# Atopia

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For other uses, see [Atopia (disambiguation)](/source/Atopia_(disambiguation)).

**Atopia** was a [production company](/source/Production_company) and [film distributor](/source/Film_distributor) based in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada. The company was founded in 2000 by [Pascal Maeder](/source/Pascal_Maeder). During the following decade, the company produced and released a string of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films including [Daniel Cross](/source/Daniel_Cross_(filmmaker))' *[S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic](/source/S.P.I.T.:_Squeegee_Punks_in_Traffic)*,[1] [Federico Hidalgo](/source/Federico_Hidalgo)'s *[A Silent Love](/source/A_Silent_Love)*,[2][3] Simon Sauve's *[Jimmywork](/source/Jimmywork)*,[4][5] [Noel Mitrani](/source/Noel_Mitrani)'s *[Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi](/source/Sur_la_trace_d'Igor_Rizzi)*,[6] [Laura Bari](/source/Laura_Bari)'s *[Antoine](/source/Antoine_(film))*[7] [Jephté Bastien](/source/Jepht%C3%A9_Bastien)'s *[Sortie 67](/source/Sortie_67)*[8] as well as [André Forcier](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Forcier)'s *[Je me souviens](/source/Je_me_souviens_(2009_film))*.[9]

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

## References

1. ["SPIT IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307398/companycredits). [IMDb](/source/IMDb). Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. ["A Silent Love IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344337/companycredits). [IMDb](/source/IMDb). Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. ["A Silent Love Variety review"](https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/a-silent-love-1200534670). 7 March 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

1. ["Jimmywork IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424200/companycredits). *[IMDb](/source/IMDb)*. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. ["Fiche Jimmywork Cinématheque québécoise"](http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/73883-jimmywork). Retrieved 3 August 2017.

1. ["Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832958/companycredits). [IMDb](/source/IMDb). Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. ["Antoine IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1370139/companycredits). [IMDb](/source/IMDb). Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. ["Sortie 67 IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1651916/companycredits). [IMDb](/source/IMDb). Retrieved 20 October 2010.

1. ["Je me souviens IMDB Page"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139803/companycredits). [IMDb](/source/IMDb). Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. ["web.archive.org"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011024213546/http://www.atopia.com/webfilm/index.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.atopia.com:80/webfilm/index.html) on 24 October 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

1. ["Jaman.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071018162105/http://jaman.com/a/video/0DNWajy_YQ6M/). Archived from [the original](http://jaman.com:80/a/video/0DNWajy_YQ6M/) on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

## External links

- [Atopia](https://www.youtube.com/) on YouTube

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