| The Subject | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Patrick Bouchard |
| Producer: | Julie Roy |
| Music: | Patrick Bouchard |
| Editing: | Theodore Ushev |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 10 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
The Subject (French: Le sujet) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2018.[1] An exploration of the creative process, the film features Bouchard performing a dissection on a model of his own body.[1]
The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, in the Director's Fortnight stream.[2] It was the only Canadian film screened at Cannes in 2018.[2]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018.[3] It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019,[4] and won the Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards.[5]