Félix Dufour-Laperrière (born 1981) is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter from Chicoutimi, Quebec.Anne-Marie Gravel, "Archipel du Chicoutimien Félix Dufour-Laperrière au Festival international du film de Rotterdam". Le Quotidien, January 14, 2021. 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."RENDEZ-VOUS QUÉBEC CINÉMA : Les lauréats et lauréates des PRIX RVQC 2022". CTVM, May 2, 2022.
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.Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022.
Dufour made a number of short films before releasing his debut feature documentary film, Transatlantic (Transatlantique), in 2014.André Lavoie, "Et vogue le navire". Le Devoir, May 30, 2015. 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),Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004. the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009 for Rosa Rosa,Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009. the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for M,"Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010. and the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for The Day Is Listening (Le jour nous écoute).Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014.
His narrative feature debut, Ville Neuve, was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award in 2018.Connie Thiessen, "DGC's list of top new Canadian filmmakers to watch". Broadcast Dialogue, September 10, 2018.
He is the brother of producer Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière, with whom he cofounded the studio Embuscade Films.Anne-Marie Gravel, "Archipel du Chicoutimien Félix Dufour-Laperrière au Festival international du film de Rotterdam". Le Quotidien, January 14, 2021.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2003 Black Ink on Blue Sky (Encre noire sur fond d'azur) Director 2006 Un, deux, trois, crépuscule Director, producer, writer 2006 Head Director, producer codirected with Dominic Étienne Simard 2007 Variations sur Marilou Director, producer, writer 2008 Rosa Rosa Director, writer 2009 M Director, producer 2010 Strips Director, producer 2011 Canicule Director, producer codirector with Marie-Ève Juste 2012 Parallel North Director, producer 2012 Half Light Dynamics (Dynamique de la pénombre) Director codirector with Dominic Étienne Simard 2013 The Day Is Listening (Le jour nous écoute) Director, producer, writer 2014 Transatlantic (Transatlantique) Director, producer, writer 2016 Red of the Yew Tree (If ou le rouge perdu) Producer 2018 Ville Neuve Director, writer 2021 Archipelago (Archipel) Director, producer, writer 2022 This House (Cette maison) Producer 2025 Death Does Not Exist (La mort n'existe pas) Director, producer, writer
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