Atopia Explained
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' ,[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]
Notes and References
- Web site: SPIT IMDB Page. . 9 June 2010.
- Web site: A Silent Love IMDB Page. . 9 June 2010.
- Web site: A Silent Love Variety review. 7 March 2004 . 3 August 2017.
- Web site: Jimmywork IMDB Page. 9 June 2010.
- Web site: Fiche Jimmywork Cinématheque québécoise. 3 August 2017.
- Web site: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi IMDB Page. . 9 June 2010.
- Web site: Antoine IMDB Page. . 9 June 2010.
- Web site: Sortie 67 IMDB Page. . 20 October 2010.
- Web site: Je me souviens IMDB Page. . 9 June 2010.
- Web site: web.archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20011024213546/http://www.atopia.com/webfilm/index.html. dead. 24 October 2001. 11 May 2018.
- Web site: Jaman.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018162105/http://jaman.com/a/video/0DNWajy_YQ6M/. dead. 18 October 2007. 11 May 2018.