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Vera Polaris — Brand & Film Studio

Every brand has a true north.

We reveal it — through strategy, story, and cinematic film.

Brand strategy and cinematic film · Montréal
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Founder portrait — Vera Polaris
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The Studio

Built by an athlete. Run like an expedition.

Vera Polaris was founded by a 70.3 triathlete who knew what it takes to arrive at the standard you promised — through weather, doubt, and distance.

Vera, from the Latin for truth. Polaris, the guiding North Star. The name is the brief. We reveal the truth of a brand and hold direction until the work is finished.

Endurance. Direction. Craft. Clarity.

Services

Three disciplines. One direction.

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Brand Strategy

Find the truth beneath the brand.

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Who we work with

Four rooms. Four different problems.

Founders

You've outgrown your own explanation.

The company changed and the pitch didn't. You are describing a version of yourself from eighteen months ago and wondering why the room feels flat.

Scale-ups

Startup content stopped fitting.

The scrappy footage that got you here now undersells you in every room that matters — enterprise deals, senior hires, the next raise.

Accelerators and incubators

Your founders can build. Most cannot yet explain.

Demo day exposes it in ninety seconds. We run a workshop inside your existing programming, and we cover your events.

Institutions and enterprises

Several stakeholders, one story.

Board, regulator, recruits and public all need the same film to hold. That takes strategy before it takes a camera.

Selected Work

Recent films.

Capacity

Three active projects at a time. One in production.

Solo studio by design. That is the constraint that protects the work — and the reason booking runs ahead.

Standing engagement

The studio that already knows your business.

Two shoot days a month. A monthly hero piece and its cuts. Priority booking and held capacity. By month four we understand your company better than a new agency ever will — so there is no re-briefing, ever.

From $3,500 / month · Minimum six months
Process

Discover, Define, Create, Deliver.

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Discover

Immersion and truth audit. We listen before we speak.

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Define

Positioning and narrative. We name what is already true.

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Create

Cinematic production. Considered, precise, alive.

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Deliver

On time, at the standard promised. Measurable outcomes.

How we work

The unglamorous part, stated plainly.

Timeline

Most projects run four to six weeks from first call to master file. Event recaps deliver in twenty-four hours.

Your time

One ninety-minute discovery session, one shoot day, one round of notes. We protect your calendar on purpose.

Revisions

Two rounds included on every project. A third is rare and we say so before it happens.

Who shows up

The person you spoke to. Founder-led, crew assembled per project and directed in-house.

Rights

Full commercial usage transfers to you on final payment. We ask permission before publishing anything.

Languages

Production and delivery in French and English. Subtitling in both, included.

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BoxOne VenturesFinance MontréalMcGill UniversityFounders Sport
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Ready to find north?

Tell us the company, the deadline, and what the film has to achieve. You will have a reply within one business day.

Project engagements begin at $6,500. Standing engagements from $3,500 per month.
Or write directly — hello@verapolaris.com