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Félix Dufour-Laperrière |
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 | | Born | 1981 (age 43–44)
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| Occupation(s) | film director, animator |
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| Years active | 2000s-present |
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| Notable work | Ville Neuve, Archipelago |
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Félix Dufour-Laperrière (born 1981) is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter from Chicoutimi, Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his 2021 film Archipelago (Archipel), which was the winner of the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the 2022 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.[2]
He also received two Prix Iris nominations for the film at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022, for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary.[3]
Dufour made a number of short films before releasing his debut feature documentary film, Transatlantic (Transatlantique), in 2014.[4] He was a four-time Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film, receiving nods at the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004 for Black Ink on Blue Sky (Encre noire sur fond d'azur),[5] the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009 for Rosa Rosa,[6] the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for M,[7] and the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for The Day Is Listening (Le jour nous écoute).[8]
His narrative feature debut, Ville Neuve, was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award in 2018.[9]
He is the brother of producer Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière, with whom he cofounded the studio Embuscade Films.[10]
Filmography
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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| 2003
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Black Ink on Blue Sky (Encre noire sur fond d'azur)
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Director
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| 2006
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Un, deux, trois, crépuscule
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Director, producer, writer
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| 2006
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Head
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Director, producer
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codirected with Dominic Étienne Simard
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| 2007
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Variations sur Marilou
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Director, producer, writer
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| 2008
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Rosa Rosa
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Director, writer
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| 2009
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M
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Director, producer
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| 2010
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Strips
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Director, producer
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| 2011
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Canicule
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Director, producer
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codirector with Marie-Ève Juste
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| 2012
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Parallel North
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Director, producer
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| 2012
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Half Light Dynamics (Dynamique de la pénombre)
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Director
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codirector with Dominic Étienne Simard
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| 2013
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The Day Is Listening (Le jour nous écoute)
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Director, producer, writer
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| 2014
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Transatlantic (Transatlantique)
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Director, producer, writer
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| 2016
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Red of the Yew Tree (If ou le rouge perdu)
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Producer
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| 2018
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Ville Neuve
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Director, writer
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| 2021
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Archipelago (Archipel)
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Director, producer, writer
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| 2022
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This House (Cette maison)
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Producer
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References
- ^ Anne-Marie Gravel, "Archipel du Chicoutimien Félix Dufour-Laperrière au Festival international du film de Rotterdam". Le Quotidien, January 14, 2021.
- ^ "RENDEZ-VOUS QUÉBEC CINÉMA : Les lauréats et lauréates des PRIX RVQC 2022". CTVM, May 2, 2022.
- ^ Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022.
- ^ André Lavoie, "Et vogue le navire". Le Devoir, May 30, 2015.
- ^ Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009.
- ^ "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "DGC's list of top new Canadian filmmakers to watch". Broadcast Dialogue, September 10, 2018.
- ^ Anne-Marie Gravel, "Archipel du Chicoutimien Félix Dufour-Laperrière au Festival international du film de Rotterdam". Le Quotidien, January 14, 2021.
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