When Adam Changes
We have the opportunity to showcase a few films that have shine in the past few months in Quebec. While we await the winner of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, let's discover - or rediscover the nominated films of Joël Vaudreuil, Ara Ball, Chloé Leriche, Robert Morin, as well as Pier-Luc Latulippe & Martin Fournier. A program of short films will also offer a glimpse at the best offerings of the year.
In the presence of the filmmaker, Joël Vaudreuil
Winner of the Grand Prize, 2024 Niigata International Animation Film Festival
and 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival
Adam is a 15-year-old teenager with the strange peculiarity of having a body that changes depending on the teasing and negative comments he receives from those around him. The summer his grandmother dies, he must learn to juggle the torments of teenage life.
Joël Vaudreuil
Joël Vaudreuil is a resolutely independent multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Montreal. Adam change lentement (2023) is his first full-length animated film. Besides his numerous music videos, he also made several animated shorts such as La vie magnifique sous l’eau (2015), Le courant faible de la rivière (Jutra Award, 2013), L’enfant aux 6 hot-dogs (2011), Un vortex dans face (nominated for a Jutra Award, 2010) and La récréation du midi (2009). His unmistakable graphic style has earned him several mentions, including a retrospective at the Cinemathèque québécoise in 2017. In addition to being a witty illustrator with an often biting sense of humour, Joël Vaudreuil is also a musician, and a member of the bands Avec pas d’casque, Moussette, Le diable comme l’outil and Cheval Fou.
Bio & photo : Joël Vaudreuil
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