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HARVEY

2023 9 min
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Told through the eyes of a child with an overflowing imagination, HARVEY is a poetic, luminous look at bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent.

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HARVEY

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A short film adapted from the graphic novel of the same name, HARVEY depicts a young boy who candidly recalls the spring day when his world turned upside down. Filled with original little touches and told through the eyes of a child with an overflowing imagination, this luminous work by Janice Nadeau, featuring elegant music by Martin Léon, poetically examines bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent.

  • script
    Janice Nadeau
  • direction
    Janice Nadeau
  • adapted from the graphic novel by
    Hervé Bouchard
  • illustrations
    Janice Nadeau
  • original music
    Martin Léon
  • voice
    Ryan S. Hill
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • editing
    Oana Suteu Khintirian
  • consultant to the director
    Claude Cloutier
  • lead animation
    Claude Cloutier
    Marc Robinet
  • traditional animation
    Clément Céard
    Nahid Kazemi
    Sylvie Léonard Victorino
    Janice Nadeau
    Angélique Paultes
    Morten Riisberg Hansen
    Mélissa Rousseau
  • paper cut-out animation
    Pierre-Luc Granjon
    Sophie Roze
  • backgrounds
    Simon Jacquard
    Janice Nadeau
  • scan operator
    Frédérique Lecront
  • animation assistant
    Charlotte Trolliet
  • puppet maker
    Sophie Roze
  • director of photography
    Sara Sponga
  • lead compositor
    Christophe Gautry
  • colour research
    Maryse Tuzi
  • compositing research
    Izu Troin
  • infographics
    ZABELLE inc.
    Alexandre Morin
  • intern
    Lucile Grivelet
    Charlotte Trolliet
  • animatic editing
    Hervé Guichard
  • recording of test voices
    Loïc Burkhardt
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
  • test voices
    Vito Burkhardt
    Léo Meunier
  • voice director
    Kathleen Fee
  • additional voice
    Judith Baribeau
    Eve Gadouas
    Pierre Lenoir
    Michel Perron
  • sound recording
    Luc Léger
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • foley
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • musical arrangement
    Martin Léon
    Philomène Gatien
  • orchestration
    Philomène Gatien
  • musician
    Noémie Caron-Marcotte
    Philomène Gatien
    Sheila Hannigan
    Martin Léon
    Jean-Denis Levasseur
    Lyne Santamaria
  • re-recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • title design
    Cynthia Ouellet
  • technical director
    Éric Pouliot
  • technical specialist - animation
    Yannick Grandmont
  • technical coordinator
    Mira Mailhot
    Esther Viragh
  • studio coordinator
    Rose Mercier-Marcotte
    Laetitia Seguin
  • administrator
    Karine Desmeules
    Isabelle Brocal Lahittette
  • senior production coordinator
    Josiane Bernardin
    Camila Blos
  • legal counsel
    Peter Kallianiotis
  • marketing
    Karine Sévigny
  • production manager
    Solenne Blanc
  • technical manager
    Patrick Tallaron
  • administration and finance manager
    Sophie Flament
  • distribution manager
    Jeremy Mourlam
  • consultant
    Maude Bouchard
    Alexis Hunot
    Nicola Lemay
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand
  • line production
    Anne-Marie Bousquet
    Reginald de Guillebon
  • executive producer
    Christine Noël
    Julie Roy
    Pierre Méloni
  • head of development
    Corinne Destombes

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