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Jimmywork
''Jimmywork'' is a 2004 mockumentary film written and directed by Simon Sauvé and produced by Atopia. On the eve of his 50th birthday Jimmy W finds himself at the cross roads of his existence. For him it's now or never. The time has come to become rich and maybe even famous. Pretending to be an American Producer, he offers his services to the St-Tite Rodeo to develop an ad campaign to attract American tourists. Charmed as much by his demeanor as well as by his proposition, the Rodeo organizers call him in for a meeting to present his project. The meeting turns out to be a complete fiasco. Suspicious about Jimmy, they politely turn him down. Jimmy returns home furious and determined to get his revenge. Operating from his kitchen, he plans an elaborate scheme to extort the beer stock from the Rodeo valued at a quarter of million dollars. References Variety Review External linksOfficial site* 2004 films English-language Canadian films 2000s English-language films Films set i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atopia (film Studio)
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Maeder
Pascal Maeder is a Swiss-Canadian film producer and cyberneticist. In 2020, he launched ''x-ode'', an XR messaging app enabling its users to connect with one another based on shared experiences in the real world. The app was developed by Urbanoid, a technology company founded by Maeder with hubs in Switzerland and Canada. Maeder had previously founded Atopia, a film production company through which he produced and released several feature films including S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks In Traffic (2001), A Silent Love (2004) and Je me souviens (2009). Maeder studied film production at Concordia University in the late 1980s before co-founding Dummies Theatre Dummies Theatre was a Canadian experimental and interdisciplinary contemporary theatre company known for creating free site-specific works and daring productions in vacant stores located in Montreal during the 1990s. History The group was founde ..., an experimental and interdisciplinary theatre company known for creating free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. While mockumentaries are usually comedic, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Also, docudrama is different from docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as '' cinéma vérité'' pieces following people as they go through various events. Examples emerged during the 1950s when archival film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |