Immina Films

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Immina Films
Industry Film
Predecessor Les Films Séville
Founded2022
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people
Patrick Roy
Website https://www.imminafilms.com/

Immina Films is a Canadian film distribution company launched in 2022. [1]

The company was launched in 2022 by Patrick Roy, the former president of Les Films Séville, after the prior company was shut down in June by parent corporation Entertainment One. [2] The closure of Séville had caused concern as the company had been one of the largest distributors of films in the Quebec market, leaving a large number of recent and historical Quebec films without a distributor; [3] in November, Immina acquired Séville's back catalogue, as well as announcing Two Days Before Christmas (23 décembre) as its first new theatrical release. [4]

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