Atopia (film studio)
Encyclopedia
Atopia is a production company
and film distributor
based in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. Since its inception in 2000, the company has 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
and André Forcier
's Je me souviens
.
Upcoming releases include films such as Jephté Bastien
's Sortie 67
and André Forcier's latest comedy Coteau Rouge
.
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
and film distributor
Film distributor
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...
based in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Since its inception in 2000, the company has produced and released a string of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films including Daniel Cross
Daniel Cross (filmmaker)
Daniel Cross a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He is co-founder of EyeSteelFilm with fellow director/producer Mila Aung-Thwin. He is the president of the company...
' S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks In Traffic, Federico Hidalgo
Federico Hidalgo
Federico Hidalgo is a filmmaker and film professor in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has made two feature films to date A Silent Love , and Imitation , both released by Atopia....
's A Silent Love
A Silent Love
A Silent Love is a 2004 film written and directed by Federico Hidalgo and produced by Atopia.Through an Internet service, a Montreal professor arranges for himself a Mexican bride. But both husband and wife, even with their good intentions, are in for a bumpy ride toward marital...
, Simon Sauve's Jimmywork
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...
, Noel Mitrani
Noël Mitrani
Noël Mitrani is a French and Canadian film director, a writer and also a film producer through his own production company, StanKaz Films.- Biography :...
's Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi
Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi
Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi is a 2007 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 Atopia in Canada and United States...
, Laura Bari
Laura Bari
Laura Bari is Canadian film director and producer of Argentian origin and has been living in Montreal for more than 20 years. She studied pedagogy, specialized in psychopathology of the expression....
's Antoine
Antoine (film)
Antoine is an 82-minutes 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Laura Bari. The film features a young 5-year old blind kid named Antoine Houang....
and André Forcier
André Forcier
André Forcier is a Quebec 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....
's Je me souviens
Je me souviens (2009 film)
Je me souviens is a 2009 French-Canadian 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 region....
.
Upcoming releases include films such as Jephté Bastien
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.-References:...
's Sortie 67
Sortie 67
Exit 67 is a 2010 French-Canadian film written and directed by Jephté Bastien.The film was shot in French, English and Creole language and is set around Montreal's street gangs...
and André Forcier's latest comedy Coteau Rouge
Coteau Rouge
Coteau Rouge is an upcoming French-Canadian film written and directed by André Forcier and produced by Les Films du Paria.The film is set on the south-shore of Montreal....
.