Animal Behaviour (also released in French as Zoothérapie) is a Canadian animated short film directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine, which was released in 2018.[2] The duo's first animated theatrical short since their 1993 Oscar-winning film Bob's Birthday, the film centres on a group of animals who meet weekly for a group psychotherapy session in the offices of psychiatrist Dr. Clement.[2]

Animal Behaviour
Film poster
Directed by	Alison Snowden David Fine
Written by	Alison Snowden David Fine
Produced by	Michael Fukushima
Starring	Ryan Beil Taz VanRassel Leah Juel Andrea Libman James Kirk Alison Snowden
Music by	Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	June 11, 2018 (2018-06-11) (Annecy)
Running time	14 minutes[1]
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film's voice cast includes Ryan Beil as Dr. Clement, Taz VanRassel as Victor the ape, Leah Juel as Lorraine the leech, Andrea Libman as Cheryl the mantis, Toby Berner as Todd the pig, James Kirk as Jeffrey the bird, and Alison Snowden as Linda the cat.

Release

The film premiered in June 2018 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[3] The film was dedicated to the medical team at the Vancouver General Hospital, who saved Snowden's life in 2017 when she was diagnosed with acute interstitial pneumonitis during the making of the film.[4]

Awards and honors

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[5] but lost to the Pixar short Bao.[6] In March it won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[7]

See also

• HouseBroken: American adult animated sitcom, premiering in 2021, with a similar premise of an animal therapy group.

References

External links

• Animal Behaviour at IMDb
• Film page at National Film Board of Canada website