Animation filmmaking
Don Juan IN Hell
Don Juan aux ENFERS
WORK IN PROGRESS
An animated adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s poem “Don Juan in Hades”.
Award for the Pitch Contest – 21st Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Vivien Forsans remporte le 4e Concours de pitchs des Sommets du cinéma d’animation – Le Lien Multimédia
Bedroom People
2022 - 04:50 - Animation
Still in festivals
A man searches through documents of an unknown USB key and discovers a strange series of recordings.
- Best Film Award – 49th Concordia Film Festival (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Raoul-Barré Award for the Best Canadian Student Film – 21st Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Best Experimental Award – 10th Annual Flamingo Festival (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
- Best Sound Award – Trinity Film Festival 2022 (Hartford, USA)
- Best Original Music – Ciné-MEC Student Film Festival (Paris, France)
- Best Experimental Short, Best Inspirational Film and Best Sound for a Short Film Award – Only The Best Film Awards (Online Competition)
- Special Mention for the Grand Prize of the Pan-Canadian Student Film Meetings – Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2022 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Fantasia Film Festival 2022 – LES FANTASTIQUES WEEK-ENDS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Supernova Digital Animation Festival – 7th Dimension (Denver, USA)
- Zlatý Voçi – Festival of the Film Theory Students 2022 (Prague, Czech Republic)
- 16th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase – Matinee Screening (Toronto, Canada)
- HISTERIA festival internacional de cine de terror, sci-fi y fantasía 2022 (San Jose, Costa Rica)
- Longue Vue sur le Court 2022 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival 2022 (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Future Visions Festival 2021 (Amsterdam, Netherlands & Tokyo, Japan)
- Plein(s) Écran(s) 2023 (Online Screening)
- Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma 2023 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti 2023 (Ypsilanti, USA)
- Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy 2023 – Graduation Films Official Competition (Annecy, France)
- Festival Émergence Montréal 2023 (Montreal, Québec, Canada)
- FUSE Films Under Severe Experiment 2023 (Karlovac, Croatia)
- Latest Visions Halloween 2023 (TV screening in Sheffield, Brighton and Belfast; United Kingdom)
- Kaboom Animation Festival 2024 – Special Screening ‘Uncanny with Kenzie’ (Utrecht, Netherlands)
- 2024 Beirut Animation Nights – International Competition (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Film Maudit 2.0 2024 – ‘Living Online’ Short Film Showcase (Los Angeles, USA)
- LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival – ‘Night Shift’ Short Film Showcase (Kyiv, Ukraine)
26th Fantasia festival features 17 films by Concordians – Concordia
Bedroom People live Q&A for Plein(s) Écran(s) – Plein(s) Écran(s)
[Plein(s) Écran(s)] 2023 — Jour 2 – Le Petit Septième
Entrevues – Vivien Forsans, réalisateur – Radio Web et Médias du Collège Stanislas
Bedroom People // Vivien FORSANS // Interview – Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy
DEUXIÈME PRénom
MIDDLE NAMe
2021 - 03:34 - Animation
The story of a mother who died four years after giving birth to her only son, a father who raised him through grief and trauma, and a boy lost in the forest.
- Special Mention for Best Documentary at the 48th Concordia Film Festival (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Special Mention of the Jury at the Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation 2022 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Audience Award for Best International Short Documentary at the Rhodope International Documentary Film Festival (Smolyan, Bulgaria)
- Ottawa International Animation Festival 2021 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
- Emerging Filmmakers Night Summer/Autumn Edition 2021 – Experimental section (Online screening)
- SHORT to the point January 2022 edition (Bucharest, Romania)
- Yale Student Film Festival 2022 (New Haven, USA)
- Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma 2022 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- My Mind on Film 2022 (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
- 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival Online (Limited online diffusion)
- Plein(s) Écran(s) Patreon – May 2023 Selection (Limited online diffusion)
- Tënk.ca – Student Films Selection – from June 16th to August 16th 2023 (Limited online diffusion)
Au Placard
To the Closet
2020 - 02:50 - Animation
France, 2012. A teenage boy tells an intimate secret to a friend, but quickly regrets it while watching the news.
- Special Mention for Best Canadian Student Film at the Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation 2020 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Best Animated Narrative at the 48th Concordia Film Festival (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Vu dans la tête de… (Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)
- Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Green Bay Film Festival (Green Bay, USA)
- 4th Lanterna Magica (Goias, Brazil)
- Très Court International Film Festival (International Screenings)
- CINEMQ 2021 (Shanghai, China)
- ANIMATIBA – Festival Internacional De Animaçao de Curitiba 2021 (Curitiba, Brazil)
- Screen and Story Film Festival 2021 (Online Screening)
- Zlatý Voči – Festival of the Film Theory Students 2021 (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Devenir Réalisateur Film Festival 2021 (Paris, France)
- Le Chouette Film Festival (Rieux-Minervois, France)
- Flip the Script 2021 (Online Festival)
- Image+Nation 34 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Plein(s) Écran(s) 2022 (Online Screening)
- MAX3MIN 2022 (Milan, Italy)
- Hiroshima Animation Season 2022 – Special Screening Gender Identity and Sexuality (Hiroshima, Japan)
- 15e Festival Objectif Cinéma Desjardins – screened with Monia Chokri’s feature film “Babysitter” (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
- Screening “Queer Animation: The Vibrant Colours of Diversity” – Canadian Cultural Center of Paris (Paris, France)
- Screening “Queer Animation: The Vibrant Colours of Diversity” – Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy 2023 (Annecy, France)
- Screening ‘Queer Desires and Sexuality’ – L’Astérisk (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Screening “Queer Animation: The Vibrant Colours of Diversity” – Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation 2024 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Coping
2019 - 01:30 - Animation
A bunch of creatures are trying to relax after a long day.
- FliQs: an evening of Queer Films (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- 46th Concordia Film Festival (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Trinity Film Festival 2019 (Hartford, USA)
- 13th Annual TAIS (Toronto, Canada)
- Breaking Waves Film Festival (Tiverton, Canada)
- Animation Volda Festival 2019 (Volda, Norway)
- DepicT! 2019 Showcase (Bristol, UK)
- 21st International Youth Media Festival YOUKI (Wels, Austria)
- Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation 2019 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Emerging Filmmakers Night Winter 2021 (Online Event)
- Tiff Next Wave 2021 – Young Creators Showcase (Online Event)
- Happy Valley Animation Festival (Penn State, USA)
- 100 Films Under 100 Minutes (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Green Bay Film Festival (Green Bay, USA)
- Festival Internacional de Cine Canabico 2021 (Mexico, Mexico)
- Here Kyiev Short Fest (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival (Online Festival)
- Future Visions Festival 2021 (Amsterdam, Netherlands & Tokyo, Japan)
- SPLIFF Film Fest 2022 (Seattle, USA)
- FICC Festival Internacional de Cine Cannabico (Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Q&A with Vivien Forsans – EFN Winter Edition – Emerging Filmmakers Night
Cristal
2017 - 28:57
Video
A story of boredom, friendship, and alcohol.
- Main Film’s ‘Soirée Optique’ December 2017 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
FRED
2016 - 10:00
Video
High School Graduation short film.
- Best Direction Prize at the Festival du Film Scolaire Ciné-Sofia 2016 (Sofia, Bulgaria)