Conquering Lion Pictures (CLP) is an independent film production company founded by Clement Virgo and Damon D’Oliveira.
CLP have produced or co-produced a number of noteworthy films. Poor Boy's Game (2007), directed by Virgo, premiered at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival as a "Panorama Special Selection", and was later presented as a Special Selection at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It earned director Virgo a nomination in 2007 for the DGC Outstanding Achievement Craft Award for direction of a motion picture film. Lie with Me (2005) premiered at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival as a "Panorama Selection". It caused a stir at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival for its portrayal of explicit sexual themes,[1] and has since been distributed internationally in over 30 territories and sold to Showtime.[2]
CLP's latest project is The Book of Negroes based on the Lawrence Hill novel of the same name.[3] Hill's novel won the 2009 "Canada Reads" contest as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2008.[4]
Other upcoming feature projects include the lesbian western, I Shot the Sheriff and an urban music drama, Enter the Cipher – selected for the 2010 Tribeca All Access program.[5]