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Canada: Cineflix Productions
| by: | Apr 1, 2006 |
Cineflix Productions
Montreal, Canada
www.cineflix.com
Managing to blend top history and science programming with notable factual, Cineflix Productions could be a role model for many prodcos trying to negotiate the new non-fiction landscape. With a guiding principle summarized as 'the idea is storytelling,' Cineflix has expanded from Montreal to Toronto, Dublin and London, and also handles distribution duties for other indies through Cineflix International. Recent notable series for Cineflix include Greatest Ever, True Crime Scene, Dogs with Jobs, Mayday, Zero Hour, Ten Days to Victory, Birth Stories and The Ultimates.
Employees: 160 total in Montreal, Toronto, London and Dublin
Hours this year: about 100
Upcoming includes: Three Days to Jonestown (with Nextfilm, Film Afrika and Galaxie in association with A&E, France 3, Vision TV and bSkyb), Wedding SOS (with NextFilm in association with Life and Living), Urban Legends (with Media Productions in association with History Canada, Canal D, A&E, FX and Channel 5)
