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Mutants (2016 film)

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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

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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

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  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.
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