Animal Behaviour (film)

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| name = Animal Behaviour

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| image = Animal Behaviour film poster.png

| caption = Film poster

| director = Alison Snowden
David Fine

| producer = Michael Fukushima

| writer = Alison Snowden
David Fine

| starring = Ryan Beil
Taz VanRassel
Leah Juel
Andrea Libman
James Kirk
Alison Snowden

| music = Judith Gruber-Stitzer

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| editing =

| studio = National Film Board of Canada

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| released = {{film date|2018|06|11|Annecy}}

| runtime = 14 minutes[https://calgaryfilm2018.eventive.org/films/5b80ebc84844d10014687443#! Calgary Film 2018]

| country = Canada

| language = English

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Animal Behaviour (also released in French as Zoothérapie) is a Canadian animated short film directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine, which was released in 2018.[https://www.awn.com/news/watch-walk-wild-side-alison-snowden-david-fines-animal-behaviour "WATCH: Walk on the Wild Side with Alison Snowden & David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour’"]. Animation World Network, January 3, 2019. The duo's first animated theatrical short since their 1993 Oscar-winning film Bob's Birthday, the film centres on a group of animals who meet weekly for a group psychotherapy session in the offices of psychiatrist Dr. Clement.

The film's voice cast includes Ryan Beil as Dr. Clement, Taz VanRassel as Victor the ape, Leah Juel as Lorraine the leech, Andrea Libman as Cheryl the mantis, Toby Berner as Todd the pig, James Kirk as Jeffrey the bird, and Alison Snowden as Linda the cat.

Release

The film premiered in June 2018 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[https://www.awn.com/animationworld/annecy-2018-short-and-short-it "Annecy 2018: The Short and Short of It"]. Animation World Network, June 5, 2018. The film was dedicated to the medical team at the Vancouver General Hospital, who saved Snowden's life in 2017 when she was diagnosed with acute interstitial pneumonitis during the making of the film.[https://globalnews.ca/news/4258466/b-c-oscar-winners-dedicate-new-film-to-vgh-staff/ "B.C. Oscar winners dedicate new film to VGH staff"]. Global News, June 6, 2018.

Awards and honors

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnNDI9aZUDQ "Bao" wins Best Animated Short Film-Oscars on YouTube] but lost to the Pixar short Bao.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/animal-behaviour-oscar-nomination-1.4987873 "Vancouver filmmaking pair nominated for Oscar with short animation Animal Behaviour"]. CBC News British Columbia, January 22, 2019. In March it won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1161646/prix-ecrans-canadiens-2019-gagnants "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens"]. Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.

See also

  • HouseBroken: American adult animated sitcom, premiering in 2021, with a similar premise of an animal therapy group.

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