Bydlo (film)

Bydlo
Bydlo
Directed by	Patrick Bouchard
Written by	Cynthia Tremblay
Produced by	Julie Roy
Cinematography	Pierre Mignot
Edited by	Alain Baril; Stéphane Lafleur
Music by	Robert Marcel Lepage
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	June 5, 2012 (Annecy);
Running time	9 minutes
Country	Canada

Bydlo is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2012.^[1] Inspired by the fourth movement of Modest Mussorgsky's classical composition Pictures at an Exhibition,^[2] the stop-motion animated film depicts a group of men who are plowing a field with an ox, but overwork both themselves and the animal virtually to the point of death.^[3]

The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2012.

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012,^[4] and won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards.^[5] It was an Annie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Subject at the 40th Annie Awards,^[6] and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.^[7]

References[]

^ "I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Bydlo'". Vice, April 16, 2013.
^ "Bydlo : La bête humaine". Voir, july 19, 2012.
^ "Maximize your time at TIFF by taking advantage of the Short Cuts program". National Post, September 8, 2012.
^ "Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012.
^ "Jutra Awards soiree fails to elicit much drama; Rebelle the big winner while Michel Cote takes home lifetime achievement award". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2013.
^ "Guru Studios and NFB get Annie Award nominations". Playback, December 4, 2012.
^ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.

External links[]

Bydlo at IMDb
Bydlo at the National Film Board of Canada

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[1] "I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Bydlo'". Vice, April 16, 2013.

[2] "Bydlo : La bête humaine". Voir, july 19, 2012.

[3] "Maximize your time at TIFF by taking advantage of the Short Cuts program". National Post, September 8, 2012.

[4] "Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012.

[5] "Jutra Awards soiree fails to elicit much drama; Rebelle the big winner while Michel Cote takes home lifetime achievement award". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2013.

[6] "Guru Studios and NFB get Annie Award nominations". Playback, December 4, 2012.

[7] "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.

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