French production business Marvelous Productions and Greek production clothing Kapa Studios are signing up with forces on a cross-border collaboration that will start with a function movie and broaden into tv series and extra jobs.
The partnership, which will be revealed Thursday at the Thessaloniki Intl. Movie Festival, will see the 2 business establishing and producing jobs that can take a trip throughout European and worldwide markets while linking innovative skill from France and Greece.
The very first job under the collaboration is the duration drama “Nana,” by Olivier Dahan, understood for biographical function movies consisting of “La Vie en Rose,” which made Marion Cotillard an Academy Award for her representation of French chanteuse Edith Piaf, and “Simone: Woman of the Century,” a biopic of Auschwitz survivor Simone Veil.
An adjustment of the traditional book by Émile Zola, “Nana” is supported by France Télévision, Canal+ and the CNC and co-produced and dispersed by ARP in France and globally. Arthur Cohen, of Momentum Entertainment, brokered the offer and functions as executive manufacturer.
According to the manufacturers, the movie will be a stepping stone towards a wider cooperation. Following the historic drama, Marvelous Productions and Kapa Studios are establishing strategies to collaborate on a series, with extra movie and tv tasks possibly to follow.
“We are really thrilled about the possibility of partnering with Kapa on ‘Nana,’ our flagship job,” stated Marvelous Productions creators Romain Le Grand and Vivien Aslanian. “Giannis and his group will assist us enhance the European and worldwide measurement of our present and future productions.”
“France and Greece have strong and distinct filmmaking customs, and there is an interesting chance to deal with Romain and Vivien to integrate power and bring those point of views together while establishing jobs with worldwide reach,” included Giannis Karagiannis, manufacturer and CEO of Kapa Studios.
The collaboration will take advantage of Greece’s growing appeal as a production center, thanks in part to its 40% money refund, along with the broadened centers at Kapa Studios, which just recently included 2 brand-new 20,000-square-foot noise phases.
Magnificent Productions was released in 2017 by Romain Le Grand and Vivien Aslanian, who invested 19 years together at the helm of Pathe. Considering that signing a first-look handle Warner Bros., the business has actually produced or co-produced 15 movies, consisting of Dahan’s “Simone: Woman of the Century,” which was amongst the greatest hits at the French ticket office in 2022, and the biographical funny “Bernadette,” starring Catherine Deneuve, which was chosen for a César in 2024. They likewise produced “BDE,” a funny directed by Michaël Youn, for Prime Video.
Boasting over 50 years of experience in the movie market, Kapa Studios is an independent production business that uses the biggest sound phase centers in Greece. Its centers consist of 12 sound phases amounting to 250,000 square feet throughout 25 acres, along with backlots, existing sets and 100,000 square feet of supporting areas utilized as production workplaces, outfit stores and workshops.
The Thessaloniki Film Festival runs Nov. 5– 15.
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