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PRODUCTION FINANCING VFX & FINISHING
STAFF
1602004FOUNDED
OVERVIEW
LONDONBRUSSELS PARISLOS ANGELES VANCOUVER
$110MTURNOVER
FILMS FINANCED & PRODUCED ANNUALLY
30-40
FILMS FINANCEDAND PRODUCED
370$500MINVESTED THROUGH IN-HOUSE FUNDS
OVERVIEW
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TOP 5 EU FILM PRODUCTION GROUP
FILMOGRAPHY
Winner of 5 Academy Awards
Starring Benicio del Toro and Josh Hutcherson
Directed by François Ozon with Jérémie Renier and Marine Vacth
Starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko
Directed by Julio Soto
Starring Keanu Reeves
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Carice van Houten and Matthias Schoenarts
Directed by Lisa Azuelos,starring Sveva Alviti and Jean-Paul Rouve
Directed by Jalil Lespert with Pierre Niney and Guillaume Gallienne
Starring Idris Elba andGemma Arterton
Grossing over $75M at the box office
Starring Lily James, Christopher Plummer and Jai Courtney
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Directed by Olivier Dahan with Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth
20 AWARDS62 nominations
8 AWARDS15 nominations
5 AWARDS11 nominations
3 AWARDS6 nominations
4 AWARDS19 nominations
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
FILMOGRAPHY
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L’AMANT DOUBLE Official competition(Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier)
AFTER THE WAR Un certain regard(Jean-Marc Barr, Barbora Bobulova)
OTEZ-MOI D’UN DOUTE Quinzaine des réalisateurs
(Cécile de France, François Damiens)
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2017
PRODUCTION
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DEVELOPFINANCE PRODUCE
FEATURES ANIMATIONTV
$7M - $40M RANGE ACROSS ALL GENRES
UMEDIA’S IN HOUSE PRODUCTION TEAMS OPERATE IN 5 LOCATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION FINANCE UMEDIASUBSIDIARIES
• Umedia Development Fund• Development Executives
based in Los Angeles and London
• Packaging
• A dozen in-house Senior Production Executives/Producers across our offices supported by production teams
• In-house Counsel and Business Affairs
• Physical Production Department• In-house PR and Marketing
Department
• Ability to finance 40-50% of a production budget
• Umedia Development Fund• Umedia Belgian Tax Shelter
Fund• Umedia Equity Fund
• Be-FILMS: leading TV production company
• Nexus Factory: one of Belgium’s leading feature and animation companies
30 - 40 FILMS PER YEAR
IN PRODUCTION
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I KILL GIANTS by Oscar winner Anders Walter with Zoe Saldana
WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY? by Tommy Wirkola with Glenn Close, Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe
OVERDRIVE by Antonio Negret with Ana de Armas and Scott Eastwood
BLACK 47 by Lance Daly with Hugo Weaving and Jim Broadbent
DEEP by Julio SotoWHERE HANDS TOUCH by Amma Asante (Belle, A United Kingdom)
SUBMERGENCE by Wim Wenders with James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander
JOURNEY’S END by Saul Dibb with Sam Claflin, Toby Jones, Paul Bettany and Asa Butterfield
SWIMMING WITH MEN by Oliver Parker (Importance of Being Earnest)
Jo V
oets
FINANCING
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• Leading producer & financier with over 370 films produced & financed
• Unparalleled expertise in co-production and financing structures across the EU
1. DETERMINES OPTIMAL STRUCTURE
• Maximises financing available• Increases creative & production value• Optimizes soft components and their combinations
2.IN-HOUSE FUNDS
• Umedia Development Fund• Umedia Tax Shelter Fund > Largest in Belgium (€40M per annum) > Invests 40%+ of Belgian spend > up to 25% of budget• Umedia Equity Fund - 5 to 20% budget
COMBINED FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR 40-50% OF THE PRODUCTION BUDGET
ONE-STOP SHOP IN EUROPE
I KILL GIANTS
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Umedia acquired, financed & produced the project, including:
• Restructured the project as a Belgian-Irish co-production.• Oversaw all production and VFX ($3M+VFX budget).• Completed the packaging of the project and negotiated all talent and crew
contracts.• Invested 20% of the budget via the Umedia Equity Fund, with additional finance
from the Umedia Tax Shelter Fund, with 50% total structured finance. • Led on the financial closing with Ingenious.• Secured the Irish production partner.• Advanced the pre-production finance.• Managing final delivery and responsible to the completion bond.
Directed by Academy Award Winner Anders Walter
• CAST: Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Madison Wolfe.• PRODUCERS: Umedia, Chris Columbus/1492 Pictures (Harry Potter), M&M Productions, XYZ (The Raid), Man of Action (Big Hero 6).• LOGLINE: Barbara Thorson is a misfit, who battles the monsters in her life, both real
and imagined.
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VFX & FINISHING
SERVICES OFFERED
VFX
BudgetingPrevisualizationDesignOn-set supervision2D & 3D VFX
FINISHING
DailiesConformColor Grading Deliverables / MasteringRemote Services
CURRENT PROJECTS
I Kill GiantsLa Promesse de l’aube What Happened to Monday MarseilleFrantz
Hello DestroyerChasing EvelJuggernautSweet Virginia
35 FILMS IN 2016
VFX & FINISHING
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BRUSSELS
PARIS
VANCOUVER (newly opened)
• VFX Studio located in the heart of Brussels• Market Leader• 80 VFX artists • +- 20 films per year
• VFX and Finishing Studio in downtown Vancouver• Led by Academy Award Nominee, Peter Muyzers• 35 VFX Artists• Integrated approach incorporating high-quality VFX services
with the finishing requirements of post production
• VFX Studio located in the heart of Paris• Led by Thierry Delobel• 20-30 VFX artists• +- 15 films per year
By combining the Umedia Equity Fund with the Umedia Tax Shelter Fund, Umedia is capable of financing an important part of the VFX budget. The financing opportunity is reviewed on case-by-case basis.
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE VFX BUDGET FINANCED
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ADRIAN POLITOWSKICEO UMEDIA
WORD FROM THE CEO
NADIA KHAMLICHICEO UMEDIA
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WORD FROM THE CEO
My associate, Nadia Khamlichi and I, have strived to build a company that is a fun place to work as well as a well-oiled, efficient organisation. A corporation with soul and heart incarnated by passion for both cinema and entrepreneurship. Every morning, I wake up driven by these two passions and looking forward to be working with a smiling and stellar team.
Beyond passion, fun and efficiency, you can expect two important modus operandi working with Umedia. Firstly, we work without ego. We have made mistakes and we have owned up to these and learned valuable lessons. And as we go forward, we are also prone to make mistakes. If ever we make any, we will tackle them, by facing them in transparency and with accountability. Secondly, we have built Umedia, since its inception 13 years ago, with a long-term vision; we seek to collaborate in a manner where there is a true win-win, so as to create a long-term, mutually beneficial relation. I have wanted to work in films since the age of 16. I am grateful to be living my dream. I have seized all the opportunities presented to me and tried to make most of them. However, a lot of people in the world are not presented with the same opportunities. We are the happy few. And it is both Nadia’s and my conviction that Umedia has to play a larger role in society by having a positive impact on many souls. To sum it up, we believe that in business, as in life, the way you do anything, is the way you do everything. Strength & Honour,
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"ADRIAN POLITOWSKI
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CONTACT
PRODUCTION AND FINANCING
LOS ANGELESPeter Bevan – EVP of [email protected] PARISMartin Metz – SVP of [email protected] BRUSSELSGilles Waterkeyn - EVP of [email protected]
Bastien Sirodot – SVP of [email protected] Tatjana Kozar - Associate Producer [email protected]
Cédric Iland - Belgian Coproduction [email protected]
Maxime Housiaux - General Manager Umedia Belgium [email protected]
CONTACT
PRODUCTION AND FINANCING
LONDONIwona Sellers - Head of Development
VFX
GLOBALMarc Henry de Frahan - CEO VFX & Finishing Global
VANCOUVERPeter Muyzers - CEO VFX & Finishing Vancouver
Kimberlee Alexander - Head of Sales and [email protected]
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FINISHING
VANCOUVERDave Hollingsworth - Head of Finishing
BRUSSELSNora Berecoechea - Business [email protected]
PARISThierry Delobel - Artistic [email protected]
Mikael Tanguy - VFX [email protected]
Nessa McGill - Head of Legal & Business [email protected]
www.umedia.eu