6 juillet 2011

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FROM UBISOFT MONTRÉAL TO FANTASIA: HAPPY 15th
h ANNIVERSARY!
Movie‐loving
g Ubisoft Mon
ntreal employ
yees reveal Fa
antistof, an un
nofficial Fantasia blog
Mont treal, July 7, 2011 – Thi year again Ubisoft M
, is n, co‐presenting the Fantasia
Montréal is c g
th
Intern
national Film Festival, wh
m dition is bein held from July 14 to August 7, in
hose 15 ed ng m o
th
Montreal. This edition marks th he 8 collabo
oration betwe een the leading video gam me publisher in
Montreal and the greatest genre film fest
e tival in North America, as well as the 4th year fo
h e or
Ubiso
oft’s blog FAN NTISTOF.UBI.C COM, writtenn and edited b by Ubisoft em
mployees.
The FANTISTOF.U UBI.COM blo will be online on M
og o Monday July 11. Fifteen movie‐lovin
ng
emplo oyees will sh
hare their im
mpressions, re
eviews, thouughts, and hi and misse among th
its es he
hundr red movies shown at the Festival. Ubis soft invites e veryone to p
participate an
nd discuss wit
th
its blo
oggers throug ghout the eve ent.
« Thee long‐term co ollaboration between Ubisoft Montrea al and Fantassia rests on U
Ubisoft’s desir
re
to he showcase emerging cu
elp ulture in Mon ntreal, by su pporting extraordinary cu
ultural event
ts.
Since movies and video game inspire on another m
d es ne more and m more, our ass
sociation wit
th
Fantasia is natura and very cooperative. Indeed, be
al, . eyond financi support, we share ou
ial ur
resouurces before, during and after the festival”, Ubiso Montreal Communica
oft ations Directo
or
Cedricc Orvoine sayys.
Fantasia film festival showcas short and long films from 20 cou
ses d untries, in genres such a
as
stic, action, horror, science
fantas e‐fiction and animation.
About Ubisoft Mon
t ntreal:
Founded in 1997, Ub bisoft Montreal is now one of the most impoortant game deevelopment stuudios in the
world. With the expe ertise of over 2100 employee the studio a
2 es, acts as a leade in the Montre gaming
er eal
indust and has dev
try veloped close to 70 games fr
t rom internation
nally-renowned franchises su
d uch as Tom
Clancy Splinter Cell®, Tom Clanc
y’s cy’s Rainbow Six®, Far Cry™ Assassin’s Cr
™, reed™, Just Daance, Your
Shapee™: Fitness Evo olved and Princ of Persia®. Ubisoft partne with severa emergent cultural initiative
ce ers al es
and ac
ctively participa
ates in the devvelopment of a techno-creativ community in Montreal.
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Marie‐Michelle Crevvier M
Marc Lamothe
Public Relations Mannager, Ubisoft Montréal Fa
antasia
514 4990‐2000 x31100 m
marc.lamothe@
@sympatico.ca
marie‐‐michelle.crevi
ier@ubisoft.co
om