Red Queen Productions is a

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-based,

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cinema company founded by filmmakers Maya Gallus and

Justine Pimlott Justine Pimlott is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Red Queen Productions with Maya Gallus. She began her career apprenticing as a sound recordist with Studio D, the women’s studio at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) ...

, dedicated to creating films about women, social issues, culture and the arts.Barri Cohen
"The open hearts of the Red Queens"
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'', February 26, 2013. Their films have screened internationally at

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, SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival, Women Make Waves (Taiwan), This Human World Film Festival (Vienna),

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(San Francisco),

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(LA) and

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(New York), among others, and have been broadcast around the world. Their work has won numerous awards, including a Gemini Award for Best Direction for ''Girl Inside''.

Films

Awards and nominations

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Most, Festival internacional de Cinema del Vi i el Cava
'' * 2023: Sustainability Award: Crush: Message in the Bottle (Award) Donald Brittain Award * 2019: Best Social or Political Documentary Program: The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution (Nomination)

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* 2019: Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series: The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution (Nomination) Bay Street Film Festival * 2014: People’s Choice Award: '' Derby Crazy Love'' (Award)

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*2014: Best Editing in a Documentary: '' Derby Crazy Love'' (Nomination) *2012: Best Editing in a Documentary: '' The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche'' (Nomination) *2012: Best Cinematography in a Documentary: '' The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche'' (Nomination) *2012: Barbara Sears Documentary Award: '' The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche'' (Nomination)

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Awards *2014: Best Editing: '' Derby Crazy Love'' (Nomination) *2012: Best Editing: ''The Mystery of

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'' (Nomination) *2011: Best Editing: ''Dish-Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service'' (Nomination)

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* 2010: Best Editing in a Documentary – ''Dish, Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service'' (Nomination) * 2008: Best Direction in a Documentary - ''Girl Inside'' (Award) * 2008: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social Political Documentary – ''Girl Inside'' (Nomination) * 2004: Best Direction in a Documentary Series – 2 eps: The Boxers Heart & Battle of the Titans - ''Punch Like A Girl'' (Nomination)

Inside Out Film and Video Festival The Inside Out Film and Video Festival (formerly, Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival), also known as the Inside Out LGBT or LGBTQ Film Festival, is an annual Canadian film festival, which presents a program of LGBT-related film. Th ...

* 2005: Best Documentary– ''

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s: Women Who Love Gay Men'' (Award) Reel Out Film Festival * 2006: Best Canadian Film – ''

s: Women Who Love Gay Men'' (Award) Sheffield Adventure Film Festival * 2015: Best Women in Adventure Film, Bronze: '' Derby Crazy Love'' (Sheffield, UK) 2(Award) * 2015: Best Soundtrack, Gold: '' Derby Crazy Love'' (Sheffield, UK) 3(Award) * 2015: Special Jury Citation, Best Film: '' Derby Crazy Love'' (Sheffield, UK)

Yorkton Film Festival Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in we ...

, Golden Sheaf Awards * 2011: Best Social Political Documentary - '' The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche'' (Award)

References

External links

* {{official, http://redqueenproductions.com/ Film production companies of Canada Companies based in Toronto