When Adam Changes (French: Adam change lentement, lit. "Adam Changes Slowly") is a Canadian animated comedy-drama feature film, directed by Joël Vaudreuil and released in 2023.[1] The film centres on Adam, an impressionable teenager growing up in smalltown Quebec who has the unusual quirk that each time somebody makes a comment about his body, whether fair or unfair, his body actually changes to match the comment.
| When Adam Changes | |
|---|---|
| French | Adam change lentement |
| Directed by | Joël Vaudreuil |
| Written by | Joël Vaudreuil |
| Produced by | David Pierrat Olivier Picard |
| Starring | Simon Lacroix |
| Edited by | Joël Vaudreuil |
| Music by | Joël Vaudreuil |
| Animation by | Nicolas Moussette Hristo Karastoyanov |
Production company | Parce Que Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Distribution edit
An excerpt from the film was screened as a work in progress at the 2022 Sommets du cinéma d'animation.[2]
The completed film premiered at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival,[4] and screened in the Northern Lights program at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival and the national competition at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma.
References edit
- ^ Jamie Lang, "Check Out The Weird And Wonderful World Of Annecy Contrechamp Player ‘Adam Change Lentement’". Cartoon Brew, June 14, 2023.
- ^ Jamie Lang, "Montreal’s Sommets Starts Today With Reformatted Canadian Animation Competition". Cartoon Brew, May 10, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Adam change lentement: première mondiale à Annecy". Films du Québec, May 12, 2023.
- ^ Mercedes Milligan, "OIAF Spotlights Seven Animated Features in Competition". Animation Magazine, July 10, 2023.
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