Elevation Pictures is a Canadian

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and production company founded in 2013 by Laurie May and co-led by Noah Segal. The company made its debut at the

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Distribution

Since its debut in late 2013, Elevation Pictures has become the leading independent distributor in Canada, releasing both critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. Titles include award-winning films such as ''

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'' and ''Flee'', and box office hits such as ''Hustlers'' and ''Paw Patrol: The Movie''. Starting in late 2014, Elevation has had Canadian distribution rights to select films made by

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, an American independent film company. In July 2014, Elevation signed a home distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to distribute their titles on Blu-ray and DVD in the majority of Canada, starting with the 2014 film ''Oculus''. In August 2014, Elevation signed a services deal with Entract Films, which gives Elevation exclusive rights to distribute their films in Quebec.

Production

In 2016, Elevation launched a production arm spearheaded by Noah Segal in partnership with producer Christina Piovesan. Since then, Elevation Pictures Productions has been actively producing and co-producing original film and TV content. Recent projects include ''French Exit'' starring

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and

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, ''The Nest'' starring

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, and ''Alice Darling'' starring

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. Elevation has several TV shows currently in development.

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* {{Authority control Canadian companies established in 2013 Film distributors of Canada Companies based in Toronto 2013 establishments in Ontario Canadian film producers