Canada (company)
Canada (stylized as CANADA) is a Catalan visual content production company headquartered in the Poblenou disctrict in Barcelona, Spain with subdivisions in London and Los Angeles. The company specializes in the production and direction of music videos and television commercials. Many of their works include music videos for Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and Rosalía as well as TV commercials for Louis Vuitton, IKEA, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz and Bimba y Lola among others.[1][2] Partnerships include Diplomats in France and Rekorder in Germany.
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| Industry | Visual arts |
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| Founded | 2008; 12 years ago |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Subsidiaries | CANADA London |
| Website | www |
In 2008 the company was formed by directors Nicolás Méndez,Lope Serrano and Luis Cerveró. The company settled down at the Carrer dels Almogàvers in Barcelona, where it is still headquartered. The style that characterizes the company is, aesthetically, between a glamorous image and the most authentic European cinema. It is a constant exploration, the search for beauty and truth that results in excellent work ranging from classic advertisements to promos, fashion films and artistic collaborations for museums.[3]
History
In 2008, directors Nicolás Méndez, Lope Serrano and Luis Cerveró, who worked from the same artistic perspective, decided to join forces to improve and develop their own initiative focused on the audiovisual sector after working for many years for different companies. Together with the directors, partners executive producer Oscar Romagosa and producer Alba Barneda form the key part of the Canada collective. The first two years were hard for the company to work due to the 2008 worldwide economic crisis but specially for the Spanish financial crisis that lasted for almost six years starting in 2008.[4] Things for the company started to become better when they produced the music video for El Guincho's track "Bombay" in 2010, which went viral on Vimeo and was named the best music video of the year by Rockdelux.[5] This metheoric increase in popularity offered the company many gigs in the United Kingdom where they worked for musical bands like Scissor Sisters, The Vaccines or Battles.
After a few years represented by the production company Partizan, the group decided to change partners, trying, in this way, to approach to the production sector. Before opening in Los Angeles, since December 2012 until June 2020 the company was represented in the United States by Roman Coppola, the founder and owner of The Directors Bureau.[6][2]
In the mid-2010s the company bet on local novel artists such as Bad Gyal, C. Tangana or Rosalía back in the day. After the last one released her it single "Malamente" in May 2018 and its music video directed by Canada received universal acclaim to the point it was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video and was named Video of the Year by Pitchfork, the company grew exponentially, directing at the end of the decade and beginning of the next one music videos for internationally known artists from Travis Scott to Dua Lipa.[7] Canada was also responsible for the 2020 Louis Vuitton and Multiópticas campaign as well as for the 2020 Gaudí Cinema Awards spot.[8]
Work
| Year | Song | Artist | Director |
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| Music Videos | |||
| 2010 | "Bombay" | El Guincho | Canada |
| "Invisible Light" | Scissor Sisters | ||
| 2011 | "All in White" | The Vaccines | |
| 2013 | "Ardiente Figura" | Extraperlo | Roger Guàrdia |
| "Can't Stop Now" | The Aston Shuffle | Penascola | |
| "Desfachatez" | Fangoria | Marçal Forés | |
| "Destitute Time" | Delorean | Roger Guàrdia | |
| "Fases" | Mates Mates | ||
| "Fieras" | Extraperlo | ||
| "Fina Vanidad" | |||
| "Heat" | Furguson | ||
| "Meteoritos en Hawaii" | Papa Topo | ||
| "Resplandor" | Extraperlo | ||
| "Sangre en los Zapatos" | Papa Topo | ||
| "The Big Shift" | Maia Vidal | Pablo Maestres | |
| "Trying To Be Cool" | Phoenix | Canada | |
| "You Should Know" | Breakbot | ||
| 2014 | "Antes O Después" | Fangoria | Virgili Jubero |
| "Galaxy Gun" | Sleepy Sun | Gerson Aguerri | |
| "Gardenias" | Elsa De Alfonso Y Los Prestigio | Marçal Forés | |
| "L'Ós" | La Iaia | Marc Oller | |
| "Me Gusta Que Me Pegues" | Los Punsetes | Canada | |
| "Move With You" | Jacob Banks | ||
| "Stay Awhile" | She & Him | ||
| 2015 | "Body Talk" | Foxes | Virgili Jubero |
| "Come Home Baby" | The Charlatans | Dario Peña | |
| "Davey Crockett / All My Loving" | The Parrots, Hinds | ||
| "Garden" | Hinds | ||
| "Handsome" | The Vaccines | Gerson Aguerri | |
| "La Tejedora" | Christina Rosenvinge | Darío Peña | |
| "Make You Mine" | Family of the Year | Marc Oller | |
| "The Less I Know The Better" | Tame Impala | Laia Manzanares | |
| "The Yabba" | Battles | Roger Guàrdia | |
| "Till I Found You" | Josef Salvat | Darío Peña | |
| "Tu Casa Nueva" | El Último Vecino | Gerson Aguerri | |
| "Your Brain Is Made Of Candy" | Mourn | Roger Guàrdia | |
| 2016 | "Antes de Morirme" | C. Tangana, Rosalía | Manson |
| "Comix" | El Guincho | Roger Guàrdia | |
| "Geometría Polisentimental" | Fangoria | ||
| "Irrational Friend" | Mourn | ||
| "Siempre" | Agorazein | Manson | |
| "Singular" | Anna Bonny | Chloe Wallace | |
| "Itch" | Nothing But Thieves | Darío Peña | |
| "Warts" | Hinds | ||
| "What's It Gonna Be?" | Shura | ||
| 2017 | "Aquí Y Ahora" | Hidrogenesse | |
| "Chill Aquí" | Extraperlo | Manson | |
| "Up All Night" | Beck | Canada | |
| "Química (Dance With Me)" | Bomba Estéreo | ||
| "De Plata" | Rosalía | Manson | |
| "Don't Matter Now" | George Ezra | Marc Oller | |
| "Hula Hoop 8000" | Monarchy | Virgili Jubero | |
| "Faithless" | Flyte | Canada | |
| "Mala Mujer" | C. Tangana | Manson | |
| "Me Voy" | Ibeyi, Mala Rodríguez | ||
| "Nicest Cocky" | Bad Gyal | Roger Guàrdia | |
| "Persiguiéndonos" | C. Tangana | Manson | |
| "Telephone" | The Zephyr Bones | Roger Guàrdia | |
| 2018 | "Candela" | Bad Gyal | Manson |
| "Cry Bird" | Tennyson | Darío Peña | |
| "Dazed By The Desert" | Zeeland | Femke Huurdeman | |
| "L.A." | Mujeres | Marc Oller | |
| "Malamente" | Rosalía | Canada | |
| "No Chance" | Jarami | ||
| "Pienso en Tu Mirá" | Rosalía | ||
| "Saturn Is Not That Far Away" | Stella McCartney Kids | Roger Guàrdia | |
| "Wrong Turn" | Blanche | Nur Casadevall | |
| "Yo Sigo Iual" | Bad Gyal | Cyprien Clément-Delmas | |
| 2019 | "Crowns" | North State | Nur Casadevall |
| "Deal Wiv It" | Mura Masa | Yoni Lappin | |
| "Exits" | Foals | Albert Moya | |
| "Harleys in Hawaii" | Katy Perry | Manson | |
| "Me Quedo" | Aitana, Lola Indigo | Réalité | |
| "No Hope Generation" | Mura Masa | Yoni Lappin | |
| "No Te Debí Besar" | C. Tangana, Paloma Mami | ROGELIO | |
| "Religion" | Shura | Chloe Wallace | |
| "Toutes les Machines Ont Un Cœur" | Maëlle | Nur Casadevall | |
| "Zorra" | Bad Gyal | Cyprien Clément-Delmas | |
| 2020 | "Aprendiendo el Sexo" | Alba Farelo | |
| "Limitless" | Sudan Archives | Femke Huurdeman | |
| "Physical" | Dua Lipa | Canada | |
| "Stay" | Dora | Marc Oller | |
| "TKN" | Rosalía, Travis Scott | Nicolás Méndez | |
Accolades
| Year | Project | Artist | Institution | Recognition | Result |
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| 2010 | "Bombay" | El Guincho | Rockdelux | Music Video of the Year | Won |
| 2017 | "Mala Mujer" | C. Tangana | Los40 Music Awards | Best National Video of the Year | Nominated |
| 2018 | "Up All Night" | Beck | The Recording Academy | Best Music Video | Nominated |
| "Pienso en tu Mirá" | Rosalía | UK Music Video Awards | Best Pop Video - International | Nominated | |
| "Malamente" | The Latin Recording Academy | Best Short Form Music Video | Nominated | ||
| Rober Awards Music Prize | Best Promo Video | Nominated | |||
| UK Music Video Awards | Best Production Design in a Video | Nominated | |||
| Best Pop Video - International | Won | ||||
| Pitchfork | Music Video of the Year | Won | |||
| 2019 | Design and Art Direction | Best Direction | Won | ||
| Best Music Video | Won | ||||
| Premios Lo Nuestro | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Pienso en tu Mirá" | MTV Millennial Awards | Video of the Year | Nominated | ||
| "Me Quedo" | Aitana Lola Indigo |
Los40 Music Awards | Best National Video of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2020 | "Malamente" | Rosalía | Premios Odeón | Best Music Video | Nominated |
| "Harleys in Hawaii" | Katy Perry | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |
| "Physical" | Dua Lipa | Best Art Direction | Nominated | ||
| Best Visual Effects | Won | ||||
| NRJ Music Awards | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Camerimage | Best Music Video | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
| UK Music Video Awards | Best Pop Video | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Design in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Styling in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Editing in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| Los40 Music Awards | Best International Video | Pending | |||
| "TKN" | Rosalía Travis Scott |
Latin Grammy Awards | Best Short Form Music Video | Won | |
| UK Music Video Awards | Best Pop Video - International | Nominated | |||
| Los40 Music Awards | Best Latin Music Video | Pending | |||
| 2021 | "Physical" | Dua Lipa | Gold Derby Music Awards | Best Music Video | Pending |
References
- "About". CANADA. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- premiosgraffica (2019-01-02). "Canada, creadores de una cultura autóctona en el videoclip y la publicidad". Premios Gràffica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- Info, Graffica (April 11, 2018). "CANADA, , creadores de una cultura autóctona en el videoclip y la publicidad". YouTube. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- Freire, Juan Manuel (2018-07-24). "CANADA, los genios barceloneses que hacen los vídeos de Rosalía (y muchos más)". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- "El Guincho arrasa en los mejores de 2010 de 'Rockdelux' en RollingStone". web.archive.org. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- "The Directors Bureau, New York and L.A. - Founded: 1996". adage.com. 2002-09-01. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- "La factoría de videoclips CANADA amplía su leyenda, de Rosalía a Dua Lipa". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- "El spot de los Premios Gaudí reivindica el cine como salvación para sobrevivir al absurdo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-08-16.