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.
Pépite has no choice but to follow Alistair to find her way back home, while the teenager wants to harness the insect’s extraordinary artistic creativity to become famous.
Pépite becomes his muse, and success follows. But things won’t be so simple.
Pépite is a queen by natural instinct, untamed and unaccustomed to being told what to do.”
Delivery: 2025
Produced by: Cinéma Defacto
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 La Baie des Lumières, a lakeside campsite that a few year-round residents have had to leave because of a sale. All are the protagonists of a small theater where extraordinary and everyday stories – with life, with love, for oneself and the others.
Directed by Alain Raoust
Written by Alain Raoust and Cécile Vargaftig
Shooting Spring 2024
Delivery 2025
Produced by Cinéma Defacto, Les Films à un Dollar
Coproduced by Micro Climat, Alhambra Studio
With the support of CNC – Avance sur recettes avant réalisation, Aide à la préparation, Région Sud, Région Nouvelle Aquitaine, Dordogne, Charente Maritime, 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
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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.
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
