Nocturnes Productions
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Olivier Bohler, Raphaël Millet |
| Headquarters | France |
| Products | Documentary films, short films, corporate films |
Nocturnes Productions is a film production company based in France, established in 2007 by Olivier Bohler along with Raphaël Millet.
Activity
The company focuses primarily on creating documentary films centered on cinema and filmmakers. Notable works include Code Name Melville, directed by Olivier Bohler, as well as Raphaël Millet's films such as Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory, Gaston Méliès and His Wandering Star Film Company, and Chaplin in Bali. Additionally, Nocturnes Productions develops arthouse documentaries, exemplified by Abel Davoine’s November.
Their catalog also features short films like Arnaud Bénoliel’s Halfway There (À Mi-chemin) and corporate projects including Magic of Cinema (La Magie du cinéma) created for the Dubai International Film Festival, alongside Baba Bling commissioned by Singapore’s National Heritage Board.
Produced
- Code Name Melville (Sous le nom de Melville), a 76-minute documentary directed by Olivier Bohler, released in 2008. It debuted at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei.
- November (Novembre), a 101-minute film from 2010, directed by Abel Davoine and co-produced with Swiss companies Traces and Imagia.
- Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory (Pierre Schoendoerffer, la sentinelle de la mémoire), a 60-minute documentary directed by Raphaël Millet in 2011.
- André S. Labarthe, From the Cat to the Hat (André S. Labarthe, du chat au chapeau), a 30-minute film from 2011 directed by Céline Gailleurd and Olivier Bohler.
- Melville-Delon: d'honneur et de nuit, a 26-minute piece directed by Olivier Bohler in 2011.
- Halfway There (À Mi-chemin), a 22-minute short directed by Arnaud Bénoliel, released in 2011.
- Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed (Jean-Luc Godard, le désordre exposé), a 64-minute documentary from 2012 directed by Céline Gailleurd and Olivier Bohler.
- The Cinematographic Voyage of Gaston Méliès to Tahiti (Le Voyage cinématographique de Gaston Méliès à Tahiti), a 52-minute film directed by Raphaël Millet in 2014.
- Edgar Morin: Chronicle of a Gaze (Edgar Morin : chronique d'un regard), an 81-minute documentary created by Céline Gailleurd and Olivier Bohler in 2014.
- Gaston Méliès and His Wandering Star Film Company (Le Voyage cinématographique de Gaston Méliès dans les Mers du Sud et en Extrême-Orient), directed by Raphaël Millet, running 60 minutes, released in 2015.
- Chaplin in Bali, available in both 52- and 80-minute versions, directed by Raphaël Millet in 2017.
- The Voyages of Matisse, Chasing Light, a 52-minute documentary made by Raphaël Millet in 2020.
- U-96, the True Story of Das Boot, produced in two versions of 52 and 70 minutes respectively, directed by Raphaël Millet in 2022.