Atopia

For other uses, see Atopia (disambiguation).

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]

  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.