{"id":3396,"date":"2012-09-30T17:18:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T15:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melocotonfilms.com\/a-propos-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:38:12","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melocotonfilms.com\/en\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MELOCOTON <\/strong><\/span>was created by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Mitjavile and Th\u00e9o Laboulandine in 2011. The company is structured around two departments, Cinema and TV\/New media. They are driven by a common desire to offer daring work which uses innovative approaches that break free from the patriarchal, heteronormative worldview. We strive to work with artists and partners from a range of diverse backgrounds. While Theo focuses on audiovisual and new media, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne specializes in cinema,
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Melocoton is an active member of the SPI – Independent Producers Union<\/strong>, Unifrance<\/strong>, the\u00a0PXN \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Producers of Digital Experiences<\/strong>, the 50\/50 collective <\/strong>for parity in the movie industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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H\u00c9L\u00c8NE MITJAVILE<\/strong><\/span> is a Paris based producer, focused on arthouse international cinema. As a co-founder of Melocoton Films, she has produced over 20 short fictions..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her first animation production, \u201cScale\u201d by Joseph Pierce, co-produced with the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Belgium, premiered at Cannes\u2019 Critics Week, and has been screened at over 180 festivals and awarded about 50 prizes worldwide \u2013 including the audience prize of Clermont Ferrand\u2019s Lab competition and the Grand Prix at Les Arcs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the production of the C\u00e9sar nominated live action short \u201cTender Age\u201d by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, she joined forces with her business partner to produce the series THOSE WHO BLUSH by the same author. The series, made in co-production with BOX Productions (Switzerland), will be presented in competition at S\u00e9ries Mania and broadcasted on Arte in October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is currently developing live action and animation shorts and features, including Aur\u00e9lien Peilloux\u2019s live action feature debut, RESEARCHERS, and Joseph Pierce\u2019s animation feature debut, How the Dead Live, while also sharpening her skills through workshops (Less is More by Groupe Ouest, Script expertise at La F\u00e9mis, Berlinale Talents\u2026) and investing her time as an expert in various commissions and in political initiatives such as the Independent Producer\u2019s Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also a member of the C\u00e9sar Academy and of the European Film Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to Melocoton, she worked in production, international sales and film financing \u2013 at Natixis Coficin\u00e9 and at The Coproduction Office (producer of double winner of the Palme d\u2019Or R\u00fcben Ostlund).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After working on various sets, for postproduction houses as well as in communication agencies as a strategic planner, TH\u00c9O LABOULANDINE<\/strong><\/span> founded Melocoton Films with his associate H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Mitjavile in 2011. Focusing on TV, he has produced several music videos, including Vanille-Fraise<\/em> from L’imp\u00e9ratrice and Sphynx <\/em>from La Femme, as well as four documentary series in co-production with France TV Slash and a short fiction series broadcasted on MyCanal. He develops documentary and fiction programmes for TV, with a keen eye for strong contemporary topics. He is an active member of the Union of Independent Producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please send your projects to hello@melocotonfilms.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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