Nico Casavecchia & Martin Allais

BATTLESCAR

BATTLESCAR, Nico Casavecchia & Martín Allais

BATTLESCAR follows the life of 16-year-old Lupe, a Puerto Rican-American teenager living in late 1970’s New York City. Lupe’s handwritten journal guides us through her experiences as she meets Debbie, another runaway kid living in the city.
Carried by two strong female characters, the story exudes the energy of New York punk-rock - fast and harsh, loaded with anti-authoritarian ideology and political messages, expressing a young rebellion characterized by the main characters’ independent and determined attitude. BATTLESCAR is a coming of age drama that explores the theme of identity through the use of animation and immersive environments in virtual reality.

France, UK, 3 Chapters of 10 minutes, 2018
Virtual Reality Film, seated
PEGI 16 | From 16 years old
Language | English, French

About the artists

Nico Casavecchia

Martín Allais

Martín Allais is a visual artist, illustrator, animator and director. Experimentation, freshness and playfulness are key elements in his work, which strongly reflects in his finished pieces. He co-founded the collective No-Domain, directing commercials for brands like Heineken, Seat and G4 Channel, among oth- ers. Whilst Martin was part of No-Domain, the New York based production company, Blacklist, Part of Psyop Inc, represented the collective. Psyop is a multi-awarded produc- tion company, and creators of iconic commercials such as Coca Cola’s Happy Factory Campaign and Crow for MTV. Martin has participated in international events like Designmai (Berlin), Sperm (Prague), Map- ping (Genève) and Sonar Festival Barcelona (editions of 2004 to 2007), touring with the festival as the official video performer.

Nico Casavecchia is an Argentinian director, screenwriter and illustrator based in Brooklyn. His work employs mixed-media techniques ranging from animation to live action. His first feature film Finding Sofía, a live action narrative film, premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2016. Nico directed A Boy and His Atom (2013), a stop-motion animated short film created by IBM Research scientists. It was made by moving carbon monoxide molecules, and is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s smallest stop-motion film. Nico’s work has been showcased in festivals like Sundance, SXSW, BAFICI, Siggraph, Viedram (Rome), Holland Film Festival, Ars Electronica, among others, and has collect- ed Gold & Bronze statues in Cannes, Clio, AICP, and London LIA awards.

Credits

Directed by Nico Casavecchia & Martín Allais
Produced by Atlas V, 1st Avenue Machine, FAUNS in co-production with ARTE France
Producers: Arnaud Colinart, Andrew Geller
Co-Producers: Raphael Penasa, Martín Allais, Nico Casavecchia, Alethea C. Avramis, Fred Volhuer
Executive Producers: René Pinnell, Marianne Levy-Leblond
Story by Nico Casavecchia and Mercedes Arturo
Narrated by Rosario Dawson
Written by Nico Casavecchia
Lead Animator: Josselin Authelet
Lead Developer: Charlie Toqué

Ticketing starts on March 14

BATTLESCAR is available by reservation
Chapter 2 from June 21 to September 21, 2025
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