going under
A film by badminton plus

based on the graphic novel by zviane
published by éditions Pow Pow
originally in french in 2010 under the title apnée
then in english translation in 2016 under the title going under

SOUND

pierre yves drapeau (sound design and mixing)
georges forget (acousmatic music)
charles richard-hamelin (piano)
guy francoeur (foley)
jo caron (foley recording)

VOICES

isabelle blais (sophie)
luce beaudet (mother)
olivier morin (marc & laurent)
sarianne cormier (laura)
badminton plus (anne)

animation: badminton plus
animation assistance: saturnome and patrick lapierre
head tech: juan camilo gamboa higuera

MOVED

badminton plus
juan camilo gamboa higuera
simone tagne
sarianne cormier
lousie léger
catherin
charles richard-hamelin

HELD A CAMERA

alexandre leblanc
patrick lapierre
my tripod

TRACKS

Steel Storms
© 2007, Georges Forget (SOCAN) /
Ymx Media (SOCAN)
℗ 2015, Enregistrements i média (SOPROQ)
Released on the album Le dernier présent,
empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 15133

Piano Sonata K.545, II Andante
wolfgang amadeus mozart
piano: charles richard-hamelin

Napoli, F.P. 40, III Caprice italien
francis poulenc
piano: charles richard-hamelin

english translation: helge dascher
background film: The Divorcee (1930)
additional sounds: freesound.org

SOFTWARE

animated in RoughAnimator for iPad
by jacob kafka

DISCLAIMER

these 7 images were generated with a
machine learning model
trained on panels from my comics
Ping-Pong and Football-Fantaisie:





SPECIAL THANKS

pierre yves drapeau, luc bossé, alexis chartrand,
maître niko, la cenne, yves pelletier, olivier godin,
marcel jean, la cinémathèque québécoise, alexandre leblanc,
the gianni's angels
juan camilo gamboa higuera & zoé marina gamboa ménard

February 2 – May 31, 2026