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Bestiaire

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Bestiaire
Film poster
Directed byDenis Côté
Written byDenis Côté
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
Denis Côté
CinematographyVincent Biron
Edited byNicolas Roy
Production
companies
Distributed byFunFilm [fr]
Release date
  • January 22, 2012 (2012-01-22) (Sundance)
Running time
72 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
Box office$1,428[1]

Bestiaire is a 2012 Canadian-French avant-garde nature documentary film directed by Denis Côté.[2] The film centers on how humans and animals observe each other.[3]

It was filmed at Parc Safari in Hemmingford, Quebec,[3] and had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.[4] It was also shown at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival.[5]

The film was nominated for the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 15th Jutra Awards,[6] and the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2012.[7]

Release

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Bestiaire was released theatrically on April 6, 2012[2] and played in a single theater in Paris, France.[8] FunFilm Distribution released Bestiaire on DVD on December 4, 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bestiaire". The Numbers. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Ramond, Charles-Henri (March 6, 2012). "Bestiaire – Film de Denis Côté" [Bestiary – Film by Denis Côté]. Films du Québec. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Stander, Sam (October 18, 2012). "In 'Bestiare,' A Glimpse Into The Nature Of Looking". NPR. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Oleszczyk, Michael (January 24, 2012). "Sundance Film Festival 2012: Denis Côté's Bestiaire". Slant Magazine.
  5. ^ Demers, Maxime (February 9, 2012). "Denis Côté s'éclate au zoo". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News Montreal, March 17, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  7. ^ Barnard, Linda (December 18, 2012). "The Master scores a movie hat trick with Toronto critics". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 14, 2023 – via PressReader.
  8. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (February 27, 2013). "Bestiaire de Denis Côté sort en salles à Paris" [Bestiary by Denis Côté hits theaters in Paris] (in French). Films du Québec. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
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