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Cinéma/TV
MPM Film
Statut : Société de droit privé
Adresse : Juliette Lepoutre, Marie Pierre Macia
7 rue léopold bellan 75002 PARIS
Pays concerné : France
Site web : www.mpmfilm.com
Français
MPM Film (Movie Partners in Motion) est fondée en Juillet 2007 par Marie-Pierre Macia et Juliette Lepoutre, toutes deux basées à Paris. MPM Film fait ses débuts dans le monde des festivals avec son premier film franco-roumain, Picnic (titre anglais : Hooked) sorti en salles le 4 février 2009, d’Adrian Sitaru, sélectionné au festival de Venise dans la section de Venice Days en Août 2008 ainsi qu’au festival international de Toronto.
Picnic a reçu de nombreux prix dont celui du Jury et Meilleure Actrice à Thessalonique, Meilleur film à Palm Springs, Meilleur scénario à Mons et Meilleure Actrice à Buenos Aires entre autres.
MPM Film est actuellement en tournage du prochain film de Béla Tarr, Le cheval de Turin et en développement avec les prochains films de la jeune brésilienne Julia Murat, du roumain Adrian Sitaru et du jeune réalisateur palestinien Ihab Jadallah. Après des études supérieures de Lettres Classiques et de Psychologie, Marie-Pierre Macia s’oriente vers le cinéma.
Elle rejoint l’équipe de la Cinémathèque Française. En 1987, elle obtient une bourse du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (la Villa Medicis hors les murs) et part aux Etats-Unis pour étudier les méthodes de conservation et de restauration des films auprès des archives américaines (MOMA, Library of Congress, UCLA, Rochester, Pacific Film Archive). Elle travaille pendant dix ans aux Etats-Unis avec le San Francisco International Film Festival. Elle sera par la suite déléguée générale des Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma à Paris au Forum des Images et en 1998 elle est nommée directrice de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, (festival de Cannes). Elle y présentera de nombreux films de réalisateurs alors inconnus, tels que Carlos Reygadas avec Japón, Sofia Coppola avec The Virgin Suicides, les roumains Cristi Puiu et Cristian Mungiu avec respectivement Marfa Si Banii et Occident ainsi que Wang Chao avec L’orphelin d’Anyang, parmi d’autres. Elle a aussi collaboré avec Cristian Mungiu et plus particulièrement sur son dernier film,4 mois, 3 semaines, 2 jours, Palme d’Or à Cannes 2007.
Juliette Lepoutre vient du monde des Hautes Technologies. Basée en Californie de 1991 à 2006, elle a travaillé pendant plus de quinze ans avec des compagnies de la Silicone Vallée où elle s’est spécialisée dans le développement des marchés internationaux : Europe, Japon, Asie Pacifique et Amérique du Sud. Très cinéphile, elle participe à de nombreux festivals depuis une quinzaine d’années. Avec des expertises tant sur le plan artistique que financier, MPM Film a le désir de soutenir la production indépendante de cinéastes confirmés et de continuer à découvrir les cinéastes de demain.
Picnic a reçu de nombreux prix dont celui du Jury et Meilleure Actrice à Thessalonique, Meilleur film à Palm Springs, Meilleur scénario à Mons et Meilleure Actrice à Buenos Aires entre autres.
MPM Film est actuellement en tournage du prochain film de Béla Tarr, Le cheval de Turin et en développement avec les prochains films de la jeune brésilienne Julia Murat, du roumain Adrian Sitaru et du jeune réalisateur palestinien Ihab Jadallah. Après des études supérieures de Lettres Classiques et de Psychologie, Marie-Pierre Macia s’oriente vers le cinéma.
Elle rejoint l’équipe de la Cinémathèque Française. En 1987, elle obtient une bourse du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (la Villa Medicis hors les murs) et part aux Etats-Unis pour étudier les méthodes de conservation et de restauration des films auprès des archives américaines (MOMA, Library of Congress, UCLA, Rochester, Pacific Film Archive). Elle travaille pendant dix ans aux Etats-Unis avec le San Francisco International Film Festival. Elle sera par la suite déléguée générale des Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma à Paris au Forum des Images et en 1998 elle est nommée directrice de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, (festival de Cannes). Elle y présentera de nombreux films de réalisateurs alors inconnus, tels que Carlos Reygadas avec Japón, Sofia Coppola avec The Virgin Suicides, les roumains Cristi Puiu et Cristian Mungiu avec respectivement Marfa Si Banii et Occident ainsi que Wang Chao avec L’orphelin d’Anyang, parmi d’autres. Elle a aussi collaboré avec Cristian Mungiu et plus particulièrement sur son dernier film,4 mois, 3 semaines, 2 jours, Palme d’Or à Cannes 2007.
Juliette Lepoutre vient du monde des Hautes Technologies. Basée en Californie de 1991 à 2006, elle a travaillé pendant plus de quinze ans avec des compagnies de la Silicone Vallée où elle s’est spécialisée dans le développement des marchés internationaux : Europe, Japon, Asie Pacifique et Amérique du Sud. Très cinéphile, elle participe à de nombreux festivals depuis une quinzaine d’années. Avec des expertises tant sur le plan artistique que financier, MPM Film a le désir de soutenir la production indépendante de cinéastes confirmés et de continuer à découvrir les cinéastes de demain.
English
Production company profile
Movie Partners in Motion Film, founded in summer 2007, is a French film production company aiming to produce the work of veteran independent filmmakers as well as to discover emerging directors. MPM Film makes its festival debut with Romanian director Adrian Sitaru‘s first feature film Hooked (Pescuit Sportiv) selected for the Venice Biennale 2008 in the Venice Days section, the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery section, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival where it won the Silver Alexander and the best actress prize for both actresses, Maria Dinulescu and Ioana Florin and the Palm Spring Film Festival where it won the New Voices/New Visions Award. It also won Best Actress prize at the BAFICI in Buenos Aires. It was sold to about ten different territories and was released in France and Switzerland on February 09.
MPM Film is also currently shooting the new film of veteran Hungarian director Béla Tarr The Turin Horse. It is also in development on the next feature films of Adrian Sitaru, with young Palestinian director Ihab Jadallah, and young Brazilian director Julia Murat.
The principals of MPM Film, based in Paris, are Marie-Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre.
After earning a degree in Classics and French Literature, Marie-Pierre Macia started her career at the Cinémathèque Francaise. Later she researched film preservation at the Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, U.C.L.A. and the Pacific Film Archive in the US and curated international films for the San Francisco International Film Festival. Macia is the former Director of the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) of the Cannes Film Festival, where she discovered and presented the debut films of such now-famous filmmakers as Mexican director Carlos Reygadas with Japon, Sofia Coppola with Virgin Suicides and the Romanian Directors Cristi Puiu and Cristian Mungiu with respectively Marfa Si Banii and Occident.
Most recently, she worked as personal adviser to Cristian Mungiu on his last film, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes 2007. Marie-Pierre Macia has served as jury member in many international festivals such as Rotterdam film festival, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cluj in Romania and Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Juliette Lepoutre comes to film production after a series of key management positions in the high tech business. She has worked for over fifteen years with Silicon Valley companies, where she specialized in developing international markets. Based in California, her territories included Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Latin America. She has fluency in both the language and cultural practices of those dominant markets. As a film lover and insider, she has been present on the film-festival circuit for more than a decade.
Born in 1974 in England, Lucas Rosant now lives and works in Paris. After graduating from a Business School he has been soon involved in short film production and sales with the New York University (NYU – Tisch School of the Art). He then worked for the organisation and programming of different International Film Festivals, as among others La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes), Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco), Premiers Plans d’Angers (France), Paris Cinema International Film Festival… He also has, for the past 5 years, been heading Paris Project, the co-production and development platform of Paris Cinema IFF. In parallel, he has been consulting or matchmaking for many years for different co-production forums and festival markets as Crossroads – Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece), Industry Office – Dubai International Film Festival (UAE), Open Doors – Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), Producers Network – Cannes Film Market (France), Produire au Sud – 3 Continents Film Festival (Nantes, France). He recently got appointed Business coordinator for the upcoming HAF (Hong Kong Film Financing Forum). Lucas Rosant joined the MPM Film team in 2008 as Producer on different projects, along with Marie-Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre.
With deep roots and extensive expertise in both the aesthetic and market elements of film production and distribution, MPM Film aims to provide filmmakers with seasoned and inspired representation across a range of activities and territories.
Movie Partners in Motion Film, founded in summer 2007, is a French film production company aiming to produce the work of veteran independent filmmakers as well as to discover emerging directors. MPM Film makes its festival debut with Romanian director Adrian Sitaru‘s first feature film Hooked (Pescuit Sportiv) selected for the Venice Biennale 2008 in the Venice Days section, the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery section, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival where it won the Silver Alexander and the best actress prize for both actresses, Maria Dinulescu and Ioana Florin and the Palm Spring Film Festival where it won the New Voices/New Visions Award. It also won Best Actress prize at the BAFICI in Buenos Aires. It was sold to about ten different territories and was released in France and Switzerland on February 09.
MPM Film is also currently shooting the new film of veteran Hungarian director Béla Tarr The Turin Horse. It is also in development on the next feature films of Adrian Sitaru, with young Palestinian director Ihab Jadallah, and young Brazilian director Julia Murat.
The principals of MPM Film, based in Paris, are Marie-Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre.
After earning a degree in Classics and French Literature, Marie-Pierre Macia started her career at the Cinémathèque Francaise. Later she researched film preservation at the Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, U.C.L.A. and the Pacific Film Archive in the US and curated international films for the San Francisco International Film Festival. Macia is the former Director of the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) of the Cannes Film Festival, where she discovered and presented the debut films of such now-famous filmmakers as Mexican director Carlos Reygadas with Japon, Sofia Coppola with Virgin Suicides and the Romanian Directors Cristi Puiu and Cristian Mungiu with respectively Marfa Si Banii and Occident.
Most recently, she worked as personal adviser to Cristian Mungiu on his last film, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes 2007. Marie-Pierre Macia has served as jury member in many international festivals such as Rotterdam film festival, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cluj in Romania and Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Juliette Lepoutre comes to film production after a series of key management positions in the high tech business. She has worked for over fifteen years with Silicon Valley companies, where she specialized in developing international markets. Based in California, her territories included Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Latin America. She has fluency in both the language and cultural practices of those dominant markets. As a film lover and insider, she has been present on the film-festival circuit for more than a decade.
Born in 1974 in England, Lucas Rosant now lives and works in Paris. After graduating from a Business School he has been soon involved in short film production and sales with the New York University (NYU – Tisch School of the Art). He then worked for the organisation and programming of different International Film Festivals, as among others La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes), Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco), Premiers Plans d’Angers (France), Paris Cinema International Film Festival… He also has, for the past 5 years, been heading Paris Project, the co-production and development platform of Paris Cinema IFF. In parallel, he has been consulting or matchmaking for many years for different co-production forums and festival markets as Crossroads – Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece), Industry Office – Dubai International Film Festival (UAE), Open Doors – Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), Producers Network – Cannes Film Market (France), Produire au Sud – 3 Continents Film Festival (Nantes, France). He recently got appointed Business coordinator for the upcoming HAF (Hong Kong Film Financing Forum). Lucas Rosant joined the MPM Film team in 2008 as Producer on different projects, along with Marie-Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre.
With deep roots and extensive expertise in both the aesthetic and market elements of film production and distribution, MPM Film aims to provide filmmakers with seasoned and inspired representation across a range of activities and territories.
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