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Bad Seeds

Claude Cloutier
2020 | 6 min 22 s
Ink on paper

Selections and Awards

  • Audience Award - International Competition Les sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada (2021)

  • Official Selection - Short Film CompetitionAnnecy International Animation Film Festival, France (2021)

  • Official Competition REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada (2021)

  • Official Selection Palm Springs International ShortFest, California (2021)

  • Official Selection Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Canada (2021)

  • Animated Short Grand Jury PrizeCalgary International Film Festival (CIFF), Canada (2021)

  • Best Animation Short Award New York City Short Film Festival (2021)

  • Official SelectionNewport Beach Film Festival, USA (2021)

  • Official SelectionVancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), Canada (2021)

  • Official SelectionValladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI), Spain (2021)

  • Best of the FestLos Angeles Animation Festival, California (2021)

  • Comedy Short AwardLos Angeles Animation Festival, California (2021)

  • Prize - Prix du meilleur court métrage, Jury enfantsMontreal International Children's Film Festival – FIFEM (2022)

  • Nomination - AnimationYorkton Film Festival, SK, Canada (2022)

  • Official Selection Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (2022)

More Selections and Awards

Trailer



Long description


Interview with Claude Cloutier

Team


Claude Cloutier
Director


Photo
Photo : Véronique Boncompagni




Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Producer


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Julie Roy
Producer (NFB)


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Photo : NFB



Images








Poster

Credits

Written, Directed and Animated by
Claude Cloutier

Production
Galilé Marion-Gauvin (L’Unité centrale)
Julie Roy (NFB)

Editing
Guillaume Fortin

Music
Robert Marcel Lepage

Sound design
Olivier Calvert

Musicians and voice
Zoé Dumais (violin)
Guy Donis (banjo)
Yanik Cloutier (guitar and dobro)
Samuel Desrosiers (percussion)

Music Recording
Robin Girard
Samuel Desrosiers

Music Editing and Mix
Samuel Desrosiers

Voices
Claude Cloutier

Foley
Nicolas Gagnon

Foley Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell (NFB)
Luc Léger (NFB)

Re-recording
Shelley Craig (NFB)

Visual Post-production Studio
Ottoblix

Creative Direction and Supervision of Compositing
Mathieu Tremblay

Shooting
Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard

Digital Image Compositing and Colouring
Daria Pelsher
Patrick Lapierre
Raquel Magalhães Sancinetti
SteGo

Online Editing
Serge Verreault (NFB)

Credits
Trina Daniel

Technical Directors
Eric Pouliot (NFB)
Pierre Plouffe (NFB)

Technical Specialist Animation
Yannick Grandmont (NFB)

Technical Coordinators
Jean-François Laprise (NFB)
Mira Mailhot (NFB)

Post-production Management
Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard

Line Producers
Anne-Marie Bousquet (NFB)
Mylène Augustin (NFB)

Studio Coordinators
Laetitia Seguin (NFB)
Michèle Labelle (NFB)

Assistant Producers
Dominique Chila (L’Unité centrale)
Marco Santos (L’Unité centrale)

Administration
Diane Régimbald (NFB)
Karine Desmeules (NFB)

Audit
Isabelle Côté – CPA

Senior Production Coordinator
Camila Blos (NFB)

Accounting
Christiane Aubé
Amal Hage

Marketing
Karine Sévigny (NFB)

Thanks to
Cordell Barker, Guillaume Chouinard, Pascale Ferland, Geneviève Gosselin-G., Dominique Noujeim, Michel Ouellette, Frédérique Schmidt

Produced by L’Unité centrale and the National Film Board of Canada



Press Relations

  • Nadine Viau
    NFB Publicist – Montreal
    C.: 514-458-9745
    n.viau@nfb.ca

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