Recent news

Febuary 24th 2010

Le bonheur de Pierre (A Happy Man) now in France's theaters .

Le Bonheur de Pierre (A Happy Man) is now released and presented in France's theaters.

Febuary 11th 2010

Another award for Le bonheur de Pierre (A Happy Man)

Le Bonheur de Pierre (A Happy Man) is selected to receive The Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 2010 Honolulu International Film Festival.

Febuary 10th 2010

Le bonheur de Pierre (A happy man) selected for the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois

We are vere pleased to announce the selection of A happy Man to the 2010 edition of Les rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.

January 13th 2010

The Challenge Action contest is now open

It's ON! The Challenge Action contest for the students of the Rhône-Alpes region is now open.

Please check our Challenge Action webpage for more information about the contest.

January 7th 2010

Le bonheur de Pierre (A happy man) in France on Febuary 24th.

It is now official, Le bonheur de Pierre (A happy man) will be released in France on Febuary 24th 2010.

December 8th 2009

A Happy man awarded in New York

On december 7th 2009, the New York International Film Festival revealed the list of winners for their last edition, which took place in october 2009.

It is with great pleasure we announce that A happy Man won in the "Best International Feature Film" category.

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About iStudio

By the power of images and the emotion of sound, iStudio seeks to communicate, entertain, make people think and encourage dreams!

A treasure chest of ideas! This is iStudio’s most distinctive feature. Since our beginnings, iStudio has worked on the development of many concepts for corporate films, shows, television programs and fiction or documentary film scripts. We like to describe the fascinating process that transforms ideas into reality as alchemy. While ideation is our passion, so is production. Every project is carried out very rigorously. Over the years iStudio has accumulated a solid experience in audiovisual production while producing numerous hours of magazine and documentary shows which aired in many countries.

Guy Bonnier, founder of iSCTV, with Jean Leclerc, Nelson Mandela, Lucie Pagé and Richard Hamel, during the shooting of the documentary "Journeys of the Freedom Songs", produced for the series"The Greatest Journeys on Earth".

With iStudio established in France since July 2007, we have gained six time zones to imagine and carry out even more projects. Now present on two continents, we’re part of the global village.

Guy Bonnier

Co-founder of iSCTV, Guy Bonnier is responsible for the management and content for the company's film and television productions. He coordinates the creative efforts and develops new types of productions. He co-wrote the full-length feature film A Happy Man, starring Pierre Richard. He created the documentaries Street Crazy, The Pixel Revolution, Citizen Jef, BlockBuskers, nominaded best writer for Un pont entre deux rives, best producer for the documentary series Maître en scène. By the end of 1990, Guy Bonnier became vice president of Planète Bleue Communications. He was producer, associate producer and production manager for several documentaries, including The Greatest Journey's on Earth, a series shot on the four corners of the world and sold in more than 100 countries. From 1980 to 1989, Guy worked with singer Daniel Lavoie. He started as lighting designer, moved to stage manager, production director, associate producer and finally, creator of shows that earned him a nomination at the ADISQ in 1988. The following decade was one of freelance. He also developed television concepts as well as web sites and multimedia designs.

Henri Grange

Henri Grange, an industrialist passionate by culture. In 1976, he formed Leygaplast, a company that processed polyethylene at Riotord in Haute-Loire. Thus he became one of the earliest processors of this high-density substance in France. Ten years later, he opened a new site (now called J&M PLAST) in Beauzac. In 1996, Henri Grange created Leygatech, which produces technical plastic film. After two years in operation, Leygatech employed 85 people and had sales figures of 116 million €. These figures continue to rise. In 2006, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Formula 1 Grand Prix of France at Magny-Cour, Henri Grange co-produced the show The Dark Side of the Moon. He was one of the executive co-producers of the film Le Bonheur de Pierre (A Happy Man).

Jérôme Grange has a bachelor in international commerce from the university of Cardiff and from the École Supérieure de Commerce of Saint-Étienne. He is responsible for the international developement of iStudio, as well as in charge of the Europeen arm of the company. In july 2006 during the 100 year celebration of the formula 1 Grand Prix de France, he coproduced The Dark Side of the Moon with Roger Waters ( ex Pink Floyd ).

In 2005, Director of French Production of the National Film Board, Claude Bonin produced a Canada-France co-production, The last trapper, a docudrama that generated over 2 million admissions in France. He is one of the most well-known producers in Québec and can be credited for a number of feature films such as Cruising Bar (Robert Ménard), Amoureux fou (Robert Ménard), La Florida (Georges Mihalka), Pouvoir intime (Yves Simonneau), Le Papillon Bleu (Léa Pool). He has also produced various docudrama series such as Jean Duceppe, Omertà III, and Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story.

Over the last 30 years, François Asselin has led a team with experience in using communication tools, producing shows and creating events. Some 50 companies have retained his services as producer and coordinator of special events, among them: Walt Disney, Shell Canada, General Electric, IBM, SNC and The Bay. For four years he was general manager of the Cirque Akya, the first modern circus to tour Quebec’s regions. The release of the book Les vacances Chamboulées (the topsy-turvy holidays) in the summer of 2008 and the official debut of the Cirque Akya in Montreal’s Old Port were the high points of his time with this circus.

Over 25 years Jacques RADIX has perfected the art of “persuasion”, organizing events, preparing conferences and carrying out countless promotional campaigns. Trained in geography and an experienced teacher, he has been able to put his knowledge to good use, specializing in organization and promotion of high-end tourism products. With ten Tours de France behind him as a driver and 15 trips around the world as a guide, Jacques knows good wines and exotic food. As he quickly realized, his fine ear for music is considerably better than his musical talent, so he put away his guitar without regret and redirected his passion to appreciating the music of others. He is particularly fond of blues, and of organizing rock shows.

Mr. Zgarka has been a senior executive in numerous sound, film and television production and distribution companies. He recently acted as consultant to a Quebec based career college. Mr. Zgarka has over 30 years experience in this field. He is a graduate of McGill University with a degree in Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts from Sir George Williams University and has done post-graduate studies in International Communications in France. Michel Zgarka shall oversee the national and international development and sales of iStudio Cinema Television. Michel Zgarka has been a guest speaker at over 20 international entertainment industries events as well as recently the co-President of the Jury of the Rocky Awards at the Banff TV Festival (2009).