A Crab in the Pool (2023)

Original title

Un trou dans la poitrine

Directed by

Alexandra Myotte

Genre

animated film

Country

Canada

Runtime

11 min

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young person deals with hardship and grief. The film shows their emotional struggle in a small space.

melancholicemotionally rawslow-burnintimatequietcontemplative

What happens

A Crab in the Pool (French: Un trou dans la poitrine) is a 2023 Canadian animated short film about hardship and grief, directed by Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel. The film premiered at the 2023 Fantoche animation film festival in September 2023, and has received several nominations and awards, including the Best Canadian Animation Award at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival and the Audience Awards for Best Animated Short at the 2024 South by South West Festival (SXSW). On December 17, 2024, A Crab in the Pool was shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards in the category of Best Animated Short Film. The short film is available to watch on Vimeo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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