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Wintopia

Wintopia is an intimate father-daughter story and poignant search for the meaning of utopia. Following the quick and tragic death of Peter Wintonick, Canada’s “documentary ambassador to the world”, his daughter Mira Burt-Wintonick dives into her father’s obsession with untangling the contradiction that is utopia. The remains of his unfinished film and several hundred hours of raw footage shot over 15 years leads Mira to surprising places and connections with her father, compelling all of us to live life with purpose.
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Wintopia is an intimate father-daughter story and poignant search for the meaning of utopia. Following the quick and tragic death of Peter Wintonick, Canada’s “documentary ambassador to the world”, his daughter Mira Burt-Wintonick dives into her father’s obsession with untangling the contradiction that is utopia. The remains of his unfinished film and several hundred hours of raw footage shot over 15 years leads Mira to surprising places and connections with her father, compelling all of us to live life with purpose.

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  • writer
    Mira Burt-Wintonick
  • director
    Mira Burt-Wintonick
  • producer
    Bob Moore
    Annette Clarke
  • executive producer
    Mila Aung-Thwin
    Daniel Cross
    Annette Clarke
  • editor
    Anouk Deschênes
  • original music
    David Drury
  • sound design
    Marie-Pierre Grenier
  • voice
    Christine Burt
    Ally Derks
    Daniel Cross
    Francis Miquet
    Katerina Cizek
    Heather Croall
    Marc Glassman
    Mark Achbar
    Nettie Wild
    Peter Lynch
    Robin McKenna
    Ron Mann
    Stephanie Boyd
    Yung Chang
    Suzanne Olsheskie
  • line production
    Valerie Shamash
  • associate producer
    Katie McKay
  • production manager
    Marina Serrao
    Daniela Flori
  • online editor
    Hamed (Ed) Aleali
  • colour grading
    Hamed (Ed) Aleali
    Samantha Neboschizkij
  • additional editing
    Mira Burt-Wintonick
    Catherine Legault
  • assistant editor
    Victor Sandrasagra
    Azed Kettani
  • editing consultant
    Tony Asimakopoulos
  • sound mixer
    Olivier Germain
  • dialogue editor
    Simon Gervais
  • narration recordist
    Luc Bouchard
  • sound studio
    Bande à part audio - coop
  • research and rights supervisor
    Edmund Duff
  • translation
    David Moore
    Joaquín Serpe
    Daphne Santos-Vieira
  • distribution
    Camille Jacques
  • marketing
    Camille Jacques
  • accounting
    Robert Hingley
    Anuj Khosla
  • intern
    Leonard Bendix
    Joaquín Serpe
    Josh Eisen
    Anna Steeley
    Paul Pecastaing
    Sandra Brown
  • auditor
    Thomas Pietrkowski
  • legal
    Remy Khouzam
  • insurance
    Globalex/Front Row Insurance
  • financial services
    Banque Nationale du Canada
  • canadian sales and distribution
    Nathalie Bourdon
  • international sales
    Catherine Le Clef
  • additional music
    Graham Van Pelt
  • film transfer services
    Video Express Multimedia
    Royal Photo
    Difuze inc.
  • production supervisor
    Roz Power
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
    Christopher MacIntosh
  • senior production coordinator
    Kelly Davis
  • marketing manager
    Johanna Lessard
  • studio administrator
    Leslie Anne Poyntz
  • legal counsel
    Dominique Aubry
  • executive director
    Michelle van Beusekom
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