Animal Behaviour (also released in French as Zoothérapie) is a Canadian animated short film directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine, which was released in 2018.[2] The duo's first animated theatrical short since their 1993 Oscar-winning film Bob's Birthday, the film centres on a group of animals who meet weekly for a group psychotherapy session in the offices of psychiatrist Dr. Clement.[2]
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| Directed by | Alison Snowden David Fine |
| Written by | Alison Snowden David Fine |
| Produced by | Michael Fukushima |
| Starring | Ryan Beil Taz VanRassel Leah Juel Andrea Libman James Kirk Alison Snowden |
| Music by | Judith Gruber-Stitzer |
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Running time | 14 minutes[1] |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film's voice cast includes Ryan Beil as Dr. Clement, Taz VanRassel as Victor the ape, Leah Juel as Lorraine the leech, Andrea Libman as Cheryl the mantis, Toby Berner as Todd the pig, James Kirk as Jeffrey the bird, and Alison Snowden as Linda the cat.
Release
editThe film premiered in June 2018 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[3] The film was dedicated to the medical team at the Vancouver General Hospital, who saved Snowden's life in 2017 when she was diagnosed with acute interstitial pneumonitis during the making of the film.[4]
Awards and honors
editThe film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[5] but lost to the Pixar short Bao.[6] In March it won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[7]
See also
edit- HouseBroken: American adult animated sitcom, premiering in 2021, with a similar premise of an animal therapy group.
References
edit- ^ Calgary Film 2018
- ^ a b "WATCH: Walk on the Wild Side with Alison Snowden & David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour’". Animation World Network, January 3, 2019.
- ^ "Annecy 2018: The Short and Short of It". Animation World Network, June 5, 2018.
- ^ "B.C. Oscar winners dedicate new film to VGH staff". Global News, June 6, 2018.
- ^ "Bao" wins Best Animated Short Film-Oscars on YouTube
- ^ "Vancouver filmmaking pair nominated for Oscar with short animation Animal Behaviour". CBC News British Columbia, January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.
External links
edit- Animal Behaviour at IMDb
- Watch Animal Behaviour on the NFB website