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. sisu production provides customized film production, animation and photography services to independent clients. The company was founded in 2013 by Jaana Hein and Robin Ingle. [1] sisu production maintains a dedicated studio in addition to corporate office space in downtown Toronto. [2]

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sisu production works in different areas of film production and provides various media production services, including generating and developing ideas to a full range of production services. The company provides specialized services based on content requirements. In the past, they have produced commercials, training videos, photography, documentaries, and other media. [3] [4]

The origin of the name "sisu production" comes from the Finnish word sisu , meaning strength, endurance, and determination. [5]

Notable productions

The company’s first production was a video feature for the 2013 International Travel & Health Insurance Conference (ITIJ) event in Vienna, Austria. [6] Ingle International ended up winning the ITIJ Global Insurer/Underwrite of the year at the ITIC Industry event in Barcelona, where the video was shown. [7]

In 2013, sisu production produced video features for the educational sector, at the 2013 Canadian Association of Public Schools – International (CAPS-I) Conference. [8]

In 2014, sisu production collaborated with the Canadian Bureau of International Education at the annual conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to provide video coverage of the event. [9] sisu production also worked with CreativeMornings to produce a short film feature. [10] In the same year, sisu production provided video coverage of the story of Roya Shams, an Afghan teenage girl who was funded by a Canadian charity campaign to obtain secondary and post-secondary education in Canada. [11] [12] Additionally, Google Canada collaborated with sisu production and Hand Eye Photography to produce two films for marketing purposes. [13] [14]

In 2014 and 2015, sisu production produced a promotional image movie for Enactus Canada, a Canadian non-for-profit foundation. [15] [16] [17]

In 2016, sisu production won third place in TVO's short documentary contest for "I am a Doctor", directed by Jaana Hein. The movie explores the disparity between the job market Canada is promoting to immigrants versus reality. [18]

sisu production has also collaborated with Novus Health, a health navigation platform, to create bilingual animations and commercials for Novus Health, as well as for their clients. sisu has also worked with VarageSale, a Canadian startup, to produce website animation. [19]

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  1. ↑ "Robin Ingle and Jaana Hein Form Creative Partnership to Launch Film Production Company". Newswire. CNW.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "sisu production expands into a new production space and new formats". Newswire. PNW. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Services". sisu production. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "sisu production expands into a new production space and new formats". Newswire. PNW. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Robin Ingle and Jaana Hein Form Creative Partnership to Launch Film Production Company". Newswire. CNW.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ↑ "Once upon a time... and the rest is history!". Vimeo. 16 October 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ingle International Wins ITIJ Global Underwriter of the Year". Newswire. Newswire. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Annual CAPS-I Conference: Discovering. Sharing. Networking". Vimeo. 13 June 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ "CBIE's Annual Conference in Ottawa - 2014". Vimeo. 27 November 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ Pratt, Tiffany. "Tiffany Pratt: If I were a color I would be". CreativeMornings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Roya Shams". Toronto Star. The Star. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ O'Hagan, Kathleen. "Roya's Story—Revisited". Ingle International. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Google - Moments that Matter". Vimeo. 3 October 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Google Nonprofit Launches in Canada". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Making an Enactus Project Video". Enactus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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  17. ↑ "Enactus - National Exposition". Enactus Canada. Enactus. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  18. ↑ Kotler, Liane. "And the TVO Short Doc Contest winners are..." TVO. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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