Katak: The Brave Beluga

Katak: The Brave Beluga
FrenchKatak, le brave béluga
Directed byChristine Dallaire-Dupont
Nicola Lemay
Written byAndrée Lambert
Produced byNancy Florence Savard
StarringRobert Naylor
Alexandre Bacon
Edited byRené Caron
Music byUberko
Animation byYann Tremblay
Production
company
Distributed byAttraction Distribution
Release date
  • February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French

Katak: The Brave Beluga (French: Katak, le brave béluga) is a Canadian animated film, directed by Christine Dallaire-Dupont and Nicola Lemay and released in 2023.[1] The film centres on Katak, a young beluga living in the Saguenay Fjord who has a reputation as a late bloomer as he is still grey and has not turned white like most belugas his age; eager to prove his maturity and courage, he embarks on a quest to find his grandfather in the northern sea.[2]

The film was released in both English and French versions, with Ginette Reno as the sole cast member who voiced the same character in both languages.[3]

The film's production was first announced in 2020, under the working title Beluga Blues.[4]

  1. ^ Cath Clarke, "Katak: The Brave Beluga review – gentle whale tale with a Watership Down ending". The Guardian, August 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Amélie Revert, "«Katak, le brave béluga»: très chère mer". Le Devoir, February 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Mercedes Milligan, "Quebec’s ‘Katak the Brave Beluga’ Surpasses $1.5M Box Office Across Canada". Animation Magazine, March 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Mercedes Milligan, "SODEC Dives in with Support for 10th Ave’s ‘Beluga Blues’". Animation Magazine, May 15, 2020.