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Foundation date 1 january 2013
Elevation Pictures is a Canadian film distribution company founded in 2013 by Laurie May and co-led by Noah Segal. Focusing on the most innovative and inventive content available, Elevation Pictures works to bring their films to audiences through every mean possible.
The company made its debut at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
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(2014)Filmography of Elevation Pictures (6 films)
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Into the Forest (2016)
, 1h41Directed by Patricia Rozema
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, Wendy Crewson
In the not too distant future, two teenage sisters (Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood) two young women who live in a remote ancient forest struggle to survive in a remote country house after a massive, continent-wide power outage. Discovering the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse and informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness and starvation.
Big Game (2015)
, 1h50Directed by Jalmari Helander
Origin Finlande
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Stevenson, Ted Levine, Jim Broadbent, Victor Garber, Felicity Huffman
When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States William Allan Moore (Samuel L. Jackson) stranded in the wilderness of Finland, there is only one person around who can save him: a 13-year-old boy called Oskari (Onni Tommila). In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their own "Big Game" prize while Pentagon officials watch on satellite broadcast—including the Vice President (Victor Garber), the CIA director (Felicity Huffman), and former CIA field operative Herbert (Jim Broadbent), brought in as a consultant—the unlikely duo must team up to escape their hunters.
Regression (2015)
, 1h46Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Psychologie
Actors Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, Aaron Ashmore, David Dencik, Devon Bostick, David Thewlis
The film takes place in Minnesota, in the year of 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) investigates the case of John Gray (David Dencik) who admits to sexually abuse his 17-year-old daughter, Angela (Emma Watson), but has no recollection of it.
Zoom (2015)
, 1h37Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
Actors Gael García Bernal, Jason Priestley, Alison Pill, Tyler Labine, Don McKellar, Michael Eklund
La nuit, Emma est auteur de BD. Le jour, elle travaille dans une usine de poupées gonflables haut de gamme, et rêve secrètement de se faire faire la même poitrine que celle de ses poupées… La BD d’Emma raconte l’histoire d’Edward, un réalisateur au succès insolent, mais qui cache un secret embarrassant sur son anatomie… Edward fait un film sur Michelle qui, lasse, fuit sa vie de top model pour devenir écrivain… Michelle écrit un roman racontant l’histoire d’Emma, qui travaille dans une usine de poupées gonflables haut de gamme… et ainsi de suite…
Nightcrawler (2014)
, 1h57Directed by Dan Gilroy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about television, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Eric Lange, Kevin Rahm
Caught stealing from a Los Angeles construction site, Louis Bloom is confronted by a security guard for trespassing. He attacks the security guard, steals his watch and leaves with the stolen material. After negotiating a price for the material at a scrap yard, Bloom asks for a job, but the foreman says he does not hire thieves.
A Most Violent Year (2014)
, 2h3Directed by J. C. Chandor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks, Ashley Williams, Alessandro Nivola
Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is the owner of Standard Heating Oil Co, an up-and-coming company. The company has been plagued by the hijacking of several trucks, each carrying thousands of dollars in heating oil. One young driver, Julian (Elyes Gabel), is severely beaten when his oil truck is hijacked by two unknown assailants. Abel's wife, Anna Morales (Jessica Chastain), beseeches Abel to fight violence with violence, but Abel refuses. Morales and his company are under investigation by Assistant District Attorney Lawrence (David Oyelowo), who seems determined to expose price fixing, tax evasion, and various other illegalities committed by Morales and his competitors in the heating oil business.