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Cinépix
Formerly
  • C/FP Distribution (1989–1994)
  • Cinépix Film Properties (1994–1998)
IndustryFilm
PredecessorNiagara Films / Amerivision
Founded
  • June 15, 1962; 62 years ago (1962-06-15)
FateMost assets acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment
SuccessorLionsgate Films
Headquarters
  • 3600 Boulevard Thimens
    St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
    (final headquarters)
Area served
Canada
United States
Key people
John Dunning
(founder, chairman of the board)[1]
Andre Link
(president)[1]
Subsidiaries
  • DAL Productions
  • Cinema International Canada
  • Avalanche Releasing
  • CinéGroupe
Websitecinepix.ca

Cinépix Inc., once doing business as C/FP Distribution and Cinépix Film Properties, is a dormant Canadian film production and distribution company. It was established in 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, by John Dunning, who soon teamed up with André Link. A key player in the development of commercial Canadian cinema, it is perhaps best known for the comedic Meatballs franchise, the thriller My Bloody Valentine and the controversial Ilsa series of sex and violence films. In the mid-1990s, the company became an important distributor of independent films in the U.S., before being acquired by the newly formed Lions Gate Entertainment and morphing into Lions Gate Films in 1998.

History

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Founding and early years

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Cinépix started as the successor company of Amerivision, a Montreal film distributor specializing in prestige French imports, which it sold to Télévision de Radio Canada (the Francophone equivalent of CBC). When Amerivision's parent Niagara Films was abruptly shut down by its founder Fernand Séguin in 1962, one of his partners, John Dunning, established Cinépix to take over its catalogue and pay their creditors.[2] Dunning put the films in local theatres, but it was not enough to make the company viable.[3] After a few months, he brought in theatrical booker André Link to help. The latter would become his lifelong friend and associate.[4] To make ends meet, they expanded into exploitation films of wildly varying origins and quality,[5][6][7] often tweaking titles to make them appear more salacious than what was allowed at the time.[8] Around 1968, Cinépix opened an office in Toronto, headed by industry veteran Orval Fruitman,[9][10] who would remain with the company until 1979.[11]

Erotic productions

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In 1968, the company also ventured into production for the first time with the softcore Valérie. To placate Quebec's harsh censorship, Cinépix and director Denis Héroux purported to showcase a lighthearted, politically aware view of sex. Nonetheless, Dunning and Link used the collective pseudonym "Julian Parnell" in the credits, which would become their go-to alias. Valérie became the first Quebec film to top $1 million at the box office.[12] Its sole profits were enough to finance two quick follow-ups in the same mold, Here and Now (Cinépix's first color production) and Love in a Four Letter World (its first English-language production).[13] For the most part, Dunning was the creative half of the duo, while Link was the businessman.[14] Other producers followed suit, and this softcore explosion was coined as "Maple Syrup Porn" by U.S. trade magazine Variety.[15] In late 1970, Dunning hired lawyer Alfred Pariser to assist him as director of production. He would stay until 1975.[16][17]

The commercial success of Cinépix's films initially trumped their risqué nature in Quebec media and, to some extent, in other provinces.[18] Several local celebrities including Donald Lautrec, Serge Laprade and Chantal Renaud, and even Boston Bruins player Derek Sanderson, appeared in them.[19][20] Valérie and some of its successors were supported by the CFDC (later Telefilm Canada), whose president Michael Spencer understood the need for commercial product to strengthen the country's burgeoning film industry.[21][22] Saturday Night critic Marshall Delaney wrote: "What is so beautiful and so historic about Valérie is the way it defines, in 1969 terms, the traditional morality of Roman Catholic French Canada."[23] However, reviewers tipically had little to say about the film beyond its sociological novelty.[18]

Alignment with Allied Artists (1969–1973)

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Between 1969 and 1970, Kalvex, the parent company of Allied Artists, built a majority participation in Cinépix, which was supposed to help it reach a broader market.[24][25] Although Here an Now and Love in a Four Letter World were nominated for the 1970 Canadian Film Awards, bad buzz ahead of the event convinced Dunning and Link to withdraw them from the competition.[26] Calling it a publicity stunt, jury member and Loyola teacher Marc Gervais nonetheless welcomed their decision and dismissed Cinépix's work as "candy coated skin trash".[27] Dunning and Link opened a distribution office in New York called Cinepix-U.S.A., and produced Keep It in the Family, a virtually non-nude sex comedy starring former American heartthrob John Gavin.[28][29] But Kalvex's support proved limited. The pair bought back their controlling stake in early 1973 and repatriated operations to Canada.[30][31][32] The Cinepix-U.S.A. label was retained for some bookings south of the border, although it was effectively operated from Montreal.[33][34][35][36]

The company kept mulling options to find better financing, such as a stock market introduction,[31] and a sale to Montreal-based TV station Télé-Metropole, but nothing came of them.[37] Instead, Cinépix announced a two-film joint venture with Pierre David's Films Mutuels in 1973, which saw them distribute the documentary Wrestling Queen and produce yet another sex comedy, The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds.[38][39] Also that year, Cinépix was one of ten companies who set up the Association of Canadian Independent Motion Picture Distributors, of which Fruitman was named the inaugural president.[40] In its home province of Quebec, it claimed to distribute up to 100 films a year.[41]

Dual profile

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As a distributor, Cinépix helped bringing many more artistic films to the screen. A 1973 Montreal Gazette article assessed that "last year [Dunning] handled almost every acclaimed Canadian feature in both French and English."[42] In 1974, it took over the distribution of two projects from Canada's leading filmmakers, Claude Jutra's For Better and for Worse and Denys Arcand's Gina, when their competitor, Société nouvelle de cinématographie, backed out of their financial participation.[43] However, their practice of misrepresenting the film's content in promotional materials occasionally extended to the more artistically oriented product they carried.[44][45][46]

By then, the liberalization of film content had only exacerbated Cinépix's dual profile, which Dunning once described as "schizoid".[47] While courting acceptance from the mainstream entertainment industry, it relied on less savory language to peddle more explicit wares to exploitation film exhibitors.[6][48] Although Link was Jewish and a holocaust survivor, the company dabbled in the controversial Nazi exploitation subgenre, distributing the pioneering Love Camp 7, before commissioning the infamous Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS.[49] Link and Dunning typically went uncredited for these fringe activities.[50]

Nurturing filmmakers

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Regardless of its standing with critics, Cinépix's commercial ambitions made them one of the few alternatives to the NFB among aspiring film professionals. In 1973, Christian Larouche joined the company as a truck driver. He would ascend to the position of vice president, producing mainly Francophone films and eventually striking out on his own with Christal Films.[51] That year, Loyola student Don Carmody, also joined, working as a gofer on U-Turn before becoming a production executive.[52] The company's reputation soon extended beyond Quebec's borders. Hamilton's Ivan Reitman initially approached them to help him find a distributor for his bawdy comedy The Columbus of Sex.[53] Cinépix funded part of his sophomore effort Foxy Lady, and Link eventually offered Reitman to become an in-house producer for them in 1974.[6][54] Toronto's David Cronenberg also reached out to Link and Dunning and shot a test scene for a sex comedy, Loving and Laughing.[6] Cronenberg's style was deemed unfit for it, but they encouraged him to keep in touch if a better project presented itself.[55][56] This was representative of Dunning's meticulous production style, which involved considerable tinkering.[57]

For their role in kickstarting the career of several notable filmmakers, Link and Dunning have sometimes been called the "Roger Cormans of Canada", a sentiment most notably echoed by Cronenberg.[56] However, film historian Paul Corupe has contended that the Canadian market was too different from Hollywood for such a comparison to apply,[7] while Larry Kent has deemed that Cinépix's material often possessed a level of creativity beyond Corman's more derivative material.[58]

Horror and thriller

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As the box office was becoming saturated with softcore pictures, Cinépix opted for the next commercial genre, horror.[59] Their first attempt was the The Possession of Virginia, which laced its trademark eroticism with mild esoterism. But it was not successful.[60][6] They also offered a distribution deal to Ivan Reitman for Cannibal Girls, which helped him secure CFDC financing.[6] Even the liberal CFDC dragged its feet, however, when Cronenberg returned to Dunning with a project that ushered in what came to be known as body horror. Eventually released in 1975, Shivers generated unprecedented international sales for a Canadian film, and much publicity at home for its ill-advised use of taxpayer money.[6][56][61] Marshall Delaney, one of Valérie's chief apologists, led the charge against Shivers and the CFDC. In response, Link sent a pamphlet titled "Is there a place for horror in Canada's film industry?" to critics nationwide.[62] Similarly violent works followed with William Fruet's Death Weekend and Cronenberg's Rabid, which featured the novelty casting of adult film star Marilyn Chambers, although CFDC support became inconsistent in the wake of the Shivers controversy.[22][6] To help with inflating budgets, Dunning and Link turned to Lawrence Nesis' Film Co. of Winnipeg, a tax shelter broker, for their next batch of projects.[14][63]

In 1978, Cinépix merged its sales division with that of Saguenay Films, a short-lived outfit started by former Astral boss Martin Bockner. They shared a new office on Bloor Street in Toronto.[64] In January 1980, the RCMP seized 275 films from Cinépix for failure to pay performing rights on some films. Dunning retorted that no exhibitor paid the tax, which would add 32 percent to releasing costs and make the entire theatrical business unviable in Canada.[65][66] Charges were ultimately not laid.[67]

Mainstream projects

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Although Cinépix had seemingly lost Ivan Reitman after the 1978 success of his first major production Animal House, Hollywood's reluctance to let him direct led him back to his previous employer for a spiritual successor, Meatballs. Reitman sold it to Paramount and it became the highest grossing Canadian film up to that point.[68][69] Although the sale's flat fee did not drastically boost Cinépix's finances, it did improve its profile.[70] The company landed another Paramount pickup with My Bloody Valentine, while Columbia bought Happy Birthday to Me. Both films exploited the ongoing holiday horror film craze.[71][72]

Reitman again came through when he helped arrange Dunning and Link's first studio production, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. However, it was repackaged as a 3D film and rushed to the screens to compete with Return of the Jedi, which proved an insurmountable task.[73] After further disappointments with 20th Century Fox on The Vindicator and ITC Entertainment on State Park, they decided to focus on independent productions. They also lost their connection to Reitman when they opted to churn out low quality Meatballs sequels (two of which were actually licensed to other companies),[74][75] which displeased the director.[76] In 1986, Vancouver's Jeffrey Barmash joined the company's legal department, and later graduated to producing.[77] In 1988, Cinépix moved into the video-friendly action genre with Snake Eater, the first in a series of Lorenzo Lamas vehicles that made the latter a B-movie staple, while earning the company more criticism for some jarring instances of bad taste.[78][79]

Alliance with Famous Players (1989–1994)

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In 1989, Cinépix merged its distribution business with Cinexus Famous Players, itself a recent alliance of producer Cinexus and theater chain Famous Players, to form C/FP Distribution.[80][81][82] The move was motivated by a similar union between Alliance and Cineplex Odeon.[83] Cinexus quickly left the partnership, and Cinepix became the majority stakeholder.[84] Christian Larouche was in charge of French distribution, while Famous Players higher-ups managed English operations.[82] C/FP scored early coups with Cyrano de Bergerac and Lionheart, in an effort to pursue Canadian rights to indie films before U.S. companies could get them bundled with their own territory, as was the norm.[82] In 1991, Link brought in Jeff Sackman, previously vice president of Cineplex Odeon, to beef up Cinepix's English distribution staff.[85][86] Sackman helped reach an output deal with Miramax between 1991 and 1994,[87][88][89] which was followed by a briefer association with Sony Pictures Classics in 1994–95.[88][90] In 1992, Cinépix acquired Vancouver-based Festival Films, an ailing arthouse distributor formed by former Toronto and Vancouver Festival boss Leonard Schein.[84]

With the emphasis put on distribution, founder John Dunning started feeling alienated from his own company, as Cinépix distanced itself from the hands-on, Quebec-based productions that had been his lifetime's work, in favor of outsourcing direct-to-video product to Ontario-based third parties, chiefly producers David Mitchell and Damian Lee,[91][92] with whom Sackman had a working relationship from their days at Rose & Ruby and Cineplex, respectively.[93] In 1994, Cinépix acquired Famous Players' share of C/FP Distribution. To keep the same initials, the company was renamed Cinépix Film Properties.[92] When the partnership with Toronto-based Famous Players was disbanded in 1994, a company called First Ontario Film Distributors was spun off from CFP by Sackman to keep taking advantage of Ontario subsidies.[94][92] The company also shot on the West Coast, as with the two Bounty Hunter movies, made in cooperation with CineVu Films, a Vancouver company co-founded in 1991 by Barmash and Snake Eater director George Erschbamer.[77]

U.S. return and art films

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In 1995, Dunning and Link opened a New York City office. Michael Paseornek, a New York writer turned executive, was tasked with setting it up in the new position of VP of U.S. operations.[95] The site was home to a new U.S. production unit, CFP Productions, headed by Paseornek himself, assisted by Lauren McLaughlin and Ernie Barbarash.[96][97][98] Its project portfolio largely consisted of character pieces that followed the direction of contemporary independent cinema, rather than the high concept exploitation that had been Dunning's bread and butter.[99][100] A 1997 article named CFP as the only Canadian film producer with a permanent U.S. office.[101]

It also housed CFP Distribution, the company's new U.S. theatrical division.[102] It was originally managed by Adam Rogers, a former Miramax executive who had consulted with C/FP since 1991.[103] Its first release was Ang Lee's Pushing Hands.[90] CFP Distribution added a West Coast unit in 1996. Former Hemdale executive Tom Ortenberg was the company's first SoCal staffer, briefly working from his own home before offices were set up in Santa Monica.[104] He was credited for much of the company's U.S. growth.[105] Its output featured some of the top independent films of the time, including multiple Sundance winners,[106][107] as well as product deemed too edgy by more established indies like Miramax.[108]

Meanwhile, Canadian operations were also reorganized to account for CFP's ambitions. The company acquired a majority stake in CinéGroupe, an internationally recognized Montreal-based animation studio,[109] and launched CFP International, a new sales division based out of the same city and headed by former Malofilm executive Marie-Claude Poulin.[109][110] In 1997, signalling its reorientation towards the U.S. market, CFP outsourced its Canadian video distribution to Columbia TriStar Home Video,[111] and its Canadian theatrical bookings to Cineplex Odeon.[112] That year, its final one as a separate entity, CFP had revenues of CAD$58 million.[113]

Sale and rebrand as Lions Gate Films

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In 1996, CFP raised CAD$10 million by selling 35 percent of its shares to three investment firms, with an eye towards furthering the growth of its U.S. theatrical business.[114][115] This moves was presented as a prelude to a public offering in 1997.[109][110] It was instead announced in the summer of 1997 that Cinépix's principals—in addition to Link and Dunning, Sackman and Larouche owned 10 percent[109]—had sold their remaining shares for CAD$36 million to financier Frank Giustra. The company officially became Lions Gate Films on January 12, 1998,[116] while its CFP Distribution unit was rebranded as Lions Gate Releasing.[95] Together with Vancouver's North Shore Studios and Los Angeles' Mandalay Television, LGF became one of the three main divisions of Giustra's new Lionsgate Entertainment.[22] Just before the name change, Mark Urman replaced Rogers as president of U.S distribution.[117] Sackman was appointed president of Lions Gate Films Corporation, the Canadian subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment that replaced CFP,[86] while Dunning and Link respectively became chairman and C.E.O.[22][118] However, a Francophone branch managed by Christian Larouche, Les Films Cinépix, kept the Cinépix brand alive until early 2001, when Larouche reorganized it as Christal Films Productions.[119][120]

The original Cinepix Inc. entity remains in control of the Dunning estate. It is primarily used by Greg Dunning, the son of John Dunning (who passed in 2011), to curate the company's archive and promote the John Dunning Foundation, which commemorates his father's legacy and presents the John Dunning Best First Feature Award in association with the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.[121][122]

Sister companies

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Cinema International Canada / CIC Video

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A sister company of Cinépix overseeing Link and Dunning's ownership of several cinemas,[4] chief among them two chains called the Midi Minuit (for Francophones) and the Eve (for Anglophones),[123] as well as an eponymous theatrical distribution label.[124] It also branched out into videotapes as either CIC[125] or CIC Video.[126] Not to be mistaken with Cinema International Corporation and its own CIC Video division, which were affiliated with Paramount and Universal Pictures.

DAL Productions

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A sister company focused on production rather than distribution, whose initials simply stood for "Dunning And Link."[124][127] In 1981, it was one of nine companies that left the longstanding Canadian Association of Motion Picture Producers and Quebec Film Producers Association to start the dissident Association of Canadian Movie Production Companies.[128]

Avalanche Releasing / Avalanche Home Entertainment

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In the final year before the Lionsgate transition, CFP established a sublabel called Avalanche Releasing for theatrical and Avalanche Home Entertainment for video. Those were kept in operation under Lions Gate.[129][130]

Filmography

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Films produced

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Year Title Notes
1969 Valérie French-language film
1970 Here and Now French-language film
First color production
Released in the U.S. as Roommates
1970 Love in a Four Letter World With Multivision
First English-language production[131]
1970 Virgin Lovers French-language film
Also known as The Awakening
1971 Heads or Tails French-language film
With Productions Nouvelle France
1971 Foxy Lady With Ivan Reitman Productions
1971 Loving and Laughing Released in the U.S. under original title as well as Getting High, Getting Off and Turning On
1972 The Possession of Virginia Also known as Satan's Sabbath
1973 Ah, si mon moine voulait... French-language film
Also known as Joyeux compères and L'heptaméron
With Citel and Pierson Productions
1973 Keep It in the Family Via DAL Productions
With Kit Film Productions
Released in the U.S. as Love Brats
1973 Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors Concert film
With Kit Film Productions
1973 U-Turn With George Kaczender Productions[132]
Also known as The Girl in Blue
Opening film – 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
1974 The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds French-language film
1975 Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
1975 Tout feu, tout femme French-language film
With United Theatres
1975 The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck Via DAL Productions
1975 The Parasite Murders Released in most Canadian provinces as Shivers
Released in the U.S. as They Came from Within
1976 Death Weekend Via DAL Productions
Released in the U.S. as The House by the Lake
1976 Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
1977 Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia Also known as The Tigress
1977 Rabid Via DAL Productions
With Cinema Entertainment Enterprises and Dibar Syndicate
1978 Blackout Via DAL Productions
With Productions Agora and Maki Films
1979 Meatballs Via DAL Productions
1980 Golden Reel winner
1980 Hot Dog Cops Via DAL Productions
With Rose Films
Also known as Hot Dogs, The Cleanup Squad and Under the Cover Cops
Released in the U.S. as Cops and Other Lovers
1981 Happy Birthday to Me Via DAL Productions
With Famous Players
1981 My Bloody Valentine Via DAL Productions
1981 Yesterday Via DAL Productions
Also known as Scoring and This Time Forever
1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone With Columbia Pictures
1984 The Surrogate With Télé-Métropole International
1985 Junior
1986 The Vindicator With 20th Century Fox and Michael Levy Enterprises
Also known as Frankenstein '88
1987 Making It... Safe Sex education video[133]
1987 Meatballs III Via Dalco Productions
1988 Heavy Metal Summer With ITC Entertainment
Released internationally in a different cut called State Park
1989 Snake Eater With Carota Films
1990 Princes in Exile With NFB and CBC
Best feature – 31st Monte Carlo Television Festival
1990 Whispers With ITC Entertainment
1991 Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster
1992 Snake Eater III: His Law
1994 Ski School 2 With Active Entertainment
1995 Bullet to Beijing With Lenfilm
1995 Ski Hard: The Movie Released in the U.S. as Downhill Willie
Also known as Ski Nuts
1996 The Ex With American World Pictures[134]
1996 Mask of Death With Moonstone Entertainment
1996 Midnight in Saint Petersburg With Lenfilm
1996 Bounty Hunters With Moonstone Entertainment and CineVu Films
1996 Vibrations With Tanglewood Films
1996 Hawk's Vengeance
1996 The Ideal Man French-language film
With Quatrième Vague
1997 Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball With Moonstone Entertainment and CineVu Films
1997 Stag With Rampage Entertainment
1997 The Haven French-language film
Also known as The Caretaker's Lodge
1997 The Heist Also known as Hostile Force
With Shavick Entertainment and ProSieben
1997 The Kid With Melenny Productions
1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo With SFG Film Group
1998 Buffalo '66 With Muse Productions
1998 Johnny Skidmarks
1999 Elvis Gratton II: Miracle in Memphis[135] French-language film
As Les Films Cinépix
With ACPAV
2000 The Bottle[136] French-language film
As Les Films Cinépix
With Yul Films
Started development as Cinépix Film Properties / Released as Lionsgate Films
1998 Dog Park[137] With Accent Entertainment
1998 Hi-Life[137] With Gun for Hire Films
1998 Jerry and Tom[137]
1998 I'm Losing You[138]
1998 Vig[137] Also known as Money Kings
1999 The First 9½ Weeks[139] With Barnholtz Entertainment and Carousel Picture Company
Started development as Les Films Cinépix / Released as Christal Films Productions
2002 The Collector[140] French-language film

Selected films distributed in Canada

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Note: This list excludes self-produced films. Canadian distributor unless otherwise noted.

Year Title Production company Notes Refs.
1967 Belle de jour Paris-Film Production, Five Film Quebec only during original run
Also nationwide 1979 re-issue[141] 		[142]
1969 Z Réganne Films, ONCIC [143]
1970 Lorna Eve Productions [144]
1970 The Unfaithful Wife Films La Boétie, Cinegai Via Allied Artists [145]
1971 The Anonymous Venetian Ultra Films Via Allied Artists [146]
1971 Trafic Films Corona, Films Gibé, Selenia Cinematografica [147][148]
1972 Wedding in White Dermet Productions [149]
1973 Cabaret ABC Pictures International Via Allied Artists [150]
1973 Kamouraska Productions Carle-Lamy, France Cinéma Productions, Parc Film [151]
1973 The Pyx Host Productions [152]
1973 Réjeanne Padovani Cinak [153]
1976 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix Dargaud Films, Productions René Goscinny, Studios Idéfix French language only [154]
1977 The Margin Paris-Film Production Also known as The Edge [155]
1978 Violette Nozière Filmel, FR3, Cinévidéo [156]
1980 The Coffin Affair Films Ciné Scène, Productions Vidéofilms, United Theatres, et al. International sales only [157]
1980 Despair Geria Film, Bavaria Studios, SFP French version only [158]
1984 The Twin Fidéline Films, Productions de la Guéville As Cinema International Canada
With Films René Malo 		[159]
1986 The Quiet Earth Cinepro, Pillsbury Films As Cinema International Canada
Quebec only 		[160]
1988 Buster The Movie Group, Vestron Pictures Quebec only [161]
1989 All Dogs Go to Heaven Goldcrest Films, Sullivan Bluth Studios Via MGM/UA [162]
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Hachette Première, Camera One, Films A2, et al. [115][163]
1990 Metropolitan Westerly Films Quebec only [164]
1990 King of New York Reteitalia, Scena International Via Seven Arts [165]
1991 Lionheart Imperial Entertainment [166]
1992 Indochine Paradis Films, Générale d'Image, BAC Films, et al. French version only [167]
1992 Reservoir Dogs Live America Via Miramax Films [168]
1993 Farewell My Concubine Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Tomson Films Via Miramax Films [169]
1993 The Piano Jan Chapman Productions, CiBy 2000 Via Miramax Films [170]
1993 The Visitors Gaumont French-language only [115]
1993 The Crying Game Palace Pictures, Channel Four Films, EuroTrustees, et al. Via Miramax Films [84]
1993 Jamón jamón Lola Films [171]
1993 Strictly Ballroom M&A Productions Via Miramax Films [172]
1994 The Crow Miramax Films [173]
1994 Little Buddha CiBy 2000, Recorded Picture Company Via Miramax Films [173]
1994 Faraway, So Close Road Movies, Tobis Filmkunst Via Sony Pictures Classics [174]
1994 Belle Époque Fernando Trueba P.C., Lola Films, Animatógrafo, et al. Via Sony Pictures Classics [175]
1994 October ACPAV [176]
1995 Angel Baby Australian Film Finance Corporation, Stamen Films, Meridian Films Also U.S. distributor [108]
1995 Basketball Diaries Island Pictures Via New Line Cinema [177]
1995 The Monster Melampo Cinematografica, Iris Films, UGC Images, et al. Also U.S. distributor [178]
1995 Little Indian, Big City Ice Films, TF1 Film Productions, Canal+ French version only [179]
1995 Les Misérables TF1 Film Productions, Les Films 13, Canal + French version only [180]
1995 Queen Margot Renn Productions, NEF Filmproduktion, RCS Films & TV, et al. French version only [115]
1995 Ulysses' Gaze Paradis Films, Basic Cinematografica, Theo Angelopoulos, et al. Quebec only [181]
1996 Antonia's Line Bergen, Prime Time, Bard Entertainments, et al. [182]
1996 Cyclo Productions Lazennec, Lumière, La Sept Cinema, et al. [183]
1996 Heavy Available Light Productions Also U.S. distributor [184]
1996 The Daytrippers Nancy Tenenbaum Films Also U.S. distributor [185]
1996 Hype Helvey-Pray Productions [186]
1997 Another 9½ Weeks Jones Film, Saga Pictures Also known as Love in Paris [187]
1997 Sick: The Life and Death of
Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist 		Kirby Dick Also U.S. distributor [188]
1997 I Love You, I Love You Not Polar Entertainment, Die Hauskunst & Rimb, The Shooting Gallery, et al. U.S. distributor only [189]
1997 The Pillow Book Kasander & Wigman Productions, Alpha Films, Woodline Films, et al. Also U.S. distributor [190]
1997 Sunday Goatworks Films, Double A Films Also U.S. distributor [191]
1997 The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Ultra Muchos, River City Films Also U.S. distributor
Also known as Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Next Generation 		[178]
1998 Love and Death on Long Island Skyline Films, Imagex, BBC Films et al. Also U.S. distributor
Branded as both CFP and Lions Gate Films[192] 		[193][194]

Accolades

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In 1993, Dunning and Link were presented with a special Genie Award for career contributions to Canadian cinema.[54] In 1999, they received a special Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival, and were joined by director Denis Héroux for a presentation of a new print of Valérie.[195] Canadian film trade magazine Playback also inducted the pair into their Hall of Fame in 2007.[196] In 2008, the Quebec Cinematheque hosted a homage to Cinépix in the form of a cycle of seven screenings ranging from Valérie to The Ideal Man.[197] In 2011, Montreal's Fantasia festival hosted a Cinepix homage in presence of Link, Dunning, Heroux and Shivers leading woman Lynn Lowry.[198] In 2024, Fantasia awarded its Denis Héroux Prize for contributions to the development of Canadian cinema to Dunning and Link. The event was accompanied by a screening of Snake Eater.[199]

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