Partners

The Cinema Politica Project and Network is sponsored by parent organization überculture, and CitizenShift is the principal partner for the Canadian component of the Network. Read below for info on either of these groups...

ABOUT üBERCULTURE:

"überculture successfully delivers independent art to the eyes and ears of the public."
- Mark Achbar, director of The Corporation

"Virulent, anti-corporate propaganda."
- Vancouver Province Editorial, March 2007

überculture is a non-profit organization based in Montreal that creates, supports, promotes and disseminates media arts in order to address socio-political issues in the public sphere. We have two goals: (1) to support artists working in film, video, web-based art, music, new media and the digital arts who encourage and expand cultural citizenship in Canada; and (2) to develop and expand audiences and audience enjoyment of media arts practices by Canadian and international independent artists

ABOUT CITIZENSHIFT:

CITIZENShift is a National Film Board of Canada website dedicated to citizen engagement and social change. Point your browser to http://citizenshift.nfb.ca for unique content from active citizens, independent filmmakers and multimedia artists. Voice your opinion or contribute creatively! Check out the CitizenShift promo bumper below:

MEDIA PARTNERS:

Mongrel Media (and Métropole in Montreal):

Mongrel Media aims to bring the best of World Cinema to Canadian audiences.Established in 1994, we now distribute over 250 films from around the world. We are proud to be associated with some of the most critically celebrated films of our time including Palme d'Or Winners Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami and L’Enfant by the Dardenne brothers, The Eel by Shohei Imamura, and Camera d'Or winner A Time For Drunken Horses . Mongrel Media is the exclusive Canadian theatrical distributor for Sony Pictures Classics, whose films are at the cutting edge of Independent Cinema from America and around the world.

We are a boutique operation - independent, selective and reliable. We select our films with the Canadian audience in mind. We play our films across Canada at festivals and selected commercial and art-house cinemas; sell videos to art-house and commercial video stores as well as directly to the public; and we make our titles available for broadcast on television.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH...

We are currently looking for more national partners and sponsors, if you know of an organization that would like to collaborate with us, please contact us.

As well, each local has co-sponsors that are listed on corresponding local pages.