[1] They are most noted as co-directors of A Crab in the Pool (Un trou dans la poitrine), which won the Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024,[2] and was named to the initial shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in the leadup to the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.
[3] Myotte was previously director of No Title (Pas de titre), which was a Prix Iris nominee in the same category at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022.
[4] That film also featured Hamel's participation in technical roles despite him not being officially credited as a co-director.
She began her career making animated music videos for the indie rock band Karkwa,[5] where she first met Hamel when he was brought in to collaborate as an editor on the video for "La Façade".
[6] Their first animated short film as a duo, La fille aux yeux rouges, was released in 2009; they have since continued to collaborate both on films credited to the duo as co-directors, and on films credited to one of them as a solo director but still featuring supporting technical work by the other.