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Atopia is a production company and film distributor based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded in 2000 by Pascal Maeder. During the following decade, the company produced and released a string of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films including Daniel Cross' '' S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic'', Federico Hidalgo's ''A Silent Love'', Simon Sauve's '' Jimmywork'', Noel Mitrani's ''Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi'', Laura Bari's ''Antoine'' Jephté Bastien's ''Sortie 67'' as well as André Forcier André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, e ...'s '' Je me souviens''. Initially launched as an online film studio with the development of 39 episodic web films in 2001, Atopia became the first Canadian distributor to release its feature films online throug ...
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Production Company
A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and video. These groups consist of technical staff to produce the media, and are often incorporated as a commercial publisher. Generally the term refers to all individuals responsible for the technical aspects of creating a particular product, regardless of where in the process their expertise is required, or how long they are involved in the project. For example, in a theatrical performance, the production team has not only the running crew, but also the theatrical producer, designers and theatrical direction. Tasks and functions The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising the production or may accomplish this through a parent company, partner, or private investor. It handles budgeting, scheduling, scripting, th ...
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Laura Bari
Laura Bari is an Argentinian born and Montréal based filmmmaker. She studied pedagogy at Université du Québec à Montréal, specializing in psychopathology of the expression. Her debut feature film, ''Antoine'' (2008), is an-award winning documentary about a 5-year old blind boy living in Montréal, Québec, Canada. ''Antoine'' is a daring, poetic, and playful docufiction that intimately explores the life of a brilliant and unique blind boy who is fully integrated into the regular school system. The film is a homage to human resilience, optimism, and creativity. ''Antoine'' was screened in over 30 international film festivals including Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, Hot Docs in Canada, Dok Leipzig in Germany, Sheffield Doc/Fest in England, Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina and IDFA in Holland, winning multiple awards. ''Ariel'' (2013), Bari's second opus, is a feature documentary about a double amputee who sets out to rebuild his broken identity. Her la ...
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Companies Based In Montreal
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals. Companies take various forms, such as: * voluntary associations, which may include nonprofit organizations * business entities, whose aim is generating profit * financial entities and banks * programs or educational institutions A company can be created as a legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or fail to discharge their duty according to the publicly declared incorporation, or published policy. When a company closes, it may need to be liquidated to avoid further legal obligations. Companies may associate and collectively register themselves as new companies; the resulting entities are often known as corporate groups. Meanings and definitions A company can be defined as an "artificial per ...
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Film Production Companies Of Canada
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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Jaman
Jaman was a company that offered users a movie discovery site, allowing them to browse viewing options offered across the internet. In its previous iteration, Jaman was one of the first sites to offer view on demand of media on the internet. It allowed viewing on a variety of platforms via a downloadable P2P client, specializing in foreign and independent films. The company was founded by Gaurav Dhillon, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA), a Silicon Valley company that he co-founded in 1992. History In its first iteration, Jaman offered movies in both download rental and free ad-supported streaming formats. Jaman's library included independent, international and studio films through deals with major film distributors including: *Lionsgate Films (Dogville, Girl With A Pearl Earring) *Paramount Digital Entertainment (Into the Wild, The Kite Runner) *Arts Alliance America (Super Size Me) *BBC Worldwide America (documentaries including Dowry Law) *Ero ...
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Web Series
A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single instance of a web series program can be called an episode or a "webisode", however the term is not always used. In general, web series can be watched on a range of platforms and devices, including desktop, laptop, tablets and smartphones. They are different from streaming television, which can be watched on various streaming platforms. As of 2016, there were a number of awards that have been established to celebrate excellence in web series, like the Streamys, Webbys, IAWTV, and Indie Series Awards, although the Streamys and IAWTV also cover programs on streaming platforms. There are also several web series festivals, most notably in Los Angeles and Vancouver. Most major award ceremonies have also created web series and digital media awa ...
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Je Me Souviens (2009 Film)
''Je me souviens'' is a 2009 French-Canadian (Quebec) film written and directed by André Forcier and produced by Les Films du Paria. The film is set in 1949, when Maurice Duplessis was premier of Quebec and in the context of a union election in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Abitibi region. References External linksOfficial site
* 2009 films Films set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Films shot in Quebec Films directed by André Forcier Films set in 1949 Canadian drama films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub ...
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André Forcier
André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in ''Bar Salon'', ''Au clair de la lune'', ''Une Historie inventée'', ''Le Vent du Wyoming'' and ''The Countess of Baton Rouge'', blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary. He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film. Filmography * 1966: ''La mort vue par...'' * 1967: ''Chroniques Labradoriennes'' * 1971: ''The Return of the Immaculate Conception (Le Retour de l'immaculé conception)'' * 1974: ''Night Cap'' * 1974: ''Bar Salon'' * 1976: ''A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette)'' * 1983: ''Au ...
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Sortie 67
A sortie (from the French word meaning ''exit'' or from Latin root ''surgere'' meaning to "rise up") is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a strongpoint. The term originated in siege warfare. In aviation In military aviation, a sortie is a combat mission of an individual aircraft, starting when the aircraft takes off. For example, one mission involving six aircraft would tally six sorties. The sortie rate is the number of sorties that a given unit can support in a given time. In siege warfare In siege warfare, the word ''sortie'' refers specifically to a sudden issuing of troops against the enemy from a defensive position—that is, an attack launched against the besiegers by the defenders. If the sortie is through a sally port, the verb ''to sally'' may be used interchangeably with ''to sortie''. Purposes of sorties include harassment of enemy troops, destruction of siege weaponry and engineering works, joining the relief f ...
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Jephté Bastien
Jephté Bastien is a Canadian film director. His debut film, ''Sortie 67'', won the Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by a first-time film director at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011. Born in Haiti, Bastien is based in Montreal."Gang life seen from the inside, not from a soapbox"
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Antoine (film)
''Antoine'' is a 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Laura Bari. The film features a 5-year old blind boy named Antoine Houang, living in Montreal, Quebec. It tells the real and imaginary life of Antoine, a boy detective who runs, drives, makes decisions, hosts radio shows and adores simultaneous telephone conversations. Over the course of two years, he uses a mini-boom microphone to discover and capture the sounds surrounding him. In this manner he also co-created the soundtrack of the film. Synopsis The film opens with a shot of a five-year-old using a braille typewriter to describe in great detail how he became blind at birth. The next scene is Antoine receiving a phone call from Madame Rouski, who dissolved into the water while taking a shower. Antoine's mission is to find Madame Rouski. Equipped with his two best friends and a mini boom microphone to help him find clues, Antoine spends two years of his life locating her. Is she in the yellow daffodils, in the air, in ...
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Sur La Trace D'Igor Rizzi
''On the Trail of Igor Rizzi'' (french: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. The film's production companies are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The distributor is also Atopia in Canada and United States. This film won the Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2006’s Toronto International Film Festival. Plot A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the hometown of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi. Cast * Laurent Lucas as Jean-Marc Thomas * Pierre-Luc Brillant as Jean-Michel * Emmanuel Bilodeau as Gilbert McCoy * Isabelle Blais as Mélanie * Yves Allaire as Howard * Dan Chapman as Igor Rizzi * Jacinthe Pilote as The dead woman Awards * 2006 Toronto International Film Festival — Best Canadian First Fe ...
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