Sciapode

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.^[5][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,^[7][8][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.^{[11][12][13][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.^[2]

Filmography

Feature films

• 2012 : Rain by Olivia Rochette, Gérard-Jan Clues & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
• 2012 : L'Oiseau sans pattes by Valérianne Poidevin
• 2010 : Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow by Sophie Fiennes^[16][17]
• 2010 : Flowers of evil by David Dusa^[18][19]
• 2009 : Ivul by Andrew Kötting
• 2008 : Victoire Terminus by Florent de La Tullaye & Renaud Barret
• 2005 : Blush by Wim Vandekeybus

Short films

• 2009 : Emeutes des Emotions by David Dusa
• 2009 : Wild Beast by David Dusa
• 2009 : Rushes Instables by Mike Sens & David Dusa
• 2008 : Distances by David Dusa
• 2008 : The Moon, The Sea, The Mood by Philipp Mayrhoffer & Christian Kobald
• 2007 : Amin by David Dusa
• 2007 : La Vie de Château by Frédérique Devillez
• 2007 : C-Song Variations by Jan Lauwers
• 2006 : The One thing to do by Michael R. Roskam

Opera

• 2006 : Le Comeback de Jean-Baptiste by Wayn Traub

Films distributed by Sciapode

• 2012 : Flowers of Evil by David Dusa
• 2003 : Guerra by Pippo Delbono

DVD releases

• 2006 : Anthologie by Wim Vandekeybus - 3 DVD Boxset
• 2005 : Maria-Dolorès by Wayn Traub

References

External links

• Official Website
• Allociné
• IMDB