Sciapode

Sciapode

Company type	Private
Industry	Film production and distribution
Founded	2003
Founder	Emilie Blézat
Headquarters	Paris , France
Area served	Europe
Key people	Emilie Blézat (Founder)
Products	European feature films, documentaries, stage opera, TV series

Sciapode is a Paris-based French company focused on film production and distribution, founded in 2003 by Emilie Blézat. The company concentrates on creating European feature films encompassing both narrative fiction and documentary formats, frequently merging different genres and artistic disciplines.

History

Emilie Blézat launched Sciapode with the intention of backing "bold and ambitious filmmakers." Their inaugural project, the 2005 choreographic film Blush directed by Wim Vandekeybus, garnered significant critical praise. Following this, Sciapode produced Michaël R. Roskam's The One Thing To Do (2005), the documentary Victoire Terminus (2008), which was officially selected for the Berlin Film Festival, and Andrew Kötting's Ivul (2009), showcased at both the Locarno International Film Festival and Busan Film Festival.

In 2010, two Sciapode films debuted at the Cannes International Film Festival: Sophie Fiennes' Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow featured in the official selection, while David Dusa's Flowers of Evil was part of the ACID lineup. Both titles subsequently gained recognition at numerous international festivals. Additionally, Sciapode co-produced Valerianne Poidevin's L'Oiseau Sans Pattes, which was chosen for the Cinéma du Réel and “Vision Du Réel” festivals, alongside Rain, a collaborative work by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Olivia Rochette, and Gerard-Jan Claes.

Beyond its film ventures, Sciapode also engages in producing performance art projects such as Wayn Traub's opera Le Comeback de Jean-Baptiste, featuring musical direction by Hervé Niquet and contributions from DJ collective Birdy Nam Nam, as well as David Dusa and Mike Sens' piece L'Emeute des Emotions, presented at the Temps d'Images Arte Festival.

The company derives its name from the sciapods found in Greek mythology.

International TV series

• 2019: Paradise Institute – television series under development
• 2019: Warm Blood Cold Snow – television series under development
• 2019: Violence Within – television series under development
• 2019: Hasugi – animated television series in development

Feature films

• 2019: Get Lucky directed by David Dusa featuring Rhydian Vaughan (Feng XiaoYue) – currently in development
• 2018: His Master's Voice directed by György Pálfi
• 2017: Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami directed by Sophie Fiennes
• 2015: Galloping Mind directed by Wim Vandekeybus (Associate Producer)
• 2014: Szabadesés (Free Fall) directed by György Pálfi
• 2013: Mary Queen of Scots directed by Thomas Imbach
• 2010: Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow directed by Sophie Fiennes
• 2010: Flowers of Evil directed by David Dusa
• 2009: Ivul directed by Andrew Kötting
• 2008: Victoire Terminus directed by Florent de La Tullaye & Renaud Barret
• 2006: Here After directed by Wim Vandekeybus (Associate Producer)
• 2005: Blush directed by Wim Vandekeybus

Feature documentaries

• 2012: Rain created by Olivia Rochette, Gérard-Jan Clues & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
• 2012: L'Oiseau sans pattes created by Valérianne Poidevin
• 2008: The Moon, The Sea, The Mood created by Philipp Mayrhoffer & Christian Kobald
• 2007: La Vie de Château created by Frédérique Devillez

Short films

• 2009: Emeutes des Emotions, Wild Beast, and Rushes Instables directed by David Dusa (with Mike Sens collaborating on Rushes Instables)
• 2008: Distances, a work by David Dusa
• 2007: Amin, created by David Dusa
• 2007: C-Song Variations, directed by
• 2006: The One thing to do, helmed by Michael R. Roskam

Stage opera

• 2006: Le Comeback de Jean-Baptiste (Debuted at Theatre de la Ville de Paris, Het Toneelhuis Opera House Antwerpen, and Kaaitheater Brussels)

Films distributed by Sciapode

• 2012: Flowers of Evil, directed by David Dusa
• 2003: Guerra, a film by Pippo Delbono

DVD releases

• 2006: Anthologie by Wim Vandekeybus – Collection of 3 DVDs
• 2005: Maria-Dolorès directed by Wayn Traub