The 3DCG adventure about a young girl trying to find her kidnapped brother stars Sophie Nélisse Mizinga Mwinga, Hasani Freeman and Sarah Booth; hits Canadian screens February 20, 2026.
Maison 4:3 and 10th Ave Productions have unveiled the official poster and trailer for the upcoming animated feature film ), which hits Canadian screens on February 20, 2026.Sophie Nélisse stars as the apprentice astromagician Lydia alongside Mizinga Mwinga, Hasani Freeman, and Sarah Booth.
follows 11-year-old Lydia, who sets out to find her older brother Thaddeus after he is mysteriously abducted by the Spellbinder.Picked up by the crew of an airborne sailing ship called the Dolphin, Lydia is apprenticed to Ambrosia, an astromagician.The film, which took two years to produce, is helmed by screenwriter/co-director Emilie Rosas; art director/co-director Philippe Arseneau Bussières; and producer/co-director Nancy Florence Savard of 10th Ave.
The screenplay is adapted from the Yves Meynard novels: “Le vaisseau des tempêtes” (“The Storm Vessel”) and “Le prince des glaces” (“The Ice Prince”).The production was made possible through the support of Telefilm Canada; SODEC; The Canada Media Fund; the City of Québec; the Shaw Rocket Fund; Bell Media/Crave; the Radio-Canada Corporation; the Harold Greenberg Fund and Investment Québec; and the Quebec and Canadian tax credit programs.The film is distributed by Maison 4:3 in Canada.
Attraction Distribution, in conjunction with 10th Ave Studio, are the international sales agents.Check out the trailer now:
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