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Archipelago (2021 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Archipelago' is a Canadian animated documentary film, directed by Flix Dufour-Laperrire and released in 2021.Wendy Ide, [https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/archipelago-rotterdam-review/5156832.article "Archipelago: Rotterdam Review"]. 'Screen Daily', February 5, 2021. A poetic essay film that blends diverse styles of animation, the film is a psychogeographic meditation on the islands in the St. Lawrence River,Martin Gignac, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2021-10-29/archipel/poesie-animee.php "Posie anime"]. 'La Presse', October 29, 2021. forming a metaphor for Quebec's status as an "uncertain country" defined by the tensions between its status as a province of Canada and the Qubcois people's conception of themselves as a distinct nation.Chris Robinson, [https://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/enter-the-impossible-province-felix-dufour-laperriere-on-his-quebec-set-feature-archipelago-201518.html "Enter The Impossible Province: Flix Dufour-Laperrire On His Qubec-Set Feature Archipelago"]. 'Cartoon Brew', February 3, 2021.
The film is narrated principally by Florence Blain Mbaye and Mattis Savard-Verhoeven, with a shorter narration by Josphine Bacon of one of her own poems in Innu-aimun. The animation team included Malcolm Sutherland, Philip Lockerby, Jens Hahn, and Eva Cvijanovi.
The film premiered in February 2021 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam,Mercedes Milligan, [https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/felix-dufour-laperrieres-archipelago-to-premiere-at-rotterdam/ "Flix Dufour-Laperrires Archipelago to Premiere at Rotterdam"]. 'Animation Magazine', January 12, 2021. and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April.Patrick Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/archipelago-felix-dufour-laperriere/ "Mystic River: Flix Dufour-Laperrires Archipelago"]. 'Point of View', May 4, 2021. It was released commercially on October 19.Franois Lvesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/641937/cinema-felix-dufour-laperriere-et-la-femme-aux-grandes-eaux "Flix Dufour-Laperrire et la femme aux grandes eaux"]. 'Le Devoir', October 22, 2021.
Awards
The film won a jury prize at the 2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.Brandon Choe, [https://deadline.com/2021/06/annency-flee-my-sunny-maad-the-crossing-animation-festival-1234778275/ "Flee, My Sunny Maad, The Crossing Win Top Distinctions At 2021 Annency (sic) Animation Festival Winners List"]. 'Deadline Hollywood', June 19, 2021.
It received four Prix Iris nominations at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022, for Best Documentary Film, Best Editing in a Documentary (Dufour-Laperrire), Best Sound in a Documentary (Olivier Calvert) and Best Original Music in a Documentary (Stphane Lafleur, Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux).[https://ctvm.info/devoilement-des-finalistes-aux-prix-iris-2022/ "Dvoilement des finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022"]. 'CTVM', April 14, 2022.
It was named the winner of the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association qubcoise des critiques de cinma at the 2022 Rendez-vous Qubec Cinma.[https://ctvm.info/rvqc-les-laureats-et-laureates-prix-rvqc-2022/ "RENDEZ-VOUS QUBEC CINMA : Les laurats et laurates des PRIX RVQC 2022"]. 'CTVM', May 2, 2022.
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