Le Vampire de Ropraz
A film by Vincent Veilllon & Vincent Kucholl
Written by Vincent Kucholl & Antoine Jaccoud
Based on a novel of Jacques Chessex
French
Synopsis: The Vampire of Ropraz, based on real events in the canton of Vaud, is the great noir novel of French-speaking literature.
Shooting: October 2024
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Point Prod (Switzerland)
In coproduction with: Cinéma Defacto & Panache Production (Belgium)
Green Underground
Written by Christophe Lemoine
Series 6x 52′ – French
Synopsis: Élise works at the Paris headquarters of one of the world’s “supermajors” of hydrocarbon and energy production. Initially sensitive to environmental issues, Élise has, over the course of her twelve years with the company, allowed herself to be won over by the indoctrination and greenwashing of her employer… as well as by her comfortable daily life as a senior executive.
Awakened by her 19-year-old daughter Camilla’s commitment to the environment and by the realization that the “ethics” unit she belongs to in the company only serves to muzzle the most eco-sensitive employees, Élise decides to act as a whistleblower…
She is spotted and recruited by a clandestine eco-radical organization of executives from large companies who have decided to “take action”. Élise discovers commitment and secret action through perilous operations in favor of the environment. But the “eco-resistant” network is the target of a small libertarian group opposed to it…
… to which Tristan, Elise’s husband and great love, belongs.
Produced by Cinéma Defacto & Point Prod (Switzerland)
Pépite
A film by: Cyril Houplain
Written with: Cyril Houplain & Marcel Beaulieu
Animation
Synopsis: “Pepite, is the story of an encounter, the one between Pépite, a Golden ant, and Alistair, a young runaway who dreams of becoming a composer. They will become dependent on each other to achieve their respective goals.
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Cinéma Defacto
Avec les pires intentions
Con le peggiori intenzioni
A film by: Chiara Malta
Written by: Chiara Malta, Marco Pettenello & Eleonora Marangoni
Based on a novel of: Alessandro Piperno
4th feature film – 113 min – Italian
Synopsis: Bourgeois, splendid and superficial Rome of the 80s. Influenced by the bad example of his grandfather Bepi, a casual, hedonistic and irresponsible dandy, Daniel Sonnino falls in love with Gaïa, granddaughter of Nanni Cittadini, his grandfather’s worst enemy. But Gaïa does not care. Entangled in this unrequited love, and crushed by the cumbersome memory of his beloved grandfather, Daniel will do his best to become himself.
Shooting: Avril 2024
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Indiana Production (Italy) & MéMo Films (Italy)
In coproduction with Cinéma Defacto
Epiphania
A film by: Jan Kounen
Based on a comic strip of: Ludovic Debeurme
Animation – 90 min – French
Synopsis: The Earth, threatened by the human species, has created its army: the “Epiphanians”.
“This is how I am made. Forever dissimilar to those of your species. Where you see welcoming cities rising, I see, through the asphalt that is laid endlessly to extend the arrogant cities again and again, the end of a world made of roots, lichens, worms and ancestral bacteria.”
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Naïa Productions (France) & Cinéma Defacto
In coproduction with Umédia (Belgium)
A film by Calin Peter Netzer
Written by Calin Peter Netzer and Iulia Lumanare
4th feature – 110 min
Shooting: Summer 2022
Delivery: 2023
Produced by Parada Films (Romania) in coproduction with Cinéma Defacto, Gaïjin, Volos Film (Taiwan)
With the support of Taicca, l’Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Media, CNC Romania, Bold Film Studios, Wavemaker, Initiative, Jysk, United Media, Mindshare, Havas, Gmbh, The East Company Production
Un Champ de fraises pour l’éternité
Strawberry Fields Forever
5th feature – 90 min – French
Synopsis: In an abandoned holiday center, The Little Republic, lives a community of outsiders. All are the protagonists of a small theater where both everyday stories and the extraordinary reconciliations await – with life, with love, for oneself and for the others.
Directed by Alain Raoust
Written by Alain Raoust and Cécile Vargaftig
Shooting: Spring 2024
Delivery: 2025
Produced by Cinéma Defacto
With the support of CNC – Avance sur recettes avant réalisation, Aide à la préparation, Région Sud, Région Nouvelle Aquitaine, Dordogne, Procirep Angoa and the development support of MEDIA – Creative Europe.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Saules Aveugles, Femme Endormie
1st animation feature – 100min – French / English dub
A film by Pierre Földes
Written by Pierre Földes
Adapted from Haruki Murakami
French release : March 30th, 2023
Synopsis : A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
French Distribution: Gebeka Films
International Sales: The Match Factory
Produced by: Cinéma Defacto & Miyu Productions (France)
In coproduction with: micro_scope & l’Unité Centrale (Canada), Doghouse (Luxemburg), An Original Picture (Netherlands)
In association with: Studio Mairana (France)
Supported by: Media Creative Europe, Procirep, CNC – CVS, Arte/Cofinova, Arte France Cinéma, CNC – Avance sur Recettes, Film Fund Luxemburg, CNC – CVS, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Région Île-de-France, Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Région Sud, SODEC, Télé Film Canada, Netherlands Film Fund, Film Fund Luxembourg
Markets & Awards: London PFM, Berlinale Coproduction Markets 2016– Eurimages Award, Cartoon Forum 2018, Annecy MIFA 2019, Grand Prix du Scénario 2019
El Puma
The Puma
A film by: Marcela Said
Written with: Marcela Said & Gonzalo Maza
3rd feature-film – 90 min
Synopsis: Deep in the Patagonian forest, two couples set out on an illegal puma hunt. When a deadly “accident” befalls their guide, they are forced to confront their oldest betrayals and deepest fears in order to survive.
Shooting: March 2024
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Cinéma Defacto
In coproduction with augenschein Filmproduktion (Germany), Wood Producciones (Chile)
Executive Producer & International Sales: Protagonist Pictures (United Kingdom)
With the support of CNC – Aide aux Cinémas du monde, the development support from MEDIA – Creative Europe, Bord Cadre, Fondo Fomento Audiovisual Largometraje Ficción, Comité de Desarrollo Productivo Regional de Los Ríos IFI
Markets & Awards: Berlinale Coproduction Market 2019, Developed with ACE28
La Vaca Que Canto Una Cancion Hacia El Futuro
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future
1st feature – 92 min – Spanish
Directed by Francisca Alegria
Co-written with Manuela Infante & Fernanda Urrejola
Starring Leonor Varela, Mia Maestro, Alfredo Castro
Premiere : 2022 Sundance Film Festival
US release : May 19th, 2023
French release : July 26th, 2023
Synopsis: The unexpected return to life of a long-deceased mother, Magdalena, causes a huge shock in her widowed husband and prompts their daughter Cecilia to come back home. As the family’s painful past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.
Produced by Cinéma Defacto
In coproduction with Wood Producciones (Chile), Match Factory Production (Germany), Cinereach (USA)
In association with Dialetic, Persona Entertainment, Whitewater Films, Bord Cadre films, Sovereign Films
International Sales: The Match Factory
French distribution: Nour Films
With the support of Eurimages, the CNC, the German General Film Fund, the World Cinema Fund, with the participation of ZDF/arte, with funding from the Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual, Ciné Reach and the Sundance Institute.
Trinity
A film by : Boo Junfeng
Co-written with: Raymond Phathanavirangoon
3rd feature – 100 min – Mandarin
Shooting: Spring 2024
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Cinéma Defacto, Gaïjin (France) & Peanut Films (Singapore)
Coproduced by: Augenschein Filmproduktion (Germany), Lava Films (Poland)
Executive Producer: PlusOne Motion Pictures (Hong-Kong)
With the support from CNC – Aide aux Cinéma du monde, Île-de-France – Cinéma International and the development support from MEDIA – Creative Europe and CICLIC.
Markets & Awards: Taipei Golden Horse – CNC Award, Berlinale Coproduction Market 2019
La Vallée Sauvage
A film by: Christophe Ali
Written by: Christophe Ali & Pierre Hodgson
4th feature film – 90 min – French
Shooting: September 2024
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Cinéma Defacto
With the support of Media, La Procirep
