Press clips for Federation Entertainment – 30th June – 27th July 2016
Federation founder heads for Summit
CONTENT LONDON: Pascal Breton, founder and CEO of Paris- and LA-based film and TV studio Federation Entertainment has joined the line-up for C21’s International Drama Summit.
Pascal Breton Breton will be joining a panel at the Summit, part of Content London, which takes place from November 29 to December 1.
Since its formation in 2014 Federation has produced Netflix’s first original French production, Marseille, featuring Gerard Depardieu, and coproduced shows including The Collection for Amazon Prime and Scandinavian crime thriller Bordertown.
Prior to Federation, Breton owned French producer Marathon, which was sold to De Agostini/Zodiak in 2008. He launched Federation Entertainment after his five-year contract with Zodiak ended in early 2013.
The International Drama Summit, part of C21’s Content London, takes place at Picturehouse Central in London’s West End, with the venue opening for registration and the opening night party on November 28.
The three-day event features an unrivalled conference agenda, drama premieres, screenings programme, coproduction marketplace, networking lounges, drama series case studies, broadcaster briefings, writers room strand, craft workshops, coproduction and finance sessions, kids’ content futures, and much more.
C21 reporter
Federation tackles cybercrime
Unit 42 is based on a story by Annie Carels
France’s Federation Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to a new police cybercrime drama series from Belgian filmmaker John Engel.
Unit 42 (10x52’) is currently in production at Engel’s Left Field Ventures in association with Belgian pubcaster RTBF.
Federation, the firm behind inaugural Netflix France original Marseille and forthcoming Amazon/France Télévisions drama The Collection, scored the deal with Ella Productions, which retains rights for Benelux and France.
Unit 42 centres on a non tech-savvy cop newly transferred from the homicide bureau and a feisty young policewoman and IT expert who are forced to collaborate with one another.
The series is based on an original story by Annie Carels, who co-wrote alongside Julie Bertrand, Charlotte Joulia and Guy Goossens.
Engel, who over the years has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Brian DePalma, Tim Burton, Neil Jordan and Joel Schumacher, is producer. Goossens is director.
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Federation scoops rights to cybercime drama by Stewart Clarke June 30, 2016
Federation Entertainment, the producer and distributor behind Netflix’s Marseille, has scooped the rights to Unit 42, a new Belgian cybercrime drama.
The series is made by Left Field Ventures. Ella Productions has the rights and retains them for Benelux and France, with Federation selling it in the rest of the world. The pair employed a similar model on another Belgian series The Break. The first season of Unit 42 is in production for Belgium’s RTBF.
The 10x52mins series follows a police cybercrime unit, focusing on the efforts a male cop transferred to that division having been a homicide investigator, and his young and tech savvy female counterpart. “This marks our second distribution venture with Ella Productions, and highlights the strength of our partnership,” said Lionel Uzan, managing director and co-founder, Federation. “Unit 42 is a unique series that contains all the gritty elements to engage an audience, whilst exploring the subject of cybercrime which is very much at the forefront of concerns in today’s technological age. This series will no doubt appeal to a very broad demographic and global audience.”
Federation Lands Belgian Crime Series Mansha Daswani 16 mins ago Top Stories
PARIS: Federation Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights to Unit 42, a new Belgian cybercrime series commissioned by RTBF.
The deal with Belgian distributor Ella Productions and production company Left Field Ventures gives Federation worldwide rights to the show, outside of Benelux and France (which will be retained by Ella). Currently in production, Unit 42 is being produced by Left Field Ventures’ CEO, John Engel, and directed by Guy Goossens. It is based on an original story by Annie Carels, who also co-wrote the series alongside Julie Bertrand, Charlotte Joulia and Goossens. It focuses on a police unit tasked with investigating cybercrime.
“This marks our second distribution venture with Ella Productions, and highlights the strength of our partnership,” said Lionel Uzan, managing director and co-founder of Federation Entertainment. “Unit 42 is a unique series that contains all the gritty elements to engage an audience, whilst exploring the subject of cybercrime, which is very much at the forefront of concerns in today’s technological age. This series will no doubt appeal to a very broad demographic and global audience.”
Federation Entertainment to Distribute Unit 42
by @todotvnews the 30/06/2016
The company has secured distribution rights to the Belgian series under a deal with distributor Ella Productions and Left Field Ventures. Under the deal Federation has secured worldwide distribution rights whilst Ella Productions retains rights for Benelux and France.
Federation Entertainment has finalised a deal with Belgian distributor Ella Productions and Production Company Left Field Ventures, for the police cybercrime TV series Unit 42. As part of the deal, Federation has secured worldwide distribution rights to the series, whilst Ella Productions retains rights for Benelux and France.
The announcement was made today by Lionel Uzan, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Federation Entertainment. "This marks our second distribution venture with Ella Productions, and highlights the strength of our partnership," stated Lionel Uzan. "Unit 42 is a unique series that contains all the gritty elements to engage an audience, whilst exploring the subject of cybercrime which is very much at the forefront of concerns in today’s technological age."
Currently in production, the show explores how modern technology allows criminals to act in the real world, all the while shielded by their computer screens. Thus enters the unique duo of the police's Digital Unit, Sam, a cop newly transferred from the homicide bureau and Billie, a young, feisty policewoman and IT expert.
This duo will need to collaborate, not without difficulty at first, before being able to learn from each other. For behind each case of cyber criminality, first and foremost, lies a human story to be told.
Directed by Guy Goossens, Unit 42 is based on an original story by Annie Carels who also co-wrote the series alongside Julie Bertrand, Charlotte Joulia and Guy Goossens; and is produced by John Engel, CEO of Left Field Ventures in association with RTBF – Belgian Television.
Federation Entertainment suma serie de Bélgica Unit 42 a su oferta 2016.07.01 | Federation Entertainment (Francia) concluyó un acuerdo con el distribuidor Ella Productions y el productor Lef Field Ventures para la distribución global de la serie policial de Bélgica Unit 42 (10x’42), comisionada por el canal público de ese país RTBF y Federation Wallonie- Bruxelles.
Mientras la distribuidora francesa tiene los derechos internacionales, el distribuidor belga maneja las ventas para Benelux y Francia. Actualmente en producción, Unit 42 es una serie policial sobre crímenes cibernéticos producida por John Engel, CEO de Left Field Ventures en asociación con RTBF. Fue dirigida por Guy Goossens y está basada en una historia original de Annie Carels, quien escribió el guión con Julie Bertrand, Charlotte Joulia Guy Goossens Lionel Uzan, managing director y Co-fundador de Federation Entertainment, comentó: ‘Este es nuestro segundo acuerdo de distribución con Ella Productions. Unit 42 es una serie única que contiene todo los elementos que atraerán a la audiencia, mientras explora los ataques cibernéticos, un tema que preocupa en esta era de la tecnología’. La serie muestra el desarrollo de tecnología moderna que permite a los criminales actuar en el mundo real a través de sus pantallas de computadora. La unidad digital de la policía combina investigación de campo e incursiones virtuales usando una pareja particular: un policía que acaba de ser transferido desde el área de homicidios y una joven experta en IT, que deberán colaborar para acabar con la criminalidad cibernética.
Federation secures Unit 42
Federation Entertainment secures distribution rights to Belgian police cybercrime series Unit 42.
July 5, 2016 By Megan Khaw
Ella Productions Federation Entertainment Left Field Ventures RTBF Unit 42
Paris– Federation Entertainment has finalised a deal with Ella Productions and Left Field Ventures, for the police cybercrime TV series Unit 42. As part of the deal, Federation has secured worldwide distribution rights to the series, whilst Ella Productions retains rights for Benelux and France. Currently in production, Unit 42, was produced by John Engel, CEO of Left Field Ventures (in association with RTBF – Belgian Television), who over the years has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Brian DePalma, Tim Burton, Neil Jordan, and Joel Schumacher, to mention a few.
30th June 2016
Federation Nabs Rights to Cybercrime Series
Unit 42
Federation Entertainment has secured a deal with Belgian distributor Ella Productions and prodco Left Field Ventures, for cybercrime series Unit 42. As part of the deal, Federation gained worldwide distribution rights to the series, and Ella Productions retains rights for Benelux and France. The series follows the nefarious underbelly of online crime, where criminals are protected by the guise of anonymity. John Engel, CEO of Left Field Ventures in association with RTBF - Belgian Television, produces the series. Directed by Guy Goossens, Unit 42 is based on an original story by Annie Carels who also co-wrote the series alongside Julie Bertrand, Charlotte Joulia and Guy Goossens.
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GLOBAL GOINGS ON
Federation Entertainment struck a deal with Belgian distributor Ella Productions and Left Field Ventures for cybercrime series Unit 42.Federation has worldwide distribution rights, while Ella retains rights for Benelux and France.