Sisu production

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sisu production
IndustryMedia and Digital Production
Founded2013
FounderJaana Hein, Robin Ingle
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website sisu production

Sisu production is a Canadian media and film production company, founded in 2013 by Jaana Hein and Robin Ingle. [1] The company offers customized film production, animation and photography services to independent clients. It maintains a studio and corporate office space in downtown Toronto. [2]

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Services and Areas of Work

Sisu Production operates in various areas of film production and provides a range of media production services, from idea generation and development to full-scale production services. The company tailors its services based on specific content requirements and has produced commercials, training videos, photography, documentaries, and other media. [3] [4]

The origin of the name "Sisu Production" comes from the Finnish word sisu , which means strength, endurance, and determination. [1]

Notable productions

The company’s first production was a video feature for the 2013 International Travel & Health Insurance Conference (ITIJ) event in Vienna, Austria. [5] Ingle International won the ITIJ Global Insurer/Underwriter of the Year at the ITIC Industry event in Barcelona, where the video was showcased. [6]

In 2013, Sisu Production produced video features for the educational sector at the Canadian Association of Public Schools – International (CAPS-I) Conference. [7]

In 2014, Sisu Production collaborated with the Canadian Bureau of International Education at their annual conference in Ottawa, Ontario, providing video coverage of the event. [8] The company also worked with CreativeMornings to produce a short film. [9] That same year, Sisu Production covered the story of Roya Shams, an Afghan teenage girl funded by a Canadian charity campaign to obtain secondary and post-secondary education in Canada. [10] [11] Additionally, Google Canada collaborated with Sisu Production and Hand Eye Photography to produce two marketing films. [12] [13]

In 2014 and 2015, Sisu Production produced a promotional film for Enactus Canada, a Canadian non-profit foundation. [14] [15] [16]

In 2016, Sisu Production won third place in TVO's short documentary contest for "I am a Doctor", directed by Jaana Hein. The film explores the disparity between the job market Canada promotes to immigrants and the actual job opportunities available. [17]

Sisu Production has also collaborated with Novus Health, a health navigation platform, to create bilingual animations and commercials, as well as with VarageSale, a Canadian startup, to produce website animations. [18]

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  3. ↑ "Services". sisu production. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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  5. ↑ "Once upon a time... and the rest is history!". Vimeo. 16 October 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ingle International Wins ITIJ Global Underwriter of the Year". Newswire. Newswire. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Annual CAPS-I Conference: Discovering. Sharing. Networking". Vimeo. 13 June 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ "CBIE's Annual Conference in Ottawa - 2014". Vimeo. 27 November 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ Pratt, Tiffany. "Tiffany Pratt: If I were a color I would be". CreativeMornings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Roya Shams". Toronto Star. The Star. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ O'Hagan, Kathleen. "Roya's Story—Revisited". Ingle International. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Google - Moments that Matter". Vimeo. 3 October 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Google Nonprofit Launches in Canada". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Making an Enactus Project Video". Enactus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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  16. ↑ "Enactus - National Exposition". Enactus Canada. Enactus. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  17. ↑ Kotler, Liane. "And the TVO Short Doc Contest winners are..." TVO. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  18. ↑ "VarageSale - Demo Video". VarageSale. Vimeo. 24 September 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
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