Jeannine Gagné

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, Switzerland. After the Flood, a short animation film by Fernand Bélanger, was released at the beginning of 2004 and participated in 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 have been released in the fall of 2005.