Archipelago
Synopsis
A true animated film about invented islands. About a physical, imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between. Archipelago is a feature film made of drawings and speeches, that tells and dreams a place and its inhabitants, to tell and dream a little of our world and times.
Festivals
AWARDS
Contrechamp Jury Mention - Feature film
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France, 2021
Jury Special Mention
Bucheon International Animation Film Festival, South Korea, 2021
Best Feature Film
Cinanima, Portugal, 2021
SELECTIONS
Rotterdam International Film Festival - Big Screen Competition. Netherlands, 2021
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2021
Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Annecy Animation Film Festival, France, 2021
Golden Ger International Film Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2021
Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, 2021
Bilderausch - Filmfest Basel, Switzerland 2021
Anibar International Animation Film Festival, Kosovo, 2021
Jerusalem Film Festival, Palestine, 2021
Aricadoc International Documentary Film Festival, Chile, 2021
Fantoche Animation Film Festival, Switzerland 2021
Camden International Film Festival, USA, 2021
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Canada, 2021
Calgary International Film Festival, Canada, 2021
DocFest Elbow Islands, Canada, 2021
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 2021
FNC - Montreal Nouveau Cinema Festival, Canada, 2021
Architecture Film Festival, Rotterdam, 2021
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia, 2021
Sao Paolo International Film Festival, 2021
Bucheon International Animation Film Festival, South Korea, 2021
Denver International Film Festival, USA, 2021
St-Louis International Film Festival, USA, 2021
Cinanima, Portugal, 2021.
FICFA, Canada, 2021
ICA London, UK, 2021
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2022
Animation First Festival, USA, 2022
Melbourne Design Week Film Festival, Australia, 2022
Ann Arbor, Estados Unidos, 2022
Quebec Film Days in Italy, Italy, 2022
Architecture + Design Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Rendez-vous Quebec Cinema, Canada, 2022
Fantaspoa Film Festival, Brazil, 2022
Director: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Script: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Cast: Florence Blain Mbaye; Mattis Savard-Verhoeven
Sound: Olivier Calvert
Editing: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Music: Stéphane Lafleur, Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Production: Nicolas Dufour-Laperriere, Felix Dufour-Laperriere (Embuscade Films)
Version
Original: French and Innu-Aimun
Format
2:39.1/5.1 or stereo
DCP, Pro Res
Félix Dufour-Laperrière is a Quebec animator, director and screenwriter born in 1981 in Chicoutimi, Quebec. His productions oscillate between documentary, animation and experimental short films. His work is also marked by the great importance he attaches to poetry and language.
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