Bad Seeds | |
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Director: | Claude Cloutier |
Producer: | Galilé Marion-Gauvin Julie Roy |
Editing: | Guillaume Fortin |
Music: | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Studio: | Productions l'Unite Centrale The National Film Board of Canada |
Distributor: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 6 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Bad Seeds (French: Mauvaises herbes) is a Canadian animated short film, written, directed and animated by Claude Cloutier for the National Film Board of Canada.[1] The short had its international premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival,[2] and won multiple awards for Best Animated Short Film in Calgary International Film Festival and the 2021 New York City Short Film Festival[3] and the Sommets du cinéma d'animation.[4] [5] The film was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the 94th Academy Awards.[6]
Bad Seeds depicts a surreal modern-day fable where two carnivorous plants, who can change shape like chameleons change colours, would rather fight over flies than work together to survive.[7] Growth is intertwined with rivalry; evolution with competition, resulting in a startling conflict littered with references to historical figures, popular culture, board games, and more.
Year | Presenter/Festival | Award/Category | Status | Ref | |
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2021 | Sommets du cinéma d'animation | Public Prize in the international competition | |||
New York City Short Film Festival | Best Animated Short Film | ||||
Los Angeles Animation Festival | Comedy Short Award & Best of the Fest | [8] | |||
94th Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film | ||||
2022 | 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film |