Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? A literary enquiry a documentary by Jean-Christophe Klotz

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Graduated in Economics and Communication (University Paris-II)

In 20 years of activity, Les Films du Poisson, founded by Yaël Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez, has displayed a strong commitment to an exacting kind of cinema which has earned both popular and critical success and won a string of international awards: five César (French Oscar), notably for Best First Film and Best Producer; Best Director and Caméra d’Or in Cannes; Jean Vigo Award and Louis Delluc Award. Since 2006, under the guidance of producer Estelle Fialon the company has strongly developed its production of documentary films for both television and the cinema on an international scale. Among recent productions, The Gatekeepers by Dror Moreh was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards.

UGC Audience Award 2014

Best Documentary, Globo d’Oro (Italian Golden Globe) 2014

Public Award, Angers Film Festival 2012

Special Commendation, San Sebastiàn International Film Festival

Best Documentary, Festival Dei Popoli 2011

Best Director & FIPRESCI Award, Cannes Film Festival 2010

Closing Film, Cannes Film Festival 2010

Jean Vigo Award 2008

Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival 2007

César for Best First Film 2004

César for Best First Film & César for Best Editing 2000

Fiction Feature, 85’

In coproduction with Lama Films

Distribution & International Sales: Le Pacte

Documentary Feature, 89’

In coproduction with Sampek Productions and Arte France Cinéma

Distribution & International Sales: Pyramide

TV & Documentary Feature, 95’

In coproduction with Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil, WildHeart Production,

ARTE France, IBA, NDR and RTBF

Broadcasters: ARTE France, NDR, IBA, RTBF, YLE, DRTV, RTS, Radio Canada, SVT, NRK, VPRO, UR, OCS, HBO Latin America, Canal+ Spain

International Sales: Cinephil

North American Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards 2013

Duo TV Award at the 21 Trophées Le Film Francais industry magazine 2014

Best Non-Fiction Film Award - US National Society of Film Critics 2013

Nominated for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award 2013

Ophir Award for Best Israeli Documentary Feature Film 2013

Special Mention - FIPA 2013

Cinema for Peace Prize – Berlin International Film Festival 2013

Nominee for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013

Best Non Fiction Film - New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2012

Best Documentary - LA Film Critics Association 2012

National Board of Review Award 2012

Special Screenings at the European Parliament and US Congress

Jerusalem Int. Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto Int. Film Festival, New York Film Festival; IDFA; Helsinki Int. Film Festival 2012

Sundance Film Festival; Doc Point Helsinki; International Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights Geneva; Mooov; Docville; Festival du Cinéma Israélien Paris & Montréal; Regards sur le Cinéma Israélien Marseille; Documenta Madrid; Sheffield Doc Fest 2013 etc.

FRIENDS FROM FRANCE by Anne Weil & Philippe Kotlarski

Fiction Feature, 92’

In coproduction with Vandertastic and Rock Films

Distribution & International Sales: Pyramide

Documentary, 88’

In coproduction with Altara Films

Broadcasters: RAI Cinema, Vosges Television

TV Documentary, 60’

In coproduction with ARTE France, Bande à part Films and RTS

Broadcasters: ARTE, RTS

International Sales: Doc&Film Int. – Video distribution: Potemkine
Cineasti del presente Competition - Locarno Int. Film Festival 2013

Pravo Ljudski Film Festival; Vendôme 2013 ; Journées de Soleure; Vilnius Film Festival 2014

PONZI SCHEME by Dante Desarthe

TV Drama, 85’

In coproduction with ARTE

Broadcasters: ARTE, TV5 Monde

International Sales: Film & Picture
FIPA 2014; Best Director & Best Cinematography Awards - Luchon Film Festival 2014; Polish Radio and Polish Television Drama Film Festival 2014

VIOLETTE LEDUC, IN PURSUIT OF LOVE by Esther Hoffenberg

TV Documentary, 57’

In coproduction with ARTE France and Lapsus

Broadcasters: ARTE, Vosges TV

International Sales: Doc&Film Int.
Haïfa Film Festival; Festival du Film d’Histoire de Pessac 2013

FIPA; Ecrans Mixtes; Créteil International Women’s Film Festival, Filmmor; BFI Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Belgium Gay Bi & Trans Festival; Some Prefer Cake Film Festival; EPOS The International Art Film Festival 2014 ; Montréal Int. Film Festival on Art 2015

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE AN ACTOR by Eric Guirado & Keren Marciano

TV Documentary, 55’ & 61’

In coproduction with Les Beaux jours Productions

Broadcasters: Canal+, Ciné+, BeTV, SVT, ERR

International Sales: Doc&Film Int.
IN POST-PRODUCTION
DEMONS by Marcial di Fonzo Bo

Debut film by stage director Marcial di Fonzo Bo, adapted from a play by Lars Norén.

Starring Marina Foïs, Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier and Stefan Konarske
TV Drama. In coproduction with ARTE France.

With the support of CNC, Région Ile-de-France.

With the participation of TV5 Monde.
STORM by Fabrice Camoin

Debut feature by Fabrice Camoin, adapted from the book Ten-Thirty on a Summer Night by Marguerite Duras.

Starring Marina Foïs, Sami Bouajila, Valérie Donzelli and Louis-Do de Lencquesaing.
Fiction Feature. With the support of Centre Images and Région Basse-Normandie (Writing Grants), CNC (Avance sur recettes & Music Creation Grant), Sofica Manon 4, Région Languedoc Roussillon and Ouest Provence.

With the participation of Ciné + and Canal +

Distribution: Rezo Films
VANITAS by Lionel Baier

The talented Swiss filmmaker Lionel Baier (STUPID BOY, LONGWAVE) offers us a black comedy in which ”ending it all” turns out to be anything but a simple formality.

Tourists arrive in Patagonia nowadays in their millions. They buy their tickets from the End of the World travel agencies, drink a beer at the End of the World café –while the men and women who live on the boundaries of history are struggling to preserve their identity and freedom.

by Joanna Grudzinska – 2 x 52’

At the end of the First World War, across the shattered European continent, educators of a new kind formulated the revolutionary project of changing the world by changing schooling. Their names were Maria Montessori, Paul Geheeb, Janusz Korszac, Alexander S. Neill, Ovide Decroly, Célestin Freinet, Anton Makarenko.
TV Documentary. In coproduction with ARTE France. With the support of the CNC, Région Ile-de-France and Procirep Angoa.

Broadcasters: ARTE France, Public Sénat, RSI, RTS, ERR, RTS Slovénie, Planète+

IN DEVELOPMENT - Cinema
Fiction Features
1976 by Marcial Di Fonzo Bo

Respected theatre director Marcial di Fonzo Bo directs his first feature, adapted from The Tower of Defense by Argentinian writer Copi, with a stellar cast. He has just finished a film for ARTE featuring Romain Duris, Marina Foïs and Anaïs Demoustier.

Ambitious director Delphine Kreuter (57.000 KM BETWEEN US) is currently developing her third feature, a love story between a woman and a robot.

After the worldwide success of ON TOUR, actor and director Mathieu Amalric will return with an epic adaptation of a classic masterpiece of French literature.

The second feature by Christian Volckman, director of animated feature RENAISSANCE (sold in more than 40 countries). A couple moves to the country in order to find creativity and conceive a much-wanted child. But their house hides a magic room that fulfills all desires and will turn their idyll into a nightmare.

For this daring free adaptation of Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s controversial novel D’un Château L’Autre, Emmanuel Finkiel (VOYAGES) approached French star Fabrice Luchini to lead an all-star cast.

After the successful release of her documentary feature SCHOOL OF BABEL in March, the acclaimed director of SINCE OTAR LEFT and THE TREE is writing her ambitious third fiction film.

Based on a handful of accounts, one photo and two chandeliers, Robert Bober revives the memory of his great-grandfather, who left Poland for Vienna in 1904 when the writers Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth and Arthur Schnitzler were building the reputation of this cosmopolitan city so open to modernity.

After THE GATEKEEPERS, nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85^th Academy Awards in 2013, Dror Moreh pursues his investigation of the corridors of power, and tries to understand the UN’s failures in terms of preventing genocidal crimes in the course of various conflicts during the post-Cold War period.

After the success of Jellyfish (Golden Camera in Cannes), world famous author Etgar Keret comes back to directing with the TV series The Middleman: Realtor Olivier, stuck between his opinionated daughter and his demanding ex-wife, is compelled to start working for a dubious colleague of his, Simon Debesh.

After 4 features and a previous TV drama for ARTE (PONZI SCHEME), director Dante Desarthe adapts Marcel Aymé’s popular short story The Passer-Through-Walls for the screen.

The first film of its kind to offer a comprehensive view of the Jewish settlers in the occupied territories of the West Bank. An historical overview, a geopolitical study and an intimate look at the people at the core of the most daunting challenges facing Israel and the international community today as the Palestinians and Israelis resume talks again.

ZAPPED celebrates the 75th anniversary of Frank Zappa's birth in 2015 with a treasure trove of lost and forgotten film and audio recordings from all around the globe.