The Great Malaise () is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Catherine Lepage and released in 2019.Jean Siag, "Cinq minutes dans Le mal du siècle". La Presse, December 3, 2019. A meditation on depression and anxiety, the film centres on a woman (Miranda Handford in English, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé in French) describing her personality and hopes and dreams, initially in positive terms but becoming more tentative and uncertain as her anxieties and self-doubts emerge."Finding Light in the Darkness - Four Films by the NFB: Altötting, I, Barnabé, 4 North A, and The Great Malaise". Animation World Network, January 29, 2021.
The film premiered at the 2019 Sommets du cinéma d'animation, where it received an honorable mention in the category for Best Canadian Film.Alex Dudok de Wit, "‘And Then The Bear,’ ‘Sweet Night,’ ‘The Physics Of Sorrow’ Top Sommets 2019". Cartoon Brew, December 9, 2019.
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
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