John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLinking to Paris-based Nadia Turincev (“Raw,” “Mimosas”) and her producer partner Omar El Kadi to develop and produce two new Swiss films, Geneva-based Akka Films is also ramping up TV production, with Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, writer-directors of the acclaimed “My Little Sister,” Switzerland’s Oscar submission, teaming to create a new TV series . Headed by Nicolas Wadimoff and Philippe Coeytaux, Akka is readying with Turincev and El Kadi “O Jacaré,” the third feature from Swiss-Portuguese filmmaker Basil Da Cunha whose debut, “After the Night” played the Cannes Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight in 2013. Its follow-up, “O film do mundo,” screened in main competition at Locarno in 2019.
‘Call My Agent!’ Producer & ‘Annette’ Banner CG Cinema Launch Series Production Label Les Saisons
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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Call My Agent!” producer Mother Production and Charles Gillibert’s CG Cinéma (“Annette”) are joining forces to create TV production label Les Saisons. The outfit will kick off with the series adaptation of Leïla Slimani’s critically acclaimed novel “Le Pays des autres.”Slimani’s novel, which was published in more than 30 countries and sold 670,000 units in France, is part of a trilogy charting the tumultuous love story between a young French woman and a Moroccan soldier.
The saga is set against the backdrop of war for independence in the 1950s, when Morocco was a French colony. Slimani, one of France’s best-known contemporary novelist and intellectuals, is co-writing the series, which will be followed by two more seasons adapting the second and third books.
The new outfit is poised to become a key player in the French TV landscape as both companies have long-standing relationships with high-profile talents. CG Cinema, which is headed by Gillibert and his partner Romain Blondeau, has been working with auteurs worldwide, including Leos Carax, whose musical romance “Annette” opened 2021 Cannes, won best director and earned 11 Cesar nominations.
Other popular directors who have worked with CG Cinema include Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”), Deniz Gamze Ergüven (“Mustang”), Mia Hansen-Løve (“Bergman Island”) and Pietro Marcello (“L’envol”).Mother Production, headed by Aurélien Larger, Harold Valentin and Simon Trouilloud, recently won the International Emmy Award (with Mon Voisin Productions) for best comedy for “Call My Agent!” The show, which is set a Parisian talent agency, has become a global hit on Netflix and is being remade across the world, including in the U.K. and
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