Félix Dufour-Laperrière (born 1981) is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter from
Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada.
It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
,
Quebec
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. He is most noted for his 2021 film ''
Archipelago
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(Archipel)'', which was the winner of the
Prix Luc-Perreault The Prix Luc-Perreault, formerly known as the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson, is an annual Canadian film award, presented by the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma to a film deemed to be the best film of the year from Quebec, from among the ...
from the
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Formed in 1973, the organization currently presents two annual awards, the Prix Luc-Perreault for best Quebec film of the year and ...
at the 2022
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma
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The goal of the festival is to promote the Cinema of Quebec and i ...
.
He also received two
Prix Iris
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.24th Quebec Cinema Awards
The 24th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 5, 2022, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2021. The ceremony was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt.
Actress Hélène Florent won both Best Actress for ''Drunken Birds (Les Oisea ...
in 2022, for Best Documentary Film and Best Editing in a Documentary.
Dufour made a number of short films before releasing his debut feature documentary film, ''Transatlantic (Transatlantique)'', in 2014. He was a four-time
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Animated Short Film
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, receiving nods at the
6th Jutra Awards The 6th Jutra Awards were held on February 22, 2004 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2003.
11th Jutra Awards
The 11th Jutra Awards
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Rosa Rosa'', the
12th Jutra Awards The 12th Jutra Awards
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.M'', and the
16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion ...
in 2014 for '' The Day Is Listening (Le jour nous écoute)''.
His narrative feature debut, ''
Ville Neuve
''Ville Neuve'' is a Canadian animated drama film, directed by Félix Dufour-Laperrière and released in 2018. Using ink on paper animation, the film stars Robert Lalonde and Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Joseph and Emma, a divorced couple who reconne ...
'', was a nominee for the
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Businesses and organizations
* Darlton Gliding Club, Nottinghamshire, England
* Daybreak Game Company, an American video game developer
* Delhi Golf Club, Delhi, India
* Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie, a German organizat ...