''Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa'' (french: Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) is a Canadian

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adventure family film, directed by Nicola Lemay and released in 2021. The film centres on Felix, a 12-year-old boy who has been living with his mother on the Magdalen Islands since his father's failure to return from a voyage to find treasure on the Island of Eternal Night; when his mother goes off on vacation and leaves him and his infant sister, Mia, in the care of their aunt, he enlists the help of lighthouse keeper Tom to travel to the island in search of his father. The film's French voice cast includes Karine Vanasse, Gabriel Lessard, Guy Nadon,

Marc Labrèche Marc Labrèche (born November 20, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actor, comedian and host. Background The son of Quebec comedian Gaetan Labrèche, Marc Labrèche had an interest in stage acting from his childhood. His career began in ...

Catherine Proulx-Lemay Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

Éveline Gélinas Éveline Gélinas is a French-speaking Canadian actress who grew up in Saint-Boniface, Quebec, near Shawinigan. She was born in 1974 and graduated from Séminaire Sainte-Marie in 1991. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Supporting A ...

, Louis Lacombe-Petrowski, Antoine Durand, Tristan Harvey, Kim Jalabert, Geneviève Bédard, Frédéric Desager, Jean-François Beaupré and Jérôme Boiteau, while its English voice cast includes Vanasse, Boiteau, Daniel Brochu, Vlasta Vrána, Holly Gauthier-Frankel,

Angela Galuppo Angela Galuppo is a Canadian film, television and voice actress. She is best known as the frontlady of the Montreal-based band St. Ange, and for her recurring role as Bridget in the television series '' Being Human'' as well as providing the voic ...

, Wyatt Bowen, Terrence Scammell, Richard M. Dumont, Arthur Holden, Marcel Jeannin, Mark Camacho, Elizabeth Neale and Eleanor Noble. Lemay originally conceived the project as a graphic novel, before instead pitching it to 10th Ave Productions as an animated film. The film premiered on February 26, 2021 as the opening film of the Montreal International Children's Film Festival, before being released commercially in both English and French. In advance of the film's release, children's author Édith Bourget published a novelization of the film. The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the

23rd Quebec Cinema Awards The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than ...

in 2021, for Best First Film and the Public Prize."Gala Québec Cinéma : La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations"
Ici Radio-Canada, April 26, 2021.

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