Jean-Thomas Bédard

La Traversée de la nuit

Testimonies from four persons which destinies were brutally thrown out of balance when a tragic event made them lose their autonomy.

When the Bats are Quiet

A man makes his way through a dark and stormy night to a spooky old house, where surprises await him.

Chairmen

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the very society that restricts their freedom.

Chairmen

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the very society that restricts their freedom.

Chairmen

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the very society that restricts their freedom.

Chairmen

This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the very society that restricts their freedom.

This Is a Recorded Message

This experimental animated short takes a critical look at consumerism in a material world. Thousands of cut-out ads are presented in increasingly fragmented, rapid succession. The film's disorienting and hectic pace seeks to interrogate the extent to which seductive advertising is a shockingly strong force in shaping our desires, needs, and lives in contemporary capitalism.

J'me marie, j'me marie pas

Feature-length documentary directed by Mireille Danserau in 1973: in-depth interviews with four young women who explain their complex relationships with men, motherhood and their own femininity, sometimes radically detaching themselves from the standardized and traditional conception of the couple.

La ville

A song of disenchantment with the city, yet an acknowledgement of it as a many-faceted place of dreams. Words and music by Jean-Pierre Ferland and Franck Dervieux.