Atopia

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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,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307398/companycredits|title=SPIT IMDB Page|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=9 June 2010}} Federico Hidalgo's A Silent Love,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344337/companycredits|title=A Silent Love IMDB Page|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=9 June 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/a-silent-love-1200534670|title=A Silent Love Variety review|date=7 March 2004 |accessdate=3 August 2017}} Simon Sauve's Jimmywork,{{cite web|url=

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424200/companycredits|title=Jimmywork IMDB Page|website=IMDb |accessdate=9 June 2010}}{{cite web|url=

http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/73883-jimmywork|title=Fiche Jimmywork Cinématheque québécoise|accessdate=3 August 2017}} Noel Mitrani's Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832958/companycredits|title=Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi IMDB Page|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=9 June 2010}} Laura Bari's Antoine{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1370139/companycredits|title=Antoine IMDB Page|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=9 June 2010}} Jephté Bastien's Sortie 67{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1651916/companycredits|title=Sortie 67 IMDB Page|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=20 October 2010}} as well as André Forcier's Je me souviens.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139803/companycredits|title=Je me souviens IMDB Page|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=9 June 2010}}

Initially launched as an online film studio{{cite web|url=http://www.atopia.com:80/webfilm/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011024213546/http://www.atopia.com/webfilm/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2001|title=web.archive.org|accessdate=11 May 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://jaman.com:80/a/video/0DNWajy_YQ6M/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018162105/http://jaman.com/a/video/0DNWajy_YQ6M/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2007|title=Jaman.com|accessdate=11 May 2018}}