A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed by the desire to satisfy her thirst. Moving from parties to binge drinking, pleasure to distress, joy to delirium, she lets herself be lulled by the undulating waves of bottles. She floats in the intoxicating liquid, sees her childhood re-emerge, and feels as if she is a tiny fish lost in an ocean of madness. Her craving for alcohol engenders a burning passion. Drinking becomes a fatal embrace... On the verge of drowning in the torrent of this insane obsession, will she find the strength to rise to the surface?

Soif is a tragedy in five acts centered on a woman who must confront the fate of her existence. Michèle Cournoyer (The Hat) has created another hard-hitting film. She broaches a sensitive topic in her inimitable style, using black ink on paper to render dazzling metamorphoses.

Special Mention for Best Canadian Animation

Best Script

Honourable Mention- Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation

Best Animation Technique and Media Prize

Best Animated Film or Series for Young Audiences - Ages 6-12

Cartoon Network Award for Best Narrative Short Animation and Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation

Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short Animation

Honourable Mention for the Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation

Honourable Mention for Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2013

Honourable Mention for Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2012

Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2011

Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Animation 2011

Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2010

Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation & NFB Public Prize 2007

Best Narrative Short Animation (under 35 minutes) 2007

Best Narrative Short Animation (under 35 minutes) 2006

Best Experimental / Abstract Animation (under 35 minutes) 2006

Grand Prize for Best Independent Short Film/Video

Frederic Back Award for Best Canadian Film

Gordon Bruce Award for Humour 1992

Second Prize - Category: Films Longer than 3 minutes 1980

First Prize - Category: First Films 1980

Special Jury Award 1978

Grand Prize of the Festival 1976

Special Jury Award 1976