Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy (French: Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie) is a 2014 documentary film directed by Stéphanie Valloatto about 12 cartoonists around the world who risk their lives to defend democracy. The film premiered in the Special Screenings section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 40th César Awards.^[2]

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy
Film poster
Directed by	Stéphanie Valloatto
Written by	Stéphanie Valloatto Radu Mihăileanu
Produced by	Radu Mihăileanu André Logie
Starring	Plantu
Cinematography	Cyrille Blanc
Edited by	Marie-Jo Audiard
Music by	Armand Amar
Production companies	Oï Oï Oï Productions Panache Productions
Distributed by	EuropaCorp Distribution
Release dates	19 May 2014 (2014-05-19) (Cannes) 28 May 2014 (2014-05-28) (France)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Featuring

• Plantu, French cartoonist
• Jeff Danziger, American cartoonist
• Rayma Suprani, Venezuelan cartoonist
• Angel Boligan, Cuban-Mexican cartoonist
• Mikhail Zlatkovsky, Russian cartoonist
• Michel Kichka, Belgian-Israeli cartoonist
• Baha Boukhari, Palestinian cartoonist
• Zoho (Lassane Zohore), Ivorian cartoonist
• Damien Glez, Franco-Burkinabé cartoonist
• Willis from Tunis (Nadia Khiari), Tunisian cartoonist
• Slim (Menouar Merabtene), Algerian cartoonist
• Pi San (Wang Bo), Chinese cartoonist

Release

Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May. A public preview screening of the film was held at the Place de la République in Paris on 23 May 2014, before its theatrical release on 28 May.^[3]

On 7 January and 9 January 2015, the film was broadcast on Canal+ and France 3 respectively, in tribute to victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.^[4][5]

The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on 2 December 2014.^[6]