DESTINATION FRANCE

TOP REASONS TO WORK WITH FRANCE
6. State of the art facilities
Top level facilities, including studios, digital labs and VFX houses that have worked on major
productions such as The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Avatar, The Minions, Thor, Inception, or
more recently Pablo Larrain’s “Jackie”, filmed in one of the Paris Studios.
Innovative French companies are known worldwide for their high-end technology in motion-capture,
green screen shooting, real-time VFX and VR.
There are also studios facilities all over the country that can accommodate many productions
and offer room and space to your shootings.
7. Bring your own crew or employ local people: your choice!
As EU citizens you are allowed to come to France and work here without work permits.
8. Dedication to filmmaking and the quality of crews
Skilled talents and highly trained crews contribute every year to the production of
300 features, as well as more than 5000 hours of television shows in France.
They work fast with a spirit of initiative, which seduces even the most demanding directors
such as Christopher Nolan, Woody Allen, Pablo Larrain, Stephen Frears, Martin Scorsese,
Steven Soderbergh, Doug Liman, Julio Medem, among others.
Solutions are available to fit all budgets, at all price ranges, from big movies such as Besson’s
upcoming blockbuster “Valerian and the city of 1000 planets” to small-crew low-budget
filmmaking.
9. Renowned training
France offers a large number of specialised cinema and TV training programs. Schools like
Les Gobelins, La Femis and Supinfocom are regularly ranked amongst the best in the world
and French animators for ex. are massively hired by top ranked studios like Pixar, just like
France trained directors of photography have been employed on projects worldwide.
10. Dedicated agencies to provide assistance to foreign productions
The Film France network with its 40 local film commissions throughout the country offers
free information on locations and local facilities.
6 | Destination France / London - December 2016