A woman’s voice says, “Follow me, I'll take you to see them all.” She is referring to the Saint Lawrence River and its thousands of islands – real and dreamt. “I'm a capricious guide,” she warns the man (and the audience).

Félix Dufour-Laperrière's ARCHIPELAGO is a semi-fictional odyssey through his native Quebec, captured in a composition of surprising and creative animation using a wide range of styles and techniques.

This hybrid of myth and fact serves as a philosophical essay on the question; what makes a piece of land into a region or a community? Poetic musings, documentary images and contemporary impressions work together to form a multifaceted whole. ARCHIPELAGO is an adventure of sight and sound; of truth and fiction.