'' Antiviral '' is a 2012 Canadian-French science fiction horror film directed by Brandon Cronenberg . The film competed in the '' Un Certain Regard '' section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . Cronenberg re-edited the film after the festival to make it tighter , trimming nearly six minutes out of the film . The revised film was first shown at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival , and was a co-winner , alongside Jason Buxton 's '' Blackbird '' , of the festival 's Best Canadian First Feature Film award
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Antiviral (film)