Founded in 1999 by Jeannine Gagné, Amazone
Film is dedicated to the production of author
films for television and theatrical release.
Jeannine Gagné, producer and director, has worked
for almost ten years within the filmmakers’ collective
les Films de l’autre. She has produced numerous
short, medium and feature-length films among which Far from where? (best short at the Rendez-vous
du cinéma québécois 1989), City Dawn (best short at the Rendez-vous du
cinéma québécois 1995, Prix Visions
du Réel, Nyon 1995), Rosaire et la
Petite-Nation (in nomination for the best
feature film at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
1997) as well as The Snail Position,
a Canada/France coproduction with the participation of
Canal Plus.
Amazone Film has recently produced Pretend You Love Me (first prize,
Rhode Island Festival, 2000) a short 35mm film for children
to be broadcasted on Radio-Canada, Home,
a feature film by Phyllis Katrapani, 3 sœurs
en 2 temps, a documentary by Benoit Pilon,
and Waterfront Dreams, a
feature film by Jeannine Gagné. Lately, Roger
Toupin, épicier variété,
another documentary by Benoit Pilon released in the fall
of 2003, has won many honors such has Jutra prize (ex-aequo)
for Best Documentary as well as Bayard d’or for
Best Documentary from Festival du film francophone
de Namur. The film was also recognized as the Best
Documentary from Festival du film francophone de l’Acadie
and received a Special Mention from the young jury at
Vision du Réel, Nyon. After the Flood, a short animation film
by Fernand Bélanger, was released at the beginning
of 2004 and participated to FIFA and Festival
du nouveau cinéma de Montréal. Finally,
Gilles Carle, the untamable mind
by Charles Binamé and Solitudes
a short documentary by Jeannine Gagné will be released
in the fall of 2005.
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