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| Company type | SAS [1] |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 4 January 1998 [1] |
| Founder | Gregory Gajos Arthur Hallereau Alexandra Henochsberg |
| Headquarters | 71 rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, 75011 Paris 11 [1] |
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| Website | www |
Ad Vitam is a French independent film company headquartered in Paris. It specializes in film distribution, but has since expanded into film production. [2] Since its founding in 1998, Ad Vitam has become one of France's leading independent distribution companies. [3]
Ad Vitam was founded in 1998 by Alexandra Henochsberg, Gregory Gajos and Arthur Hallereau. [3] The company distributed its first film on 27 January 1999, La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu, directed by Judith Cahen. [4] [5]
As of 2015, Ad Vitam had released more than eighty films in French cinemas. According to Gregory Gajos, head of acquisitions, the company's programming is driven by an impulse to "First, choose films that we like, then think about their success". [6]
Ad Vitam is a member of the Syndicat des Distributeurs indépendants réunis européens (DIRE) alongside fourteen other distribution companies, including BAC Films, Capricci, Diaphana, Haut et Court, Le Pacte, Les Films du Losange, Memento Distribution, Pyramide Distribution, Rezo Films, SBS Distribution, The Jokers, UFO Distribution, Wild Bunch Distribution and Zinc. [7]
The films distributed by Ad Vitam are: [4]
| Release date [lower-alpha 1] | Title | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January 1999 | La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu | Judith Cahen |
| Release date [lower-alpha 1] | Title | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2020 | Un vrai bonhomme | Benjamin Parent | ||
| 5 February 2020 | Adam | Maryam Touzani | ||
| 19 February 2020 | Une mère incroyable | Franco Lolli | ||
| 22 June 2020 | System Crasher | Nora Fingscheidt | ||
| 14 July 2020 | The Salt of Tears | Philippe Garrel | ||
| 29 July 2020 | Tijuana Bible | Jean-Charles Hue | Also produced by Ad Vitam | [14] [15] |
| 26 August 2020 | Delete History | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern | ||
| 9 September 2020 | Adolescents | Sébastien Lifshitz | ||
| 2 June 2021 | Home Front | Lucas Belvaux | ||
| 30 June 2021 | Sous le ciel d'Alice | Chloé Mazlo | ||
| 28 July 2021 | Profession du père | Jean-Pierre Améris | ||
| 11 August 2021 | Rouge | Farid Bentoumi | ||
| 25 August 2021 | La Terre des hommes | Naël Marandin | ||
| 29 September 2021 | Eugénie Grandet | Marc Dugain | Also produced by Ad Vitam | |
| 13 October 2021 | L'Homme de la cave | Philippe Le Guay | ||
| 17 November 2021 | Casablanca Beats | Nabil Ayouch | ||
| 8 December 2021 | Lingui, The Sacred Bonds | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | ||
| 22 December 2021 | The Crusade | Louis Garrel | ||
| 5 January 2022 | My Brothers and I | Yohan Manca | Also produced by Ad Vitam | |
| 26 January 2022 | A Radiant Girl | Sandrine Kiberlain | ||
| 9 February 2022 | Golda Maria | Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman | ||
| 9 March 2022 | Softie | Samuel Theis | ||
| 16 March 2022 | Cinq Nouvelles du cerveau | Jean-Stéphane Bron | ||
| 23 March 2022 | Nobody Has to Know | Bouli Lanners | ||
| 6 April 2022 | En même temps | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern | Also produced by Ad Vitam | |
| 13 April 2022 | À l'ombre des filles | Étienne Comar | ||
| 11 May 2022 | Nitram | Justin Kurzel | ||
| 27 July 2022 | Sundown | Michel Franco | ||
| 31 August 2022 | Both Sides of the Blade | Claire Denis | ||
| 21 September 2022 | Other People's Children | Rebecca Zlotowski | ||
| 12 October 2022 | The Innocent | Louis Garrel | ||
| 16 November 2022 | Forever Young | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Also produced by Ad Vitam | [16] [17] |
| 30 November 2022 | Cow | Andrea Arnold | ||
| 14 December 2022 | Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | ||
| 4 January 2023 | White Paradise | Guillaume Renusson | ||
| 8 February 2023 | La Grande Magie | Noémie Lvovsky | ||
| 22 March 2023 | The Blue Caftan | Maryam Touzani | ||
| 12 April 2023 | Soul Mates | André Téchiné | Also produced by Ad Vitam | [18] [19] |
| 26 April 2023 | Quand tu seras grand | Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer | ||
| 14 June 2023 | Stars at Noon | Claire Denis | Also produced by Ad Vitam | [20] [21] |
| 19 July 2023 | Les Meutes | Kamal Lazraq | ||
| 9 August 2023 | Animalia | Sofia Alaoui | ||
| 13 September 2023 | The Plough | Philippe Garrel | ||
| 27 September 2023 | The Goldman Case | Cédric Kahn | ||
| 1 November 2023 | Kidnapped | Marco Bellocchio | Also produced by Ad Vitam | [22] [23] |
| 1 November 2023 | Marx peut attendre | Marco Bellocchio | ||
| 22 November 2023 | All to Play For | Delphine Deloget | ||
| 6 December 2023 | La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Also produced by Ad Vitam | [24] [25] |
| 10 January 2024 | Making Of | Cédric Kahn | [26] | |
| 24 January 2024 | A Good Jewish Boy | Noé Debré | ||
| 7 February 2024 | The Beast | Bertrand Bonello | ||
| 28 February 2024 | Madame de Sévigné | Isabelle Brocard | Also produced by Ad Vitam | |
| 13 March 2024 | Maria Montessori | Léa Todorov | ||
| 27 March 2024 | The Good Teacher | Teddy Lussi-Modeste | [27] | |
| 10 April 2024 | Madame Hofmann | Sébastien Lifshitz | ||
| 1 May 2024 | The Buriti Flower | João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora | ||
| 22 May 2024 | Marcello Mio | Christophe Honoré | ||
| 29 May 2024 | Salem | Jean-Bernard Marlin | ||
| 19 June 2024 | Suspended Time | Olivier Assayas | ||
| 3 July 2024 | Pourquoi tu souris ? | Christine Paillard and Chad Chenouga | ||
| 10 July 2024 | Only the River Flows | Wei Shujun | ||
| 11 September 2024 | Langue étrangère | Claire Burger |
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The Blue Caftan is a 2022 Moroccan Arabic-language drama film directed by Maryam Touzani, and written by Touzani with the collaboration of Nabil Ayouch. It depicts a woman and her closeted gay husband, who run a caftan store in the medina of Salé, Morocco, and hire a young man as an apprentice. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in its section.
A Radiant Girl is a 2021 French drama film written and directed by Sandrine Kiberlain in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rebecca Marder as a young Jewish girl aspiring to become an actress during the occupation of France. The film premiered in the Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or.
The Beast is a 2023 science fiction romantic drama film directed and written by Bertrand Bonello from a story he co-wrote with Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit, and loosely based on Henry James's 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It stars Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, with Guslagie Malanda and Dasha Nekrasova in supporting roles.
Power Alley is a drama film, directed by Lillah Halla and released in 2023. The film centres on Sofia, a 17-year-old volleyball player in Brazil who is on the verge of being offered an athletic scholarship, when she unexpectedly finds herself pregnant and must struggle to find a way to get an abortion in light of the political and legal situation in the country.
White Paradise is an 2022 French drama thriller film written and directed by Guillaume Renusson in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Denis Ménochet, Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Victoire Du Bois. The film made its world premiere in official competition at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 24 August 2022. Ad Vitam released the film theatrically in France on 4 January 2023.
Slalom is a 2020 drama film directed by Charlène Favier in her feature debut, and co-written by Favier and Marie Talon. It is a co-production between France and Belgium. The film stars Noée Abita and Jérémie Renier. The film was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It screened at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 29 August 2020. It was released in France on 19 May 2021.
Last Summer is a 2023 French erotic drama film directed by Catherine Breillat, from a screenplay written by Breillat in collaboration with Pascal Bonitzer. It is a remake of the 2019 Danish film Queen of Hearts. Starring Léa Drucker and Samuel Kircher, the film explores the taboos of a stepmother–stepson relationship.
Homecoming is a 2023 French drama film co-written and directed by Catherine Corsini.
The Good Teacher is a 2024 drama film directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste from a screenplay he co-wrote with Audrey Diwan inspired by a true story that happened to the director in 2020, starring François Civil as a high school teacher who is wrongfully accused of sexual harassment by one of his students, a teenage girl, and must fight to prove his innocence. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium and had its world premiere at the Ramdam Festival in Belgium on 18 January 2024. It was released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam on 27 March 2024, and in Belgium by Cinéart on 3 April 2024.
Rosalie is a 2023 historical drama film directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto from a screenplay by Di Giusto and Sandrine Le Coustumer, based on a treatment by Le Coustumer and Alexandra Echkenazi. The film stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel. It is loosely inspired by the life of Clémentine Delait, a famous French bearded lady from the beginning of the 20th century.
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Sons of Ramses is a 2022 French drama film directed and written by Clément Cogitore. It stars Karim Leklou as the titular role.
Madame de Sévigné is a 2023 French historical drama film directed by Isabelle Brocard. It tells the story of Madame de Sévigné, who maintained a correspondence with her daughter, Françoise, the Countess of Grignan, who was passionate about French literature. The film stars Karin Viard in title role. It premiered on 26 August 2023 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. It was released in France on 28 February 2024.
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