Federation Studios Launches Federation MEAC Led By Joachim Landau – Deadline

French powerhouse Federation Studios and its Empreinte Digitale are launching Federation MEAC, a manufacturing subsidiary dedicated to the Center East, Africa and the Caribbean. Co-founding chairman Joachim Landau, who has produced documentaries, unscripted applications and collection with Empreinte Digitale, will lead the brand new outfit.

Federation MEAC’s acknowledged objective is to work with and join expertise from the areas, each domestically and internationally, through productions and co-productions.

Lionel Uzan, managing director of Federation Studios, and Raphaël Rocher, managing director of Empreinte Digitale, will likely be on the board alongside Landau.

“The audiovisual market within the Center East, Africa and the Caribbean is increasing quick, with a plethora of fantastic writers, administrators, actors and producers,” says Landau. “Their inventiveness and power replicate these of Federation a lot in order that we simply needed to be current in these markets. We goal to assist them develop internationally and to create synergies with our group, by sharing its codecs, for instance.’’

Landau has a grasp’s diploma in South African Cinema throughout Apartheid, and a Grasp’s in Enterprise Administration & Audiovisual Manufacturing, in addition to a PhD in political science from Sciences Po Bordeaux on the South African TV/Movie Trade. He started his profession within the Contents Division at Orange earlier than becoming a member of Empreinte Digitale in 2014. Landau will likely be assisted by Manuela Cassuto, Head of Improvement accountable for sourcing tasks and taking them by means of to manufacturing.

Landau co-created and is producing Spinners, a South African collection for Empreinte Digitale in co-production with Natives at Massive. Spinners is at present being shot in Cape City for Canal+ and Showmax. 

There are at present about 15 tasks being developed at Federation MEAC, protecting a large spectrum, from streamed function movies and documentaries to fiction collection, with a penchant for popular culture and style merchandise throughout the board.