| Bydlo | |
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| 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 |
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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]