EMA Films http://emafilms.com/en/ Film Production Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:37:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 EMAfilms at Tribeca All Access 2013 with Boris Rodriguez’ Cobarde http://emafilms.com/en/2013/04/emafilms-at-tribeca-all-access-2013-with-boris-rodriguez-cobarde/ http://emafilms.com/en/2013/04/emafilms-at-tribeca-all-access-2013-with-boris-rodriguez-cobarde/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:05:25 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=912 Cobarde by Boris Rodriguez has been selected to participate in the 2013 Tribeca All Access program, which takes place during the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC (Apr. 22 - 28th). As the only Canadian project selected to participate, Cobarde will benefit from this unique opportunity, and be presented to international distributors, sales agents and potential partners at this prestigious event.]]> We’re pleased to announce that Cobarde by Boris Rodriguez has been selected to participate in the 2013 Tribeca All Access program, which takes place during the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC (Apr. 22 – 28th). As the only Canadian project selected to participate, Cobarde will benefit from this unique opportunity, and be presented to international distributors, sales agents and potential partners at this prestigious event.

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2013/04/emafilms-at-tribeca-all-access-2013-with-boris-rodriguez-cobarde/feed/ 0 Congratulations to the team of “Mars et Avril” & “A Bottle in the Gaza Sea” both nominated at the 2013 Jutras Awards! http://emafilms.com/en/2013/03/congratulations-to-the-team-of-mars-et-avril-a-bottle-in-the-gaza-sea-both-nominated-at-the-2013-jutras-awards/ http://emafilms.com/en/2013/03/congratulations-to-the-team-of-mars-et-avril-a-bottle-in-the-gaza-sea-both-nominated-at-the-2013-jutras-awards/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:16:08 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=898 “Mars et Avril” received 5 nominations!

  • Best Art Direction - François Schuiten / Patrick Sioui / Martin Tessier / Élizabeth Williams
  • Best Overall Sound - Pascal Beaudin / Luc Boudrias / Olivier Calvert
  • Best Original Music – Benoit Charest
  • Best Costumes – Mariane Carter
  • Best Hairdresser – Richard Hansen
“A Bottle in the Gaza Sea” received one nomination
  • Best Original Music – Benoit Charest
]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2013/03/congratulations-to-the-team-of-mars-et-avril-a-bottle-in-the-gaza-sea-both-nominated-at-the-2013-jutras-awards/feed/ 0 Martin Villeneuve, first Quebecer invited to speak at a TED Conference http://emafilms.com/en/2013/02/martin-villeneuve-first-quebecer-invited-to-speak-at-a-ted-conference/ http://emafilms.com/en/2013/02/martin-villeneuve-first-quebecer-invited-to-speak-at-a-ted-conference/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:16:45 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=893 EMAfilms would like to congratulate director Martin Villeneuve for his invitation to participate in the TED 2013 conference which takes place in Long Beach California from February 25th to March 1st.  Following a screening of Mars & Avril, Martin Villeneuve was approached by the curator of the TED conferences Chris Anderson. Mr. Anderson says that Mars & Avril is “among the most astonishing films of the last few years… using a great sensibility towards the ‘codes’ of science-fiction to explore a poetic and musical  world.”  Martin Villeneuve will speak at the conference on wednesday February 27th 2013, et the program will be broadcast live in Montreal at the SAT (Société des Arts Technologiques) at 5pm (by reservation only www.sat.qc.ca).

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2013/02/martin-villeneuve-first-quebecer-invited-to-speak-at-a-ted-conference/feed/ 0 Mars & Avril receive 4 nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards! http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/mars-avril-receive-4-nominations-for-the-canadian-screen-awards/ http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/mars-avril-receive-4-nominations-for-the-canadian-screen-awards/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:58:21 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=841 Congratulations to the entire team of Mars & Avril, which has received 4 nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards!  The film is nominated in the following categories:

  • ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Martin Villeneuve
  • ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE: Benoit Charest
  • ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND: Olivier Calvert, Pascal Beaudin, Luc Boudrias, Daniel Bisson
  • ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS: Carlos Monzon, Martin Belleau, Dominic Daigle, Nathalie Dupont, Gaël Hollard, Benoît Ladouceur, Viviane Levesque Bouchard, Jérémie Lodomez, Annie Normandin, Alexandra Vaillancourt

 

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/mars-avril-receive-4-nominations-for-the-canadian-screen-awards/feed/ 0 WAR WITCH (Rebelle) nominated for an Oscar! http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/war-witch-rebelle-nominated-for-an-oscar/ http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/war-witch-rebelle-nominated-for-an-oscar/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:38:51 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=792 EMAfilms’ founder and president, Anne-Marie Gélinas, worked as Line Producer on War Witch (Rebelle), directed by Kim Nguyen and produced by Item7, which has been honoured with an Oscar nomination for “Best Foreign Language Film”.  Congratulations to the whole team!

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/war-witch-rebelle-nominated-for-an-oscar/feed/ 0 3 nominations for A Bottle in the Gaza Sea! http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/3-nominations-for-a-bottle-in-the-gaza-sea/ http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/3-nominations-for-a-bottle-in-the-gaza-sea/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:28:53 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=777 EMAfilms is proud to announce that the feature film A Bottle in the Gaza Sea has been honoured with 3 prestigious nominations for the 18th annual Prix des Lumières in France (the equivalent to the Golden Globe Awards in the US). The France/Canada/Israel co-production received nominations in the following categories... Read More.]]> EMAfilms is proud to announce that the feature film A Bottle in the Gaza Sea has been honoured with 3 prestigious nominations for the 18th annual Prix des Lumières in France (the equivalent to the Golden Globe Awards in the US).  The France/Canada/Israel co-production received nominations in the following categories: BEST SCREENPLAY - Valérie Zenatti and Thierry Binisti, BEST UPCOMING FEMALE TALENT – Agathe Bonitzer, BEST UPCOMING MALE TALENT – Mahmoud Shalaby.  The awards ceremony will take place on Friday January 18th, 2013.

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2013/01/3-nominations-for-a-bottle-in-the-gaza-sea/feed/ 0 EMAfilms in Dubai! http://emafilms.com/en/2012/12/emafilms-in-dubai/ http://emafilms.com/en/2012/12/emafilms-in-dubai/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:05:22 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=746 EMAfilms is proud to participate in the 2012 Dubai Film Market. Producer Anne-Marie Gélinas was invited to the market to present EMAfilms’ latest projects in development.

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2012/12/emafilms-in-dubai/feed/ 0 Mars & Avril in theatres! http://emafilms.com/en/2012/10/mars-avril-in-theatres/ http://emafilms.com/en/2012/10/mars-avril-in-theatres/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:43:56 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=716

Martin Villeneuve’s highly anticipated first feature film, Mars & Avril, opens in theatres today October 12! In Montreal: Quartier Latin and Cinéma Beaubien, in French; Cinéma Forum (ex-AMC), with Engl. subt.; and in Québec city: Cinéma Clap, in French.

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2012/10/mars-avril-in-theatres/feed/ 0 EMAfilms Announces Co-Production with Mexico http://emafilms.com/en/2012/09/emafilms-announces-co-production-with-mexico/ http://emafilms.com/en/2012/09/emafilms-announces-co-production-with-mexico/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:31:40 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=697

Producer Anne-Marie Gélinas has recently teamed up with Mexico’s Spectrum Films to collaborate on the development and production of “Cobarde” a script by writer-director Boris Rodriguez.  Read more about Cobarde here.

]]> http://emafilms.com/en/2012/09/emafilms-announces-co-production-with-mexico/feed/ 0 WAR WITCH (REBELLE) is Announced Canada’s Selection For The Best Foreign Language Oscar http://emafilms.com/en/2012/09/war-witch-rebelle-is-announced-canadas-selection-for-the-best-foreign-language-oscar/ http://emafilms.com/en/2012/09/war-witch-rebelle-is-announced-canadas-selection-for-the-best-foreign-language-oscar/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:21:41 +0000 admin http://emafilms.com/?p=686

EMAfilms founder and president, Anne-Marie Gélinas, worked as Line Producer on War Witch (Rebelle), directed by Kim Nguyen and produced by Item7, which has been selected to represent Canada for consideration as a possible nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 2013 Oscar race.

“It was truly a team effort and this recognition is sincerely shared with everyone who worked on this film.” - Kim Nguyen – director

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