Mutants (2016 film)

Mutants is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Alexandre Dostie and released in 2016.^[1] The film stars Joseph DeLorey as Keven, a teenager who, after being injured at baseball practice, is sent on an unexpected emotional journey of discovery.

Mutants
Directed by	Alexandre Dostie
Written by	Alexandre Dostie
Produced by	Hany Ouichou Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Starring	Joseph DeLorey Francis La Haye Sandrine Bisson
Cinematography	Vincent Biron
Edited by	Stéphane Lafleur
Music by	Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Production company	Art & Essai
Distributed by	Travelling Distribution
Release date	September 12, 2016 (2016-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time	17 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film's cast also includes Francis La Haye and Sandrine Bisson.

Awards

At TIFF, the film won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.^[2] It was subsequently named to the festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best short films.^[3]

At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama,^[4] and at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017, the film won the award for Best Short Film.^[5]

References

1. . L'Hebdo Journal (in French). August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13.
2. "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly. 18 September 2016.
3. "Canada's Top Ten goes for quality over legacy". Now. December 7, 2016.
4. "Écrans canadiens 2017 : Xavier Dolan triomphe". Le Devoir. March 12, 2017.
5. Helen Faradji (June 15, 2017). "Alexandre Dostie, un cinéaste et poète anticonformiste, que ça plaise ou non". Ici Radio-Canada.

External links

• Mutants at IMDb