Administrators Alexandra Myotte & Jean-Sébastien Hamel Share Their Favourite Shot From ‘A Crab In The Pool’ (Unique)

As awards season hits its stride, we requested the filmmakers behind every of this yr’s 15 Oscar-shortlisted animated shorts to share their favourite shot from their movie and clarify why it’s particular to them. The items are being revealed within the order that supplies had been acquired.

On this first entry of the collection, we’re A Crab within the Pool from Canadian administrators Alexandra Myotte & Jean-Sébastien Hamel.

In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A younger adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, nonetheless a baby, flees actuality right into a fantastical world. Throughout a scorching summer season day, the 2 kids should burst the abscess of their relationship in order to not lose one another. The brief is produced by Montreal-based Sémaphore Movies.