10th<\/sup> Ave Productions, a production company based in the Quebec City area, has begun work on its sixth animated feature, provisionally entitled The Storm Vessel<\/em>. The project is written by \u00c9milie Rosas and produced by Nancy Florence Savard, with Philippe Arseneau Bussi\u00e8res serving as art director. Each of these three will do be doing double duty, as they share the responsibilities of directing the film.<\/p><\/p>\n\n Freely adapted from Yves Meynard\u2019s novel of the same name, which was published by \u00c9ditions M\u00e9diasPaul in 1996, the 80-minute script by \u00c9milie Rosas, with script editing by Johanne Pr\u00e9gent, immerses us in a fully-imagined fantasy world. When her older brother Thaddeus is kidnapped by the mysterious Spellbinder, eleven-year-old Lydia sets off to find him in the Misty Sea. Picked up by the crew of the Dolphin, a flying ship, Lydia becomes the apprentice of the ship\u2019s astromagician, Ambrosia, who is searching for other missing youngsters, including her own son. Determined to solve the mystery, Lydia must master astromagic in order to defeat the Spellbinder.<\/p>\n\n Seeking to enhance the diversity of the book\u2019s characters, the film\u2019s creative team has made an effort to give greater prominence to women, replacing some male characters by female ones \u2013 including Ambrosia the astromagician, and the story\u2019s main protagonist, Lydia, who is now an eleven-year-old girl. <\/p>\n\n For its sixth feature project, which will require over 24 months of work, 10th<\/sup> Ave has decided to go with a team of three directors. \u201cSince this is a very substantial project, we\u2019ve orchestrated directorial functions so that each of us can focus on certain specialties. Given that \u00c9milie works mostly in live action, she\u2019ll be largely in charge of actor direction, scene breakdown, editing and sound design. The art director, Philippe Arseneau Bussi\u00e8res, who has collaborated faithfully with 10th<\/sup> Ave for 25 years now, will be responsible for special effects, of which there are a lot. As for me, this is my third directing credit on an animated feature, and I\u2019ll be concentrating on the animation aspect, with help from director Yann Tremblay of 10th<\/sup> Ave Animation, where all the film\u2019s visuals are being created,\u201d producer Nancy Florence Savard enthusiastically declares. <\/p><\/p>\n\n The Storm Vessel<\/strong> (working title) is scheduled for a 2026 release. The production has been made possible with the support of Telefilm Canada, Sodec, Canada Media Fund, Shaw-Rocket Fund, Bell Media\/Crave, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Radio-Canada, Harold Greeberg Fund and Investissement Qu\u00e9bec. The movie will be distribute in Canada by Maison 4:3 and by Attraction Distribution and 10th<\/sup> Ave Studio on the international market. 10th<\/sup> Ave Productions is the Canadian production company behind the 100% Quebec-made animated features Katak the Brave Beluga<\/em><\/strong>, Felix and the Treasure of Morg\u00e4a<\/em><\/strong>, Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly and Simon<\/em><\/strong>, Rooster-Doodle-Doo<\/em><\/strong> and The Legend of Sarila<\/strong>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10th Ave Productions, a production company based in the Quebec City area, has begun work on its sixth animated feature, provisionally entitled The Storm Vessel. The project is written by \u00c9milie Rosas and produced by Nancy Florence Savard, with Philippe Arseneau Bussi\u00e8res serving as art director. Each of these three will do be doing double […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,106,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-animated-feature-film","category-animation-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n