Cinépix

Cinépix Inc., once doing business as C/FP Distribution and Cinépix Film Properties, is a dormant Canadian film production and distribution company. It was established in 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, by John Dunning, who soon teamed up with André Link. A key player in the development of commercial Canadian cinema, it is perhaps best known for the comedic Meatballs franchise, the thriller My Bloody Valentine and the controversial Ilsa series of sex and violence films. In the mid-1990s, the company became an important distributor of independent films in the U.S., before being acquired by the newly formed Lions Gate Entertainment and morphing into Lions Gate Films in 1998.