Industry | Media and Digital Production |
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Founded | 2013 |
Founder | Jaana 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]
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]
References
- ↑ "Robin Ingle and Jaana Hein Form Creative Partnership to Launch Film Production Company". Newswire. CNW.
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(help) - ↑ "sisu production expands into a new production space and new formats". Newswire. PNW. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Services". sisu production. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "sisu production expands into a new production space and new formats". Newswire. PNW. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Robin Ingle and Jaana Hein Form Creative Partnership to Launch Film Production Company". Newswire. CNW.
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(help) - ↑ "Once upon a time... and the rest is history!". Vimeo. 16 October 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Ingle International Wins ITIJ Global Underwriter of the Year". Newswire. Newswire. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "The Annual CAPS-I Conference: Discovering. Sharing. Networking". Vimeo. 13 June 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "CBIE's Annual Conference in Ottawa - 2014". Vimeo. 27 November 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ Pratt, Tiffany. "Tiffany Pratt: If I were a color I would be". CreativeMornings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Roya Shams". Toronto Star. The Star. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ O'Hagan, Kathleen. "Roya's Story—Revisited". Ingle International. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Google - Moments that Matter". Vimeo. 3 October 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Google Nonprofit Launches in Canada". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Making an Enactus Project Video". Enactus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Enactus Canada Promo". Vimeo. 27 April 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Enactus - National Exposition". Enactus Canada. Enactus. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
- ↑ Kotler, Liane. "And the TVO Short Doc Contest winners are..." TVO. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ↑ "VarageSale - Demo Video". VarageSale. Vimeo. 24 September 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.