A Crab in the Pool

A Crab in the Pool

Directed by Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel

Genre Animation
Country Canada (Québec)
Year 2023
Length 11m11s
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version English subtitles, French

Synopsis

In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.

Themes

family relationships, brother-sister relationships

Biography

Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel are a duo of writers-directors based in Montreal. Their award-winning animated short films and web series have been featured in numerous festivals around the globe. Their latest film No Title (2021) has won multiple awards, including Best Canadian Short Film at EIFF 2021, in addition to being nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 2022 IRIS Awards.

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Cast

Zoé, Théo, Maman, la bimbo :  Élisabeth Gauthier Pelletier 
Le bum : Jean-Sébastien Hamel

Team

Production

Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte  (Sémaphore Films)
Script

Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
PRODUCTION DESIGN

Alexandra Myotte
EDITING Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Sound François Lacasse
Music n/a

Awards

Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Canada | 2023 *Best Canadian Short
Anim'est, Romania | 2023 *Best Film of Animest
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada | 2023 *Prix Ottoblix-Unité centrale, Prix Les copains du son, Prix UNIS TV, Prix El Toro Studio, Prix ACCQ
Cinemania, Canada | 2023 *Prix Télé-Québec du meilleur court métrage québécois
Spark Animation, Canada | 2023 *Best Canadian film
Bogoshorts, Colombie | 2023 *Santa Lucía for Best International Animated Short Film
GIRAF, Canada | 2023 *Best Canadian Animation

Festivals

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | 2024
Dok & Animation Leipzig, Germany | 2023
AFI FEST, US | 2023
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Canada | 2023 *Best Canadian Short

Anim'est, Romania | 2023 *Best Film of Animest
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada | 2023 *Prix Ottoblix-Unité centrale, Prix Les copains du son, Prix UNIS TV, Prix El Toro Studio, Prix ACCQ
Cinemania, Canada | 2023 *Prix Télé-Québec du meilleur court métrage québécois
Spark Animation, Canada | 2023 *Best Canadian film
Bogoshorts, Colombie | 2023 *Santa Lucía for Best International Animated Short Film
GIRAF, Canada | 2023 *Best Canadian Animation
Festival Int. Du Film Francophe de Namur, Belgium | 2023
Fantoche - Int. Animation Film Festival, Switzerland | 2023
PÖFF Shorts, Estonia | 2023
Animatou, Switzerland | 2023
London International Animation Festival, UK | 2023
BitBang Festival, Argentina | 2023
Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada | 2023
FICFA, Canada | 2023
Yellowknife Int. Film Festival, Canada | 2023
IndieCork, Ireland | 2023