The Monk and the Fish (Moine et le poisson, Le) is an animated short film made by Michaël Dudok De Wit in 1994. It was nominated for Oscar, BAFTA Film Award for Best short animated film and won 3 others.

A plump and exuberant monk goes fishing, and a playful fish eludes him. First the monk uses a rod and reel, then a net; over and over, he ends up fish-less and wet. Sleepless, he tries luring the fish at night with a bank of candles. He tries a bow and arrow. The tireless and insouciant fish leads the monk through a viaduct, over irrigated steppes, across cisterns, down canals. Suddenly, the monk's chase and the fish's teasing flight become a spiritual journey. Written by