''Wintopia'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Mira Burt-Wintonick Mira Burt-Wintonick (born July 8, 1984) is a Canadian radio and film producer best known for her audio pieces and work on the CBC radio program ''WireTap''. Trained as a classical musician, Burt-Wintonick pursued a Communications degree from Con ...

and released in 2019. Originally conceived as an attempt to complete ''Utopia'', an unfinished documentary film her father,

Peter Wintonick Peter Kenneth Wintonick (June 10, 1953 – November 18, 2013) was a Canadian independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence for the Premie ...

, was working on at the time of his death in 2013, the film instead evolved into a personal essay on her relationship with him. The film premiered in November 2019 at the

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...

. It screened at Canadian and international documentary film festivals in 2020, before being released to digital streaming platforms in 2021. The film received three

Prix Iris The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.23rd Quebec Cinema Awards The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than ...

in 2021, for Best Documentary Film, Best Editing in a Documentary ( Anouk Deschênes) and Best Sound in a Documentary (

Olivier Germain Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery * Olivier, Louisiana, a rural p ...

and Marie-Pierre Grenier).Éric Moreault
"Prix Iris: La déesse des mouches à feu et Souterrain en tête des nominations"
'' Le Soleil'', April 26, 2021.

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