When Adam Changes

When Adam Changes is a Canadian animated comedy-drama feature film, directed by Joël Vaudreuil and released in 2023. The film centres on Adam, an impressionable teenager growing up in smalltown Quebec who has the unusual quirk that each time somebody makes a comment about his body, whether fair or unfair, his body actually changes to match the comment.
The voice cast also includes Noémie O'Farrell, Sophie Desmarais, Marc Beaupré, Isabelle Brouillette, Antoine Vézina, Julianne Côté, Fabien Cloutier, Alexis Lefebvre, Sophie Cadieux and Gaston Lepage.

Distribution

An excerpt from the film was screened as a work in progress at the 2022 Sommets du cinéma d'animation.
The completed film premiered at the 2023 Annecy International [Animation Film Festival]. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival, and screened in the Northern Lights program at the 2023 [Vancouver International Film Festival] and the national competition at the 2023 [Festival du nouveau cinéma].
The film was commercially released in June 2024.

Awards

The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best First Film at the 26th [Quebec Cinema Awards] in 2024.
The film was shortlisted for the 2025 Prix collégial du cinéma québécois.