Telefiction profile

Founded in 1987, Telefiction has become a leading producer in Quebec. Recognized for its innovative and diversified high quality productions, the company has produced over 33 TV series: drama, documentary series, scientific magazines and variety shows. Our major successes include Comme par magie, Toc Toc Toc, Une pilule, une petite granule, Cornemuse, the miniseries Bombardier, winner of 10 Gemini Awards in 1992 and Alys Robi in 1995, in which the quality and originality were much appreciated by the public.

Telefiction is renown for the quality of its series for children. The most popular include Pin-Pon, Cornemuse (recipient of 17 Gemini Awards from 1999 to 2003), Ayoye!, Dominique raconte, Toc Toc Toc and 1,2,3… Géant.Toc Toc Toc is broadcasted on both Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec. It is a huge success among youngsters from 2 to 11 years old. The sixth season will air this fall of 2012. 1,2,3… Géant is broadcasted on Télé-Québec. This TV series specifically designed for children 2 to 5 years old invites them to jump into a magical world.

Three important websites for children have also been produced by Telefiction: www.123geant.com, www.toctoctoc.tv and www.cornemuse.com. Toc Toc Toc has won the 2008 Gemini Award for Best Web Site for a youth program.

Telefiction is producing the ninth season of Une pilule, une petite granule, a series on health and social issues broadcasted on Télé-Québec. Since May 2009, ARTV is broadcasting Comme par magie, a series of thirteen episodes bringing viewers into the world of Luc Langevin’s street magic, a scientist/illusionist. 

COMPANY PROFILE

Since 1982, Films Vision 4 has produced 25 feature films, from dramas and thrillers, to family films and comedies.  Films Vision 4 is the feature film division of Telefiction, a highly respected Canadian production company and a major producer of live action children’s series in Canada. Its impressive catalogue totals over 1300 episodes of quality content for children that has been – and still is broadcasted across Canada as well as around the world.

His President and Producer Claude Veillet completed a Master Degree in Communication Management at Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California in 1979. 

Films Vision 4 is one arm of a creative group that has over twenty-five years of experience and is known for its professional approach as well as for the diversity and originality of its productions!

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

La Florida (1993), directed by George Mihalka, was awarded the Golden Reelfor Best Box Office in Canada.

Matusalem (1993), directed by Roger Cantin,has received awards from numerous international festivals. Translated in English and German, this film has been seen in more than 20 countries.

La Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C. (2002) and L’incomparable Mademoiselle C. (2004), directed by Richard Ciupka, won many prizes at different film festivals, such as KinderFilmFest 2003, the Leeds Children’s Festival, Giffoni Film Festival and the Cinemagic World Screen Festival for Young People.

Le Journal d’Aurélie Laflamme (2010), from India Desjardins‘s books and directed by Christian Laurence, was invited in 2010 and 2011 in more than 26 Festivals and won major prizes at the New York International Children’s Film Festival, the Tel Aviv International Children’s Film Festival and at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

LES IMAGINÉS – drama – (in pre-production)

Written and directed by Simon-Olivier Fecteau

Synopsis: Imagine you wake up one morning to realize you don’t exist. You’re the product of your therapist’s imagination. That’s what happened to Arnaud. He now has to find a way to exist in spite of his therapist’s desire to eliminate his hallucination.

JOULIKS  - drama -(in development)

Written by Marie-Christine Lê-Huu

Joulik : hooligan (russian origin)

Synopsis: One family. One drama. One police investigation. One suspect. A passionate love seen through the eyes of a seven year-old child.  The young girl will retrace the chain of events, her lucid eyes tinting the story of these adult lives with gentle humor.  And she will stubbornly silence the end: the death of her parents; refusing that they will forever become bloated bodies, soaked, found several days later in a vault next to their house.

But the unexpected turn of the police investigation will force her to tell the brutal end, in order to protect someone, unjustly accused.

LE JOURNAL D’AURÉLIE LAFLAMME 2 – family -(in development)

Written by India Desjardins and Christian Laurence

Directed by Christian Laurence

After more than 800 000 books sold in Canada and 100 000 in France, here comes the conclusion of Aurélie’s adventures.

Synopsis: A few months away from the end of high school, Aurélie must work twice as hard to graduate. But, with a prom to prepare (which proves difficult, especially when you have no talent for style or to find a date), her concentration may be greatly tested.

Between her mother’s pregnancy and the complicated love stories of her friends, she faces her memories, her fears and her wounds. And with this important chapter coming to an end, she becomes aware of time passing and of what she still needs to accomplish in order to find her place in the universe.

Imagine is a French language publisher located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, founded in 2003. Focused on childhood, images and literature, Imagine is the publishing division of Téléfiction inc, a television and feature film production company. It is one arm of a creative group that has many years’ experience with youth, particularly in producing highly successful television series broadcast across Canada as well as around the world. Imagine is renown for publishing works that provide a glorious blend of art and childhood charm, books with strong stories and compelling images. We believe in bringing the two art forms together in a rich, intelligent dialogue.

Concretely, Imagine’s mission is to avoid the pitfalls of favouring aesthetics to the exclusion of all else, we refuse to publish books that are designed to impress critics without holding the interest of children themselves. On the other hand, we also stay away from books that are sweetly written but artistically empty. We believe that images are the key that children can use to open the world of literature. Therefore, we mainly publish picture books. 

To date, Imagine has published over seventy children’s books, mainly from Canadian authors and illustrators. Many of them have been selected by publishers in United States, Europe and Asia. For more information on our collections, available languages and territories please contact:

Maryse Lesage, Head of Foreign Rights. tel. (514) 499-0972 x 237

mlesage@editionsimagine.com