Pelicula Films

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Pelicula Films is a Vancouver and Montreal based production company which develops, produces and distributes films and documentaries [1]

Pelicula was founded in 2010 by Oz Yilmaz (filmmaker) [2] [1] and is known for its documentaries focusing on local artists [3] [4] [5] and cultural events [6]

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  2. "Pelicula Films Portraits: Break the artist's intimacy - The Concordian". The Concordian. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. International, Radio Canada (2016-03-31). "Portragram : à l'ombre d'une oeuvre, il y a un artiste". RCI | Français (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. Delgado, Jérôme (2016). "Des artistes font écran". Le Devoir (in French). ISSN   0319-0722 . Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. Films, Pelicula. "Pelicula Films Portrait Premiere - 1 April 2016". Evensi. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. Pelicula (2017-03-05), Watch Burning Man: Into the Realm Online | Vimeo On Demand , retrieved 2018-01-24