The Subject (2018 film)

The Subject
FrenchLe Sujet
Directed byPatrick Bouchard
Written byPatrick Bouchard
Produced byJulie Roy
Edited byTheodore Ushev
Music byPatrick Bouchard
Production
company
Release date
  • May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Subject (French: Le sujet) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2018.[1] An exploration of the creative process, the film features Bouchard performing a dissection on a model of his own body.[1]

The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, in the Director's Fortnight stream.[2] It was the only Canadian film screened at Cannes in 2018.[2]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018.[3] It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019,[4] and won the Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Canadian animator replicates his body for Cannes-bound film: ‘Pores, fingerprints: it’s all there’". Toronto Star, May 3, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Blood, sweat and tears: What it takes for a Canadian to make it to Cannes". National Post, May 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "‘Animal Behaviour’ Leads Animation Nominees for Canadian Screen Awards". Animation World Network, February 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Marc-André Lussier, "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année". La Presse, June 2, 2019.