The Brainwashers

The Brainwashers
FrenchLes Ramoneurs cérébraux
Directed byPatrick Bouchard
Written byPatrick Bouchard
Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
Produced byMarcel Jean
Edited byDenis Lavoie
Music byJean-Pierre Bouchard
Production
company
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada

The Brainwashers (French: Les Ramoneurs cérébraux) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2002.[1] The film centres on two chimney sweeps cleaning memories out of a man's brain in an attempt to understand how the human thought process works.[2]

The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards.[3]

  1. ^ Chris Robinson, "Pictures from the Brainbox: Animators on Animation - 'The Brainwashers'". Animation World Network, May 28, 2018.
  2. ^ John Griffin, "A quick peek at some of what's onscreen". Montreal Gazette, October 12, 2002.
  3. ^ "Quebec-Montreal wins Jutra best film award". Playback, March 3, 2003.