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The Brainwashers
200212 min 1 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Patrick Bouchard
Production: Marcel Jean
Script: Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
A man is taken to the doctor's office, but it's not for an ordinary checkup. A huge syringe is thrust into his head. Out of the syringe oozes a sticky yellowish liquid that magically turns into two sinister-looking men. These are the opening images of this chilling animation film, in which two chimney sweeps clear all the memories out of their victim's brain. Fearsome puppets inhabit a world of strange objects. What goes on in a man's head? A film without words.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Dreams and ImaginationPsychological Processes
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Media Education > Film Animation
- History and Citizenship Education > Issues in Society Today
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
- Technology Education > Society and Technology
Credits
- direction
- Patrick Bouchard
- script
- Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
- pre-shoot assistant
- Dominick Bédard
- set design
- Marcel Mercier
- set design - assistance
- Kristine Girard
- costumes
- Jacynthe Dallaire
- digital imaging resources
- Normand Gauthier
- Pierre Plouffe
- editing
- Denis Lavoie
- sound design
- Olivier Calvert
- original music
- Jean-Pierre Bouchard
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- foley assistant
- Alexis Farand
- recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- laboratory
- Covitec
- technical coordination
- Andrée Delagrave
- administration
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- administrative team
- Diane Champagne
- Diane Martindale
- Diane Régimbald
- marketing officer
- Julie Roy
- assistant to the producer
- Francine Langdeau
- associate producer
- Alain Corneau
- Martine Larouche
- producer
- Marcel Jean
Awards
- Jutra Award - Best Animated Short FilmGala Québec Cinéma
- Award for Best Sound - Category: Short Format - with a Windows computer program "Writing Partner"Fearless Tales Genre Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: Arts International Film and Video Festival
- Prix pour le meilleur montage sonore le monteur sonore - assorti d'une bourse de 1,000 $ de Vision Globale et un bloc de 10 semaines de montage sonore chez Vision Globale.Fantasia International Film Festival
- Prix des artistes - with a cash prize of 1,500Euros (2,294$ Cdn approx.)Festival Off-Courts