The Temple (film)

The Temple
FrenchLe Temple
Directed byAlain Fournier
Written byAlain Fournier
Based on"The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft
Produced bySébastien Bergeron
Alain Fournier
StarringOlivier Barrette
Jean-François Beaupré
CinematographyGabriel Tremblay-Beauvais
Edited byAlain Fournier
Fred Schmidt
Music byPatrick Lavoie
Production
companies
Dock Films
Folks Films
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09) (Sitges)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French
German

The Temple is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Alain Fournier and released in 2022.[1] Based on the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Temple", the film centres on the crew of a German U-boat, who witness strange phenomena before an explosion in the engine room, and descend into madness as the vessel sinks to the bottom of the ocean.[2]

The film premiered in October 2022 at the Sitges Film Festival.[1] It had its Canadian premiere later the same month at the 2022 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,[1] where it was the winner of the Prix Crave for best short film by a director from Quebec.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Le Temple: Le studio d’effets visuels FOLKS reconnu dans 12 festivals autour du monde". CTVM, October 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Alexander Hackett, "Concordia filmmakers feature prominently at the 27th Fantasia International Film Festival". Concordia University, July 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Marie-Hélène Paquin, "Festival du cinéma international : le Grand Prix décerné à Tu te souviendras de moi". Ici Radio-Canada Abitibi-Témiscamingue, November 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Jamie Lang, "Canadian Screen Awards 2024: All The Animation, VFX, And Video Game Nominees". Cartoon Brew, March 13, 2024.