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Sciapode Industry Film Production Founded 2003 Founder Emilie Blézat Headquarters , France
Website
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Sciapode is a French film production and distribution company headquartered in
Paris .
[1] Founded in 2003, the company specializes in producing European
feature films , both fictional and documentary, blending different genres and art forms.
History
Emilie Blézat founded Sciapode in 2003 to produce films by "strong and ambitious filmmakers."
[2] Her first production,
Blush , a 2005 choreographic film directed by
Wim Vandekeybus , met with public and critical acclaim.
[3] Encouraged by this experience, she produced films such as
Michaël R. Roskam 's The One Thing To Do (2005),
Victoire Terminus , a 2008 documentary directed by Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret (officially selected at the 2008
Berlin Film Festival ),
[4] and
Andrew Kötting 's 2009 film,
Ivul , which was selected at the
Locarno International Film Festivals and at the
Busan Film Festival .
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[6] In 2010, two Sciapode productions premiered at the
Cannes International Film Festival : Sophie Fiennes’
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow in the official selection,
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[9] and
David Dusa ’s Flowers of Evil as part of the
ACID selection.
[10] Both were subsequently entered in numerous festivals around the world.
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[14] Sciapode also co-produced Valerianne Poidevin’s L’Oiseau Sans Pattes (selected at the
Cinéma du Réel Festival, held at the Pompidou Centre, as well as the “Vision Du Réel” Festival in Nyon) and Rain , by
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker , Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes.
Along with film work, Sciapode also produces works of performance art, like
Wayn Traub ’s opera, Le Comeback de Jean-Baptiste ,
[15] orchestrated by
Hervé Niquet and DJ crew
Birdy Nam Nam , and
David Dusa ’s and Mike Sens’ L’Emeute des Emotions for the Temps d'Images Arte Festival.
The company is named after the
sciapods of Greek mythology.
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Filmography
International TV series
2019 : Paradise Institute - tv series in development
2019 : Warm Blood Cold Snow - tv series in development
2019 : Violence Within - tv series in development
2019 : Hasugi : animated tv series in development
Feature films
Feature Documentaries
2012 : Rain by Olivia Rochette, Gérard-Jan Clues &
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
2012 : L'Oiseau sans pattes by Valérianne Poidevin
2008 : The Moon, The Sea, The Mood by Philipp Mayrhoffer & Christian Kobald
2007 : La Vie de Château by Frédérique Devillez
Short films
Stage Opera
2006 : Le Comeback de Jean-Baptiste by
Wayn Traub [
fr ] (Premiere at Theatre de la Ville de Paris, Het Toneelhuis Opera House Antwerpen, Kaaitheater Brussels)
Films distributed by Sciapode
DVD releases
2006 : Anthologie by
Wim Vandekeybus - 3 DVD Boxset
2005 : Maria-Dolorès by Wayn Traub
References
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"Sciapode (France) - uniFrance Films" . En.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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Sciapode official website . Retrieved: 18 March 2013.
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"Critiques Presse pour le film Blush - AlloCiné" . Allocine.fr. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Berlinale Archive Annual Archives 2008 Programme - Victoire Terminus, Kinshasa" . Berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
^ Elley, Derek (2009-08-16).
"Variety Reviews - Ivul - Film Reviews - Locarno - Review by Derek Elley" . Variety.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"IVUL" . Archive.pardo.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Festival de Cannes - From 15 to 26 may 2013" . Festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
^ Peter Bradshaw at the Cannes film festival (May 16, 2010).
"Cannes film festival review – Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | Film" . London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
^ Simon, Alissa (2010-05-17).
"Variety Reviews - Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow - Film Reviews - Cannes - Review by Alissa Simon" . Variety.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Fleurs du Mal - L'acid - Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion" . Lacid.org. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | 2011 Seattle International Film Festival | Sophie Fiennes | United Kingdom < Films" . Siff.net. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | Houston Cinema Arts Society" . Cinemartsociety.org. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"TRIBECA REVIEW | "Flowers of Evil" Constructs a Love Triangle Where Technology is the Third Wheel | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews" . Indiewire. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Film Guide Archive | Flowers of Evil" . TribecaFilm.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Kaaitheater 12|13 - "Le comeback de Jean-Baptiste" : Wayn Traub, Wim De Wilde & Beethoven Academie" (in French). Kaaitheater.be. 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
^ Adams, Mark (2010-05-16).
"Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | Review | Screen" . Screendaily.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
^ Simon, Alissa (2010-11-07).
"Variety Reviews - Flowers of Evil - Film Reviews - Reykjavik Film Festival - Review by Alissa Simon" . Variety.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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"Fleurs du mal - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013 - IFFR" . Filmfestivalrotterdam.com. Retrieved 2012-09-16 .
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