Bestiaire

Bestiaire is a 2012 Canadian-French avant-garde nature documentary film directed by Denis Côté.^[2] The film centers on how humans and animals observe each other.^[3]

Bestiaire
Film poster
Directed by	Denis Côté
Written by	Denis Côté
Produced by	Sylvain Corbeil Denis Côté
Cinematography	Vincent Biron
Edited by	Nicolas Roy
Production companies	Metafilms (fr) Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (fr; pt)
Distributed by	FunFilm (fr)
Release date	January 22, 2012 (2012-01-22) (Sundance)
Running time	72 minutes
Countries	Canada France
Language	No dialogue
Box office	$1,428[1]

It was filmed at Parc Safari in Hemmingford, Quebec,^[3] and had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.^[4] It was also shown at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival.^[5]

The film was nominated for the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 15th Jutra Awards,^[6] and the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2012.^[7]

Release

Bestiaire was released theatrically on April 6, 2012^[2] and played in a single theater in Paris, France.^[8] FunFilm Distribution released Bestiaire on DVD on December 4, 2012.^[2]