Like a rampaging virtual warrior Battledream Chronicles: A new beginning has been slaying award after award. Martiniquan writer/director Alain Bidard’s apocalyptic sci fi drama has won awards at festivals in Venezuela, Guadeloupe, South Africa and Italy and has been featured at a number of festivals including in Nigeria, Russia, Colombia and India.

A new beginning, a prequel to Bidard’s 2015 feature-length animated film, is set in the 22nd century following a global war. An evil empire has enslaved the world, wiped the memories of the conquered and forced then to farm for XP in the titular videogame which is a literal fight to the death… READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW
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