| The Hat | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Michèle Cournoyer |
| Producer: | Thérèse Descary Pierre Hébert |
| Animator: | Michèle Cournoyer |
| Music: | Jean Derome |
| Cinematography: | Pierre Landry |
| Editing: | Fernand Bélanger |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 6 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
The Hat (French: Le Chapeau) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Cournoyer and released in 1999.[1] Told entirely without dialogue, the film centres on an exotic dancer's flashbacks to childhood memories of sexual abuse.[2]
The film was screened in the International Critics' Week section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It was also screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] where it was named the winner of the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[4]
It subsequently won the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001,[5] and was later named as one of the 100 best animated films of all time in a critics' survey by Variety.[3]