Mutants
Directed byAlexandre Dostie
Written byAlexandre Dostie
Produced byHany Ouichou
Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
StarringJoseph DeLorey
Francis La Haye
Sandrine Bisson
CinematographyVincent Biron
Edited byStéphane Lafleur
Music byChristophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Production
company
Art & Essai
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • September 12, 2016 (2016-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Mutants is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Alexandre Dostie and released in 2016.[1] The film stars Joseph DeLorey as Keven, a teenager who, after being injured at baseball practice, is sent on an unexpected emotional journey of discovery.

The film's cast also includes Francis La Haye and Sandrine Bisson.

Awards

At TIFF, the film won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[2] It was subsequently named to the festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best short films.[3]

At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama,[4] and at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017, the film won the award for Best Short Film.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Le premier court-métrage d'Alexandre Dostie sera présenté au TIFF". L'Hebdo Journal (in French). August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13.
  2. ^ "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly. 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Canada's Top Ten goes for quality over legacy". Now. December 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Écrans canadiens 2017 : Xavier Dolan triomphe". Le Devoir. March 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Helen Faradji (June 15, 2017). "Alexandre Dostie, un cinéaste et poète anticonformiste, que ça plaise ou non". Ici Radio-Canada.

External links


Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film
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