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It's a Dog's Life

This short animation features Fifi the dog, who fantasizes about interstellar travel as an escape from his day-to-day existence as the family scapegoat. While doing whatever it takes to please Mom, Dad and the kids, Fifi tries to make off with some newspaper articles about the latest scientific developments in space travel. Fifi would like nothing better than to be left alone in his basket, his nose buried in a feature story on space travel, but the lively family around him blames him for their own bad behaviour. This animated short is the tale of a dog’s life on a …
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This short animation features Fifi the dog, who fantasizes about interstellar travel as an escape from his day-to-day existence as the family scapegoat. While doing whatever it takes to please Mom, Dad and the kids, Fifi tries to make off with some newspaper articles about the latest scientific developments in space travel. Fifi would like nothing better than to be left alone in his basket, his nose buried in a feature story on space travel, but the lively family around him blames him for their own bad behaviour. This animated short is the tale of a dog’s life on a human scale—what results is an urban fable about learning to live together.

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  • writing
    Julie Rembauville
    Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
  • director
    Julie Rembauville
    Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
  • assistant director
    Federico Vitali
  • voice
    Thor Bishopric
    Alison Darcy
    Frédérick De Grandpré
    Brittany Drisdelle
    Gabriel Fontana
    Holly Gauthier-Frankel
    Marcel Jeannin
    Pier Khol
    Jennifer Seguin
    Kwasi Songui
  • voice director
    Kathleen Fee
  • casting
    Kathleen Fee
  • translation
    Kathleen Fee
  • voice recording
    Audio Postproduction SPR Inc.
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • original music
    Adrien Chevalier
  • song
    Adrien Chevalier
  • music recording
    The Gallery Recording Studio
  • music mixing
    The Gallery Recording Studio
  • sound engineer
    Brian Forbes
  • musician
    Marielle de Rocca-Serra
    Tatiana Eva-Marie
    Adrien Chevalier
    Koran Agan
    Ari Folman-Cohen
    Brad Whiteley
    Antoine Cara
  • sound editor
    Loïc Burkhardt
  • sound designer
    Loïc Burkhardt
  • assistant sound editor
    Flavien Van Haezevelde
  • assistant sound design
    Flavien Van Haezevelde
  • re-recording
    Serge Boivin
  • backgrounds
    Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
  • background assistant
    Noemi Grüner
  • layout
    Xavier Cruz
  • animator
    Sylvie Léonard
    Xavier Cruz
    Morten Riisberg Hansen
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • compositing
    Benoît Razy
    Guillaume Levasseur
  • editing
    Hervé Guichard
  • technical coordinator
    Patrick Tallaron
    Julie Laperrière
    France Couture
    Daniel Lord
  • foley
    Julien Baissat
  • foley recordist
    Jean Baptiste Marizy
  • foley recording - assistance
    Françoise Gaillard
  • production manager
    Catherine Blanc-Maurizi
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
  • line production
    Francine Langdeau
    Jocelyne Perrier
  • producer
    Jacques-Rémy Girerd
    Corinne Destombes
    Julie Roy
  • executive producer
    Emmanuel Bernard
    René Chénier
  • distribution - marketing
    Dominique Templier
    Jeremy Mourlam
    Christine Noël

Education

Ages 6 to 17
School subjects
Civics/Citizenship - Citizen Responsibilities Diversity - Diversity in Communities Family Studies/Home Economics - Family Diversity and Challenges Family Studies/Home Economics - Relationships

Discover the life of a family as seen through the eyes of its pet, a dog who’s also a science geek. As he tries to read the paper, the poor beast is constantly interrupted by his owners, who unwittingly get on his nerves. Invite your students to explore family dynamics and identify what each family member truly wants and needs. Do these people communicate effectively?

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