Animal Behavior (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Animal Behavior |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 14 minutes |
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| Director |
Alison Snowden , David Fine |
| script | Alison Snowden, David Fine |
| production | Michael Fukushima |
| music | Judith Gruber-Stitzer |
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Animal Behavior (French Title: Zoothérapie ) is a Canadian animated - short film by the filmmaker couple Alison Snowden and David Fine , the anthropomorphic shows pieces during a therapy session. The film was first screened at the Festival d'Animation Annecy on June 11, 2018.
The short film is in the Oscars 2019 in the category of animated Best Short Film nomination.
content
Dr. Clement, a dog, holds a weekly psychotherapy session in his practice with the leech lady Lorraine, the praying mantis Cheryl, the pig Todd, the bird Jeffrey and the cat Linda. After Lorraine explains her problem, the monkey Victor arrives late, but does not want to say what his problem is. After the others have described their personal problem, sometimes due to their animal nature, Victor goes to the ceiling to explain his predicament, whereupon the other patients seek shelter behind overturned furniture and Dr. Clement lunges at him, baring his teeth. Victor uses a broken chair leg to help Dr. Taking advantage of Clement's canine fetch reflexes, tossing it out the window, apparently from a higher floor in a skyscraper. Dr. Clement happily jumps out of the window. After a moment of shock, those who remained in the room saw Dr. Clement pulls himself back into the room unharmed over the window sill, the chair leg in his mouth. He regains his professional pose, thanks everyone for the successful participation and refers them to the next therapy session in the coming week. Confused, Victor is the last to leave the practice.
production
Alison Snowden and David Fine co-produced the Oscar-winning animated short film Bob's Birthday in 1993.
During the film production, Snowden fell ill with fatal pneumonia . Her life was saved at Vancouver General Hospital . Out of gratitude, the film is dedicated to the hospital's medical staff.
Awards
Animal Behavior has been nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Film" in 2019 .
He was nominated for Best Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival . At the International Short Film Festival Vila do Conde he was a participant in the competition for the Grand Prize of the City of Vila do Conde .
reception
Oliver Armknecht from Film-Rezensions.de wrote: “If you have the opportunity to watch this funny therapy session, you shouldn't miss it. Even if it's just to see your own pet with completely different eyes afterwards. "
Cinema Axis' Derek Jacobs thought, all in all, Animal Behavior was a really, really nice little story, pretty well put together by Fine and Snowden. There would be some reliable laughs and a touching story behind it all.
Web links
- Animal Behavior in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victoria Ahearn: Canadian nominees dominate Oscars' animated short film category. In: The Star. January 22, 2019, accessed January 29, 2019 .
- ↑ a b The Academy Awards 2019. In: oscars.org. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
- ^ BC Oscar winners dedicate new film to VGH staff. In: Global News . June 6, 2018, accessed January 29, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.tiff.net/tiff/animal-behaviour/
- ↑ 26th Curtas: International Competition 1: Animal Behavior. In: Curtas Vila do Conde. Retrieved January 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Oliver Armknecht: Animal Behavior. In: Film-Rezensions.de. August 6, 2018, accessed January 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Derek Jacobs: TIFF 2018: Animal Behavior. In: Cinema Axis. September 15, 2018, accessed January 29, 2019 .