Parabola Films is a Montreal-based Canadiancinema production company founded by Sarah Spring[1][2] and Selin Murat, a documentary filmmaker.[3] Parabola Films focuses on the production of videos which demonstrate the role of cinema in social change. The company collaborates with other film-making organizations who emphasize storytelling.[4][5]
Jeppe on a Friday was funded through IndieGoGO,[11] filmed in Johannesburg with the collaboration of eight small local filmmakers,[12] and shown at theBeijing International Film Festival.[13]
To film A St-Henri le 26 Aout in just one day, sixteen filmmakers worked together, under the direction of Shannon Walsh of Parabola Films.[14][15] The film was screened at the Durban International Film Festival.[16][17]
When the Trumpet Sounds was funded by grants from the Canadian Media Fund.[18][19]
In 2015, Parabola Films co-produced, along with Galaxia 311, Simon Hernandez’sfilm Pinilla, which is combines fictional and documentary aspects.[20] Parabola also produced, in collaboration with Radio Canada, the film Nuestro Monte Luna, which screened at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto.[21]
In 2017, Parabola Films secured funding from the Theatrical Documentary Program, sponsored by Telefilm Canada and Rogers Group, for its upcoming film Billy.[22] Also that year, Parabola filmmaker Sarah Chadwick created a documentary 1999, about suicides at a high school.[23] It was filmed in Moncton, New Brunswick, and was funded by Eurimages.[24]
In 2018, Parabola Films completed another documentary, Sweet Dreams for Chiyo, about a young girl living with diabetes.[25]
