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,[1] Federico Hidalgo's A Silent Love,[2][3] Simon Sauve's Jimmywork,[4][5] Noel Mitrani's Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi,[6] Laura Bari's Antoine[7] Jephté Bastien's Sortie 67[8] as well as André Forcier's Je me souviens.[9]

Initially launched as an online film studio[10] with the development of 39 episodic web films in 2001, Atopia became the first Canadian distributor to release its feature films online through early platforms such as Jaman.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "SPIT IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "A Silent Love IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "A Silent Love Variety review". 7 March 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Jimmywork IMDB Page". Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Fiche Jimmywork Cinématheque québécoise". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "Antoine IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Sortie 67 IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "Je me souviens IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 24 October 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Jaman.com". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2018.


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