Archipelago (2021 film)
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Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière
| Archipelago | |
|---|---|
| French | Archipel |
| Directed by | Félix Dufour-Laperrière |
| Written by | Félix Dufour-Laperrière |
| Produced by | Félix Dufour-Laperrière Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière |
| Narrated by | Florence Blain Mbaye Mattis Savard-Verhoeven |
| Edited by | Félix Dufour-Laperrière |
| Music by | Stéphane Lafleur Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux |
Production company | L'Embuscade Films |
| Distributed by | La Distributrices de Films Miyu Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French Innu-aimun |
Archipelago (French: Archipel) is a 2021 Canadian animated documentary film, directed by Félix Dufour-Laperrière.[1] A poetic essay film that blends diverse styles of animation, the film is a psychogeographic meditation on the islands in the St. Lawrence River,[2] 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 Québécois people's conception of themselves as a distinct nation.[3]
The film is narrated principally by Florence Blain Mbaye and Mattis Savard-Verhoeven, with a shorter narration by Joséphine Bacon of one of her own poems in Innu-aimun.[1] The animation team included Malcolm Sutherland, Philip Lockerby, Jens Hahn, and Eva Cvijanović.[3]
The film premiered in February 2021 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam,[4] and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April.[5] It was released commercially on October 19.[6]