Dargaud Marina

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Dargaud Marina
FormerlyMarina Productions (1990–1999)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Entertainment
Founded1990;35 years ago (1990)
FounderClaude Berthier
ProductsAnimated series
Documentaries
Feature films
Parent Dargaud (1997–present)

Dargaud Marina (formerly Marina Productions and currently Dargaud Media) is a French production company owned by Dargaud that produces animation, documentaries, and feature-length films. [1]

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The company was founded as Marina Productions by Claude Berthier in 1990, [2] which was acquired by Dargaud in June 1997 [3] [4] and was renamed in 1999. [5] [6]

Productions

Recent productions airing on French and foreign channels include:

Dargaud Marina’s productions are sold to television channels all over the world; it continues to expand its stock of audiovisual content, adding two or three new series each year.

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References

  1. "Dargaud Marina - Production déléguée, Coproduction - Annuaire des professionnels du cinéma français - uniFrance". unifrance . Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. Paoli, Pascal (1 April 1996). "MIP-TV Special report: France taking co-production lead". Kidscreen.
  3. "News briefs". Kidscreen. 1 June 1997.
  4. "Production, Distribution and Programming: News Briefs". Kidscreen. 1 April 1998.
  5. Paoli, Pascal (1 May 1999). "Xilam unveils toon project slate". Kidscreen.
  6. "News in Brief". Kidscreen. 1 August 2003.