beings that are among us. “We meet many people on the street and we don’t know how they got here,” he highlights.
