Logical Pictures President Frédéric Fiore Talks Landmark Cannes For French Group & Fund Plans
20.05.2024 - 11:49
/ deadline.com
French film finance, production and distribution group Logical Pictures is out in force in Cannes this year with connections to 11 films, including Competition titles Emilia Perez, Limonov and Parthenope.
The company helped bankroll the Palme d’Or contenders through its three-year co-production and co-financing deal with French major Pathé, which was announced in early 2023 and involves its Logical Content Ventures fund.
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière’s The Count of Monte Cristo, which world premieres Out of Competition later this week, was also partly financed under the deal.
Logical Pictures President Frédéric Fiore and COO Yannick Bossenmeyer co-founded Logical Pictures in 2016 with a focus on film finance as well as digital innovation around blockchain and rights management.
Early investments included Coralie Fargeat’s first feature Revenge, Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s Farming and Eric Cherrière’s No Gods No Masters.
Less than a decade later, the company has expanded into production and distribution and is now organized across four poles covering finance, production, distribution and technology.
Logical Studio gathers production companies Logical Pictures, Spade, The Jokers Lab, Africa-focused Black MicMac and brand content producer Loveboat, while Logical Distribution groups distributor The Jokers Films and international sales company Pulsar Content.
Bossenmeyer spearheads the technology activities as CEO of tech arm Cascade8.
In Cannes, Pulsar Content is selling Un Certain Regard title Niki by Céline Sallette, Critics’ Week selection La Pampa by Antoine Chevrollier and Camila Beltrán’s ACID title Mi Bestia.
The Jokers Films has French rights for Lorcan Finnegan’s Midnight title The Surfer, Laetitia