When Adam Changes
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
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
