Bydlo (film)

Bydlo is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2012.[1] Inspired by the fourth movement of Modest Mussorgsky's classical composition Pictures at an Exhibition,[2] the stop-motion animated film depicts a group of men who are plowing a field with an ox, but overwork both themselves and the animal virtually to the point of death.[3]

Bydlo
Directed byPatrick Bouchard
Produced byJulie Roy
Written byCynthia Tremblay
Music byRobert Marcel Lepage
CinematographyPierre Mignot
Edited byAlain Baril
Stéphane Lafleur
Production
company
Release date
  • June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05) (Annecy)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryCanada

The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2012.

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012,[4] and won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards.[5] It was an Annie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Subject at the 40th Annie Awards,[6] and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.[7]

References
  1. "I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Bydlo'". Vice, April 16, 2013.
  2. "Bydlo : La bête humaine". Voir, july 19, 2012.
  3. "Maximize your time at TIFF by taking advantage of the Short Cuts program". National Post, September 8, 2012.
  4. "Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012.
  5. "Jutra Awards soiree fails to elicit much drama; Rebelle the big winner while Michel Cote takes home lifetime achievement award". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2013.
  6. "Guru Studios and NFB get Annie Award nominations". Playback, December 4, 2012.
  7. "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.


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