Les Productions Rivard is an independent film and television

Television

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 production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Canada

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. It was founded in 1995 by Louis Paquin and Charles Lavack. Together, their goal was to produce television and film productions in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 for the Canadian and international market.

The company took its name from Father Léon Rivard, the first French filmmaker in Western Canada

Western Canada

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