A NIGHT FOR THE DOGS
A FILM BY MAX WOODWARD
Short Film – Québec – 2022 – 6 min
Animation | French and English | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
On a frigid December night, a fire breaks out in an apartment building. Standing out in the cold, a young man watches as the inhabitants huddle together, plotting and scheming their revenge and airing their grievances towards the man responsible for the blaze. As the firemen battle to contain the fire, the mob of neighbours work themselves into a frenzy, transforming into a pack of ferocious dogs.
Cast
English narration : Max Woodward, French narration : Patrick Hivon
Crew
DIRECTOR : Max Woodward
WRITER : Max Woodward
PRODUCERS : Camille Lequenne and Guillaume Dubois (Confettis Production)
ANIMATORS : Max Woodward, Bogdan Anifrani
SOUND DESIGN : Stephen Menold
EDITING : Adam Abouaccar
MUSIC : Stephen Menold
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Max Woodward is a New Zealand and Canadian filmmaker. He studied in the Film Animation program at Concordia’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and graduated in 2017.
The main themes in Max’s work revolve around memory and music which have a tendency to drift toward experimentation with abstraction.
FILMOGRAPHY
TRUMPET – TROMPETTE | 2018
TOO SHORT TO KNOW BETTER | 2017
COMPOSITIONS IN CUBES | 2015
ALI BABA’S HIP HOP DEPANNEUR | 2014
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Aesthetica International Film Festival, 2022
Foyle Film Festival, 2022
10è Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, 2022
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma RVQC – Tapis Bleu Selection, 2023
Tout Court Programmazione – Bologna, 2023
Festival Court d’un Soir, 2023
Sommets du cinéma d’animation, 2023
Festival du TRAC, 2023
Festival Animator, 2023
Festival du film de Knowlton, 2023