Filmmaker
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Born in 1981 in Chicoutimi, Félix Dufour-Laperrière originally intended to study physics but turning to the arts he enthusiastically discovered animation and experimental film at Université de Montréal. He earned a B.A. in fine arts at Montreal’s Concordia University, majoring in animation.
His films are highly personal. Encre noire sur fond d’azur (2003) screened at over 20 international festivals and received a Jutra nomination for best Quebec animation. Around 40 festivals, including Annecy, selected his next film, Un, deux, trois, crépuscule (2006). This ambitious non-narrative work, characterized by the richness of its images, won four awards. Head, co-directed with Dominic-Étienne Simard, was similarly successful.
In 2007, Dufour-Laperrière won two artist-in-residence positions in France. At Centre images in Vendôme he made Variations sur Marilou after the song by Serge Gainsbourg. That same year, he became the first Canadian to win the Concours de la résidence au studio Folimage (Valence), where he made Rosa Rosa. The film is co-produced by the NFB, Arte France and Noir sur blanc animation, an independent production house which he founded.
Producers
Pascal Le Nôtre (Folimage)
Pascal Le Nôtre is a founding member of the French production company Folimage, a film professor, and a specialist in stop-motion animation. Hilltop Hospital, Mon âne and of course Léon in Wintertime are among his creations. Today he heads Folimage Studio, where he produces television series and short films.
Julie Roy (ONF/NFB)
Julie Roy has been producer at the National Film Board of Canada’s Animation and Youth Studio since 2007. She was also the Studio’s marketing officer from 2000 to 2006. She has marketed over sixty auteur animation films, such as Âme noire/Black Soul by Martine Chartrand, Les ramoneurs cérébraux/The Brainwashers by Patrick Bouchard, Nuit d’orage/Stormy Night by Michèle Lemieux, and Accordéon/Accordion by Michèle Cournoyer. She was also in charge of the prestigious marketing campaign for the DVD box set Norman McLaren: The Master’s Edition. Most recently, Julie produced Hungu (2008) by Nicolas Brault, which was the opening film at the 2008 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. She works closely with emerging auteur animation filmmakers and is producer of Cinéaste recherché(e) ? Le nœud cravate by Jean-François Lévesque ? and La résidence Folimage ? Rosa Rosa by Félix Dufour-Laperrière and L’Ondée by David Coquart-Dassaut. At present she is working on Patrick Bouchard’s next film, Bydlo, and completing a master’s degree in animation cinema at Université de Montréal.
