Association coopérative de productions audio-visuelles explained

The Association coopérative de productions audio-visuelles (ACPAV) is a Canadian film cooperative, which serves as a production company for films by emerging film directors from Quebec. Established in 1971 in Montreal, the organization has played a central role in the development of the Cinema of Quebec, by producing and releasing early-career films by many of the province's most prominent and successful filmmakers.[1] Key producers associated with the cooperative have included Marc Daigle, Bernadette Payeur and René Gueissaz.[2]

Québec Cinéma named the organization as the winner of its Prix Iris Tribute Award at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, to honour its 50th anniversary.[3] This marked the first time in the history of that category that it was presented to an organization rather than an individual.

Selected filmography

Film Director Year
(20h17 rue Darling) 2003
The Absence (L'Absence) 1976
All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) 2012
Antigone 2019
Caffè Italia, Montréal 1985
Cap Tourmente 1993
Day by Day (Les grands enfants) 1980
The Devil's Hole (Le Trou du diable) Richard Lavoie 1989
The Diary of an Old Man (Le Journal d’un vieil homme) 2015
The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) 2013
Dream Life (La vie rêvée) 1972
The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange) 1991
February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) 2001
The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) 2018
Forest Alert (L'Erreur boréale) Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie 1999
The Heat Line (La ligne de chaleur) Hubert-Yves Rose 1988
Iqaluit 2018
The Legacy (La Donation) 2009
Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas) 1976
Lucien Brouillard 1983
Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) 1998
Montreal Main 1974
Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna) 2010
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) 2015
The Night of the Visitor (La nuit du visiteur) 1990
The Novena (La Neuvaine) 2005
Octobre 1994
A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'eau chaud, l'eau frette) 1976
The Party (Le Party) 1990
A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici) 2018
A Respectable Woman (Une femme respectable) 2023
Rêves de poussière 2006
The Revolving Doors (Les portes tournantes) 1988
The Salesman (Le Vendeur) 2011
The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) 1992
So the Moon Rises (La lune viendra d'elle-même) Marie-Jan Seille 2004
Summit Circle (Contre tout espérance) 2007
The Wolves (Les loups) 2014
A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) 1984
The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) 2000
You Are Warm, You Are Warm (Tu brûles... tu brûles...) 1973

Notes and References

  1. https://ctvm.info/les-50-ans-de-lacpav/ "Les 50 ans de l’Association coopérative de production audiovisuelle (ACPAV)"
  2. David Sherman, "They shoot, they score! ACPAV's co-operative road to success". Cinema Canada, March 1986. pp. 24-25.
  3. Web site: Éric . Moreault . Prix Iris: La déesse des mouches à feu et Souterrain en tête des nominations . . April 26, 2021 .