Press release

Montreal — Monday, July 9, 2007 — ATOPIA is pleased to announce Montreal filmmaker Simon Sauvé’s first feature, Jimmywork will hit DVD shelves in the US on July 17th, 2007!

Since its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Jimmywork was also presented as part of the official selection of the Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema. It has since won the CHUM Television Award for Best Canadian First Feature at the 11th Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival, the Young Audience’s Award in the International Competition of the Visions du Réel festival in Nyon, Switzerland, and was nominated for a Jutra Award for Achievement in Film Editing in 2006.

Jimmywork relates how on the eve of his 50th birthday, Jimmy, a gambler, drinker and hopeless schemer, finds himself at the cross road of his existence. For him, it’s now or never - the time has come to escape from mediocrity. Pretending to be a big time American producer, Jimmy plans an elaborate TV ad campaign to promote a Northern Québec rodeo extravaganza. While filmmaker Simon Sauvé documents his whereabouts, a chain of events transforms the film into the making of a crime. A live action road movie, Jimmywork strikes a balance between Film Noir, Biopic and Cinema Vérité…

Atopia’s DVD edition of Jimmywork contains the following special features:

• Epilogue
• Johnnywork - up to one hour of outtakes, rough cuts & deleted scenes
• English & French language options
• Theatrical trailer

Look for ATOPIA’s DVD release of Jimmywork, in stores on July 17th, 2007 at the retail price of $24.98. For further information on Jimmywork, please visit the film’s official website at www.jimmywork.com. For information on other ATOPIA titles, please visit www.atopia.com or MySpace page at www.myspace.com/atopiaspace.

Please e-mail us with screener or publicity requests info@atopia.com. Director available for interviews.

News posted Monday, July 9, 2007.