INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL INDUSTRY The Angoulême animation industry

With its production support fund in the animation fields, fiction, documentary and new media, the department of Charente is a favorite destination of French producers. This fund is contracted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) and the Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. With nearly 11 M€, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region offers the second fund for production aids after the Ile-de-France, well-ahead of other French regions. Thus, since 1997, under the impulse of Pôle Image Magelis, many studios have taken up residence in Charente. Today, there are about thirty who employ more than 1000 intermittent, some trained in the 12 schools of the Image Campus and constitute the second pole of production of animation in France after .

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary © 2020 Maybe Movies/Nørlum/France 3 Cinéma/2 Minutes

2 MINUTES ANIMATION 3.0 STUDIO www.2minutes.fr – T (33) (5) 45 20 34 13 www.3point0studio.com – T (33) (5) 45 93 93 10

A production company, executive producer and Animation studio for short and feature films, TV animation studio, 2 Minutes develops, produces, series and various artists creations. Specialized co-produces and oversees the entire production in high-standard 2D, it offers all services related of 2D and 3D animation programmes (TV series to animation manufacturing: graphic creation, and feature films). development, full image and sound line production as well as any specific animation work. Based in Angoulême, it also runs a studio 2D3D in Paris. www.2d3d-animations.com – T (33) (5) 45 90 12 88

Created in 1999, 2d3D Animations is a 2D and 3D animation studio (services company, line and executive producer) for TV series and feature films. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

The Prince’s Voyage © Blue Spirit Productions/Mélusine Productions Unicorn Wars © Borderline Films/Schmuby Productions

BLUE SPIRIT STUDIO BORDERLINE FILMS / www.spirit-prod.com – T (33) (1) 78 42 22 22 SCHMUBY PRODUCTIONS www.borderlinefilms.fr – T (33) (6) 80 57 82 13 Blue Spirit Studio, based in Angoulême and Paris for over 15 years, is a 2D/3D services provider and Schmuby Productions (involved in the producer for animated series and feature films. production or the making of “Peripheria”, Blue Spirit is well-known for feature productions “La Mort Père et Fils”, “Pachamama”, “No-No” such as “My Life as a Courgette” (Oscar & Golden and “Jean-Michel Super Caribou”) moved to Globe nominations, Cesar for Best Animated Angoulême in 2019 to become Borderline Films: Film and Script, Best European Animated Film…), a production company with a strong editorial Jean-François Laguionie’s films (“The Prince’s line and an animation studio from visual Voyage” released in December 2019 & “The development to final compositing, for feature Painting” (2011)). The studio also produces TV films, TV series and short films. series such as “The Mysterious Cities of Gold”, “Alice & Lewis”, “Splat & Seymour”, “Arthur & the Children of the Round Table”. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Le Monde selon Kev © Chouette Compagnie The Fox Badger Family © Dargaud Media

CHOUETTE COMPAGNIE DYNAMOTION www.chouetteco.com – T (33) (9) 81 06 88 88 https://dynamotion.tumblr.com

Production of animated series and films for Dynamotion is an association created in 2012 by cinema TV and Internet. two former EMCA students. The research fields go from puppets to models, from films to books, from animation to photography, from narrative DARGAUD MEDIA / to abstraction, from stop-motion to pop-up, ELLIPSE STUDIO traditional techniques to new technologies. www.dargaudmedia.com – T (33) (5) 45 68 08 79

Development and production of series and EMCA – ÉCOLE DES MÉTIERS 2D/3D animated feature films. DU CINÉMA D’ANIMATION www.angouleme-emca.fr – T (33) (5) 45 93 60 70

School of Angoulême’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Located in the heart of Angoulême’s animation studios, the EMCA prepares since 1999 its students for jobs of animation cinema in a course Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts: traditional animation, 2D/3D animation & stop- motion. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Sam’s Dream © Gabi Production

G4F PROD / G4F RECORDS HIVENTY www.g4f-prod.com – T (33) (5) 17 50 67 46 www.hiventy.com – T (33) (6) 84 83 42 47

Audio production & post, music production, Created in 1984, Hiventy is today a key player voice recording, talents agency, multilingual for audiovisual technical services in France translation and dubbing in thirty languages. and abroad. Hiventy offers a full range of top- of-the-range solutions in every domain of the audiovisual industry and cinema: post- GABI PRODUCTION production and restoration, subtitling and T (33) (6) 73 53 55 31 dubbing, and distribution in every format. With 30 years of experience in France, Hiventy also Production of 2D animation projects, has an international network with set-ups in documentary films, cultural projects related Los Angeles, Warsaw and Ho Chi Minh City. The to animation (applications & educational group works on over 400 feature-length films a workshops). year (with 25 Palmes d’Or, 14 Golden Bears and 14 Golden Lions to its name) and does regular HANDIDOO FILMS work for Netflix and iTunes. It was designated a T (33) (5) 16 70 39 24 “Preferred Vendor” by Netflix in 2015.

Production of animation series, institutional films, feature films, dubbing work, filming, subtitling sign language. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Josep © Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée/Imagic Telecom/Les Films du Poisson Rouge/Lunanim/Tchack/EJT/Les Fées Spéciales

L’ATELIER LES FILMS DU POISSON ROUGE www.ecolelatelier.com – T (33) (5) 16 29 03 21 www.lesfilmsdupoissonrouge.com T (33) (5) 45 95 70 29 Founded in 2007, L’Atelier has the goal of professionalizing its students. The school, Les Films du Poisson Rouge is as a production well-respected by the professionals, offers an company as a creative studio specialized in 2D intensive prepatory course and a three-year animation. We produce or co-produce feature diploma in 2D animation. L’Atelier is a member films, short films, TV series. As our leitmotiv is to of RECA and Angoulême Campus Image in France. improve the quality of the projects, we develop or co-produce, and challenge ourselves, we develop our proprietary tools. LES FILMS DU HERISSON Association specialized in animation film projects. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Bonobo Joe © Magpie6Media/Malil’Art Productions Barbapapa © Alice & Thomas Taylor/NORMAAL/TF1/Nickelodeon

MALIL’ART PRODUCTIONS NAYADE www.malil-art.com – T (33) (5) 86 16 02 81 www.nayade.com – T (33) (5) 45 22 77 14

2D/3D animation provider and studio for series, Production of audiovisual contents dedicated feature films, and short film projects. Malil’Art to museographic centres, amusement parks and boasts strong expertise in compositing with new events shows. digital animation and special effects processes. As a result, it has developed knowhow in motion design and visual FX on other media, including NORMAAL STUUDIO films, documentaries and clips. www.normaal.fr – T (33) (5) 45 92 30 36

French studio based in Angoulême and Paris, MIYU PRODUCTIONS NORMAAL is a senior company specialized in www.miyu.fr – T (33) (1) 43 44 53 76 the development and production of animation TV series for the international market. This year, Miyu Productions is a French animation studio NORMAAL, with TF1 and Nickelodeon, is very producing authors animated shorts, TV series proud to present new episodes of the world and feature films. We also offer services at all famous “BARBAPAPA” family! the steps of the animation production. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

The Bears’ Famous Invasion © 2019 Prima Linea Productions/Pathé Films/France 3 Cinéma/Indigo Film

OBJECTIF 3D PRIMA LINEA PRODUCTIONS www.objectif3d.com - T (33) (5) 45 37 40 87 www.primalinea.com – T (33) (5) 45 93 93 10

Created in 1999 in Montpellier, our school is Film production company dedicated to specialized in 3D pictures, and trains in animated animated short and feature films for cinema. features and video games. Since 2017, Objectif Its eclectic productions demonstrate its 3D is also located in Angoulême, closer to the special commitment to authors and graphic expectations of professionals. artists famous all over the world. Besides, it is currently developing TV films and series. Among its filmography: “Fear(s) of the Dark” / “Peur(s) PISTE ROUGE du Noir” (Best European Producer of the Year www.pisterouge.com – T (33) (5) 45 95 56 26 Award, Cartoon Movie 2008), “Zarafa” (1,5M admissions in France), “Wolfy, The Incredible Piste Rouge is an audio production company Secret” / “Loulou, l’Incroyable Secret” (Best specialized in sound design, voice creation, Animated Film, Cesar 2014), “The Red Turtle” supervising music and mixing, since almost / “La Tortue Rouge” (Un Certain Regard Jury’s 20 years. With more than 200 projects in films, Award, Cannes 2018) and the short “The Man in animations, series or television, such as “The the Blue Gordini” / “L’Homme à la Gordini)” (Jean- Red Turtle”, “Au nom de la terre”, “The Prince’s Luc Xiberras Award, Juniors Jury Award, Annecy Voyage”, “Jacqueline Sauvage TV” or “Ducobu”. 2009). Currently in international release: “The Piste Rouge is considered as being one of the Bears’ Famous Invasion” / “La Fameuse Invasion first French company to propose a turnkey des Ours en Sicile” by Lorenzo Mattotti (Best solution to all the audio post-production chain. Director Award at Roma Film Fest). The company is based in Angoulême, Paris, Clichy and Brussels, which allows to manage volume and compliance of the requirements of our clients. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Brazen © Silex Films Notre-Dame de Paris, l’Epreuve des Siècles © Solidanim

SAPIN SYMPA SOLIDANIM T (33) (6) 76 51 18 92 www.solidanim.com – T (33) (5) 17 79 10 24

Focused on animated cinema, the association’s Solidanim, specializing in 3D animation objective is to use various collective projects and motion capture, was founded in 2007. to bring together, promote, and federate young The company is located in Bordeaux and animated image creators in Angoulême. Angoulême, with a ready-to-use 600m² motion capture stage equipped with Vicon and Qualisys last generation systems. SILEX ANIMATION In 2019, Sodidanim team carried out the www.silexfilms.com – T (33) (1) 43 41 01 38 modelisation and animation of the docu- drama “Notre-Dame de Paris, l’Epreuve des Producer, co-producer, executive producer. Silex Siècles”, produced by Program33 and released Animation was founded in 2014 in Angouleme by in December 2019 on France 2. Our studio is Silex Films at the heart of the Pôle Image Magelis. currently working in collaboration with Inefecto The studio develops ambitious projects with on the production of the TV animated serie strong artistic potential in 2D for TV, cinema, “Tara Duncan” produced and written by Sophie music and digital platforms. Main works: “The Audouin-Mamikonian: a high-quality 52x11’ full Adventurers of Modern Art” (6x52’) directed by CG series. Amelie Harrault, Pauline Gaillard and Valérie Loiseleux, 2015, Arte; “Brazen” (30x3’30”), an adaptation of Pénélope Bagieu’s graphic novels, directed by Mai Nguyen & Charlotte Cambon, 2019, France Televisions; “Romanticism: The Adventurers of Art” (4x52’), directed by Amelie Harrault, 2021, Arte. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Grizzy & les Lemmings World Tour © Studio Hari Go! Go! Cory Carson © Superprod

STUDIO HARI Dog” (2 seasons), sold in over 180 countries www.studiohari.com – T (33) (5) 45 92 62 07 (Cartoon Network, Disney, etc.), “Helen’s Little School” (for France Télévisions, Knowledge, TFO, Studio Hari specializes in the production of 3D Téléquébec, Discovery Kids and many others), animated TV series for the international market. “Lassie” (2 seasons) for TF1, Dreamworks The specificity of Studio Hari is to be both a Animation and ZDF, toy-based series “Sophie production company and an animation studio. The Girafe” (as seen on HULU and TFOU Max), The actual filmmaking is seen as an integral part “Go! Go! Cory Carson” (2 seasons) for Berkeley of production – and the production company is (California) based KUKU Studio with Netflix and articulated around the filmmaking studio and VTech and the “Paddington” animation TV series its know-how. for StudioCanal, M6 and Nickelodeon channels worldwide. SUPERPROD ANIMATION www.superprodstudio.net – T (33) (9) 53 96 98 19 TIGOBO ANIMATION www.tigoboanimation.com Located in Paris and Angoulême, and with offices in Los Angeles, Superprod Studio specializes in Production and filmmaking company specialized the production of animated TV series, short and in animated films, documentary films, fiction feature films as well as commercials. Superprod films, short films, series and feature films. Studio is a subsidiary of Paris-based production company Superprod. Superprod Studio’s recent works include the animation TV series “Pat The INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

The Wolf © Unique Animation Mr Magoo © Xilam Animation

TOONKIT UNIQUE ANIMATION www.toonkit-studio.com – T (33) (6) 15 74 65 62 www.facebook.com/uniqueanim - T (33) (5) 86 07 70 02

Tailor-made 3D skeletal animation. “Rigs” for Created in 2016 by Samuel Kaminka, Unique animation professionals. Animation is a service studio with a strong expertise specialised in 2D animated series for TV. Unique Animation is servicing all Samka TOUTENKARTOON (TTK) series including the two hit sagas: “The Sisters” www.toutenkartoon.ca – T (33) (5) 45 92 59 89 (104x11’) aired by M6 and CANAL+ and “The Wolf” (78x7’) aired by TF1 and CANAL+. Unique Specialists in the production of animation Animation’s palette goes from pre-production programs (TV series and feature films), for design to final compositing. Based in Angoulême more than 15 years, Toutenkartoon studios in 650 m² facilities, Unique Animation can run (Angoulême and Montréal) and Executive Toon three productions at once. Services (Paris) propose a complete range of technical and artistic services. In pre-production, production and post-production. XILAM ANIMATION www.xilam.com – T (33) (1) 40 18 72 00

Production company that designs, produces, and distributes animated films for TV, cinema, and new technological platforms.

INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY The Bordeaux animation industry

Bordeaux and its region are attracting ever more talent from the creative economy. It’s the 2nd city in France for hosting comic strip professionals; 3rd largest city in France behind Paris and Lyon in terms of creation; 3rd region for filming feature films and television series... Bordeaux is definitely a cinema city, with a special focus on animation. Increasingly, filmmaking, digital innovation, and the visual arts are feeding each other. Recent video game adaptations in the film industry and permanent innovation in terms of special effects and immersive environments testify to this phenomenon. This is a real opportunity for the Bordeaux region, as it deploys its creative and innovative potential leveraging a booming animation ecosystem.

BenGi © HORA 3D © Digital District

HORA 3D DIGITAL DISTRICT www. hora3dstudio.fr www.digital-district.fr

Founded in 2014 in Bordeaux, Hora 3D is a studio Digital District offers world class visual effects specialized in 3D animation, from cartoon style for feature films, commercials and digital to hyper-realistic style, and more specifically in content. With offices in France, Belgium and character creation (character design). For that, India, we provide our clients outstanding only one motto: passion! His services range from services while accessing a variety of incentives. the creation of the paper model, to 3D design, to Our skills: concept design; shooting supervision; the final post-production of any 3D animation VFX; virtual reality; 3D modeling/effects; matte project. HORA 3D has created the “BenGi” painting; motion design; animation; colour mascot of the Girondins of Bordeaux, the famous grading... Our specialization: VFX! We have emblematic football club and the mascot “Nico, massively invested in visual effects from the The French Pro” for the international surfing very beginning of the studio, building a dream competition Lacanau Pro. team of French leading experts, internationally renowned for their creations, and their mastery of technology applied to art. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

© Un Je Ne Sais Quoi © Virtual Room

UN JE NE SAIS QUOI VIRTUAL ROOM www.unjenesaisquoi.fr – T (33) (6) 60 66 26 31 www.bordeaux.virtual-room.com – T (33) (5) 57 13 11 60

Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is an artistic Swiss knife Virtual Room was born in 2016 with the company involved in the production and primary mission to offer unique experiences development of audiovisual, video game, of collaborative virtual reality accessible to publishing and advertising productions since all. Convinced that the potential of this new 2017. Founded by Cédric Babouche, director technology is only in its infancy, the first and art director with a 15 years’ experience adventure was born in Paris in February 2017 in animation, they like to think outside of after almost a year of development. Today, the box and develop projects by connecting Virtual Room is present in twenty cities them to the media that suit them the most. including Bordeaux since October 2018. From animation, illustration to video game, we like everything and gather the best artists, developers and producers to make the projects, we’re involved into, work. Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is currently developing 2 videogame projects, 1 TV movie and 2 short films supported by CNC and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

LES PRODUCTIONS BALTHAZAR www.balthazarprod.com – T (33) (1) 47 70 21 99

Les Productions Balthazar is an independent production company based in Bordeaux and Paris. It has developed and produced projects for major international authors (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Jaime Rosales), for film and television, as well as fiction and documentaries for over 15 years (8 documentaries, 15 feature films and 20 short films). The company has also produced numerous first films, including those of Delphine Gleize, Céline Sciamma and Valérie Donzelli. Their films have gained international recognition through festival selections (Cannes, Toronto, Locarno & San Sebastian) and national acknowledgements (Louis Delluc award for Best First Film, César nominations). Latest activities: • Release of the “Secret de la Chambre noire” by Kyioshi Kurosawa, © Marmitafilms • “Le Lion est mort ce soir” by Nobuhiro Suwa and “Naufragé volontaire” by Didier Nion The company is making its debut in animation MARMITAFILMS with “Charlotte” by Bibo Bergeron. It’s the story www.marmitafilms.fr – T (33) (5) 56 06 89 51 of a young painter fleeing Nazism in France, for whom art is the only way to escape her tragic Marmitafilms is an independent cinema­ destiny. She leaves behind a monumental, tographic and audiovisual production house mischievous and feverish work that includes created in Bordeaux in 2010. It produces texts, paintings and music. This unusual destiny documentaries, animation, and interactive is that of Charlotte Salomon, one of the figures experiences. The editorial line for documentaries of German Expressionism. The film will be a co- focuses on art, history, society and human production between France, Julia Rosenberg of rights. When it comes to animation, the chosen January Films (Canada) and Eric Goossens and approach is the artistic laboratory, with a feeling Anton Roebbens of Walking The Dog (Belgium). for unusual atmospheres, but also for the young audience. Finally, interactivity, constitutes a field of exploration towards new visual and sound perceptions. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

Globozone © UMANIMATION

UMANIMATION www.umanimation.com

UMANIMATION is a XR animation production company. The company positions itself as a Notre-Dame de Paris, l’Epreuve des Siècles © Solidanim startup of the creative economy at the crossroads of culture, digital and innovation. We operate on three steps: SOLIDANIM • Creation of original content. Thanks to a team www.solidanim.com of graphic and literary authors, UMANIMATION develops a catalogue of more than ten Solidanim, specializing in 3D animation and projects for television and internet, as well as motion capture, was founded in 2007. The interactive and immersive media. company is located in Bordeaux and Angoulême, • An integrated hybrid production studio, with a ready-to-use 600m² motion capture between 2D animation, 3D animation and stage equipped with Vicon and Qualisys last video game technologies. generation systems. In 2019, Sodidanim team carried out the modelisation and animation • Research and innovation, focused on the of the docu-drama “Notre-Dame de Paris, cognitive science, in partnership with l’Epreuve des Siècles”, produced by Program33 laboratories. and released in December 2019 on France 2. Our studio is currently working in collaboration with Animation Atlantis Studio on the production of the TV animated serie “Tara Duncan” produced and written by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian: a high quality 52x11’ full CG series. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

© Maelstrom Studios

BORDEAUX GAMES MAELSTROM STUDIOS www.bordeauxgames.com www.maelstrom-post-production.fr T (33) (6) 11 69 46 07 Since September 2007, the association has gathered Bordeaux-based players from the Maelstrom Studios was created in 2013 by Jonathan in Aquitaine. Among the Rochier and Lisa Delpech as the first image and most famous “champions”: , sound post-production studios in Bordeaux. It ConcoursMania, TripleFun, FabZat, OUAT offers solutions for editing, color grading and Entertainment, BeTomorrow, Shira Games, sound mixing for TV an cinema. The company Apperture... managed is first animation film post-production with “La Mort Père et Fils” by Denis Walgenwitz and Winschluss (nominated in 2019 for a Cesar), ATLANTIZ PARK “Dreamland ” by Mirai Mizue (Annecy 2018), “No- www.atlantizpark.com - T (33) (5) 57 52 60 54 No” by Mathieu Auvray (animated series 52x7’). Nowadays, Maelstrom is proposing editing, sound Founded in 2011 in Arcachon, Atlantiz editing and mixing studios for TV environment Park studio is a creative ship that works in combined to a DCI/7.1 Auditorium for mixing and audiovisual communication (advertisements, color grading. TV visual identity, billboards, institutional films) and animation. It offers numerous solutions at every stage of the production of animated series, in 2D or 3D. The studio has collaborated with production companies 4.21 Productions, Folimage and La Chouette Compagnie, and also develops its own projects, including a short film and a series about rugby. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL ANIMATION INDUSTRY

© La Couveuse à Films

THE CATS CLUSTER CHICKEN’S CHICOTS www.le-cats.fr – T (33) (5) 47 50 01 16 PRODUCTION & The Transmedia Storytelling Cluster from the LA COUVEUSE À FILMS Nouvelle-Aquitaine region brings together www.chickenschicots.fr www.lacouveuseafilms.fr – T (33) (5) 56 86 63 69 creative economy professionals around transmedia: film, audiovisual, animation, video Chicken’s Chicots Production was created in games, Internet and multimedia professionals. 2007 by Marylin Lalo and Éric Deup in Paris and It regularly organizes “StoryCATS” events, produces since documentaries, short programs conference series featuring innovative projects for TV and web. It develops its first series of in the transmedia and interactive documentary animation, “The Von Mopp Method”, whose pilot sector. film was co-produced by France Télévisions. Chicken’s Chicots created her studios in Bordeaux, “La Couveuse à Films”, already known as the “Little Hollywood Bordelais”. La Couveuse à Films gather all the trades and all the necessary equipment for the production of cine-TV in one place (equipment rental, filming tray, post- production, production offices, catering...). It is notably a cycle background green chroma key of 150 m2, ideal for inlays and special effects. CATS Cluster Aquitain du Transmedia Storytelling

Professional Meetings Training courses support

Facilitate, through the Share the expertise and Promote regional projects StoryCATS conferences the experience of the best thanks to various and workshops, meetings experts with professionals communication actions and and collaborations between in order for them to attendance in exhibitions digital and audiovisual improve in their own field. A and events. Enable its professionals in order to training catalog is available members to access more create innovative on request. easily broadcasters and transmedia projects. financers to carry out their wildest projects.

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Bordeaux Games is a dynamic cluster of 66 members, dedicated to video games companies from Bordeaux and its area (South West of France). We have developed strong relationships for our actions with Lenno, Syrpin and SNJV (Syndicat National du Jeu Vidéo).

A Plague Tale: Innocence

ASOBO STUDIO titles for HoloLens Development www.asobostudio.com – T (33) (6) 74 49 06 66 Edition: our holographic games and application (“Fragments”, “Young Conker” & “HoloTour”) Asobo Studio is a French video game are now available on the Windows store for development company founded in 2002 and all HoloLens owners. The studio currently 100% independent. The studio has developed employs about 135 full-time developers. In 20 video games so far for both consoles and continuation of the creative partnership with PC (’s Ratatouille, critically acclaimed Microsoft, Asobo Studio is also working on Guinness World Record winner FUEL, Monopoly original video game IPs, from which “A Plague Plus…) and recently brought support to AAA Tale: Innocence”, as well as other unannounced development (“Quantum Break”, “ReCore”, “The projects. Holoforge Interactive is the brand- Crew 2”…). Asobo Studio includes some of the new holographic computing division of Asobo most prestigious worldwide publishers among Studio, creating holographic applications for its partners such as Disney•Pixar, , industry & services (ArevaNP, Naval Group, , Microsoft, Focus Home Interactive… Thales, VINCI Autoroutes, UPSA…). The team also created 3 out of the 7 launched INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

The Council Game © Big Bad Wolf

ALES-COWLEY MARGARET BIG BAD WOLF www.uxdream.design – T (33) (7) 82 51 66 58 www.bigbadwolf-studio.com – T (33) (6) 38 49 37 10 UX/UI VR and video games designer. A studio from Cyanide dedicated to narrative RPG. Developer of “The Council”.

ARCHEOVISION (CNRS) www.archeovision.cnrs.fr – T (33) (6) 69 44 33 46 BIGOT LOÏC T (33) (6) 62 46 07 93 A pioneering laboratory in the field of 3D technologies applied to heritage. Indie . Title: “Purple Noise Echo” ARQA GAMES T (33) (6) 87 30 89 68 BINARY DREAM www.binarydream.io – T (33) (6) 58 18 67 53 Indie video game developer. Indie video game studio. Title: “PolyRace”. ARTSIDE GAME ART SCHOOL www.artside.school/fr – T (33) (6) 30 86 22 18 BLACK FLAG www.studioblackflag.com – T (33) (6) 58 18 67 53 3D game art school. Black Flag is an independent studio that creates games for PC, Mac & Linux. Their maxim: “No AWACEB matter the destination provided there is the www.awaceb.com journey”. Titles: “YRMINSUL” & “Orphan Age”. An studio. We are two friends from New-Caledonia, we make video games. Title: “Fossil Echo”. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Orphan Age © Black Flag

BLACKMUFFIN STUDIO of the top 5 “serious games companies” in www.blackmuffinstudio.com – T (33) (6) 51 03 86 89 France, thanks to its thirteen years of expertise. Offering many solutions for training or BlackMuffin Studio is a 2D/3D outsourcing communications, CCCP assists companies from studio specialized in pre-production for video the idea to the final development. Specialized games, web and animation. in HTML5, Unity 3D, CCCP makes its games for many platforms: from PC to Mac to Web, iOS, CAMPUS YNOV BORDEAUX Android and specific touch screen terminals. www.ynov-bordeaux.com – T (33) (7) 77 46 82 35 For each project, we deploy the platforms the most appropriate to your needs. Our expertise Programming, 2D, 3D, animation, FX and video is founded on our teams that come from video games school. games development, who are experienced in game design and in-game mechanics that create a much more involved experience for JULIEN CASEL the player. We develop our apps in agreement www.baobaz.com – T (33) (6) 68 67 29 12 with the needs and the use of our clients, and Audio Composer at ScoreThis!Crew / Cavalry we make a complete study before a game’s Custom Music / Kronik. creation in order to completely grasp their expectations. Each is unique and made to measure. This year, CCCP moved to CCCP Bordeaux and is set to release its first “off the www.cccp.fr/serious – T (33) (6) 34 98 21 14 shelf” app: Ace VR. In 2015, CCCP also started to CCCP is a serious game development studio make independent video games such as “Dead created in Valenciennes. The studio is one In Bermuda” (2015) and “Dead In Vinland” (2018). INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Double Kick Heroes © Headbang Club

CLAYTHEWORLD DESSINE MOI UN SON www.claytheworld.com – T (33) (6) 31 47 67 37 www.dessinemoiunson.com – T (33) (6) 70 76 19 85 Clay’s team is specialized in gesture Audio communication agency since 2001. recognition. It has led a breakthrough research policy resulting in a multi-faceted IP. Clay stems from a 10 years cross-lab research E-ARTSUP BORDEAUX program in computer science, AI, UX design & www.e-artsup.net – T (33) (5) 57 87 33 63 cognitive science that has now converted into 2D, 3D, animation and video games school. entrepreneurial innovation. Clay provides an AR/VR SDK solution for touchless gesture recognition. Titles: “Clay Music”, etc. ESMI BORDEAUX www.esmi-bordeaux.net – T (33) (6) 78 99 37 63 COSMIC RAY STUDIO 2D, 3D animation and video games school. www.cosmicray-studio.com – T (33) (6) 32 45 56 13 Founded in 2017 by three video game enthusiasts, Cosmic Ray Studio is a French indie game development business. Motivated by its drive for innovation, the team constantly aims to display diversified and original games. With its heterogeneous view of the video game world and its large set of skills, the studio seeks to create simple, fun and fascinating games. Title: “BattleCore Arena”. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Dead Cells © Evil Empire

EVIL EMPIRE FOUR FLOOR CREATIVE www.evilempirestudio.com www.fourthfloorcreative.co – T (33) (6) 78 62 75 44 Evil Empire is a new game studio made up Marketing and video games influencers’ digital of ex-Motion Twin team members and new agency based in Bordeaux and Bristol. recruits. We’re really proud to have partnered up with Motion Twin to continue working on “Dead Cells” and super excited to have GLITCHR the opportunity to work on our own game. www.glitchr-studio.com – T (33) (6) 85 28 07 09 We share office space with Motion Twin French indie video games studio based in and regularly win Nerf battles… Soon, world Bordeaux. With self-funding as survival mode, domination! We called ourselves Evil Empire we also create applications and VR experiences because we really want to be the opposite of for digital agencies and key accounts (Crédit that. There’s a lot of hate for certain unethical Agricole, Engie, Nexity, ...). As HTC Vive early behavior in the industry and our goal is to adopters, we are developing our own game be the exact opposite of evil. We want to on this device to make the most of the motion build games where we respect the time and tracking system. Implementing complex gestures intelligence of the people buying, playing and detection in our productions is our daily challenge. helping us build our games. Titles: “Sky Sanctuary”, “Flydasher”, etc.

FLAT226 GUILLAUME VINCENT www.flat226.fr – T (33) (6) 19 73 49 69 [email protected] – T (33) (6) 80 73 32 75 A local association which organizes Game Jams in Bordeaux and provides numerous services about video games creation, in partnership with local schools and Bordeaux Games. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Illustrason © Camille Marcos

HOWLY GAMES JAUSSOIN HONORÉ www.howlygames.com – T (33) (6) 45 47 57 62 [email protected] – T (33) (6) 64 52 12 42 French indie video games studio based in Indie video game developer. Title: “Fluffy Fall”. Bordeaux. JEUX.COM - GROUPE IDSC GROUP CONCOURSMANIA www.idsc-group.com – T (33) (9) 82 24 28 18 www.jeux.com – T (33) (5) 57 22 76 60 Founded in 2012, IDSC (Immersive Digital News on games and free video games website. Services & Creations) is located in the Bordeaux region. The company is made up of a dozen employees, seniors and juniors, from LA COMPANIE DES MARTINGALES the areas of video games, communication and www.cdmartingales.fr – T (33) (6) 84 10 29 42 training. Our employees will assist you in the Indie video game developer of mobiles and development of your digital services to meet PC games. your challenges and business challenges. Innovation is at the heart of our concerns (virtual reality, augmented reality, others...). LISAA BORDEAUX www.lisaa.com/fr/ecole/ – T (33) (5) 56 12 81 82 INDIE DEV STUDIO MARKETER 2D, 3D design and video games school. www.indiegamesmarketer.com Video games marketing services. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Pawarumi © Manufacture 43

LOPEZ RÉMI METABOLI www.babelio.com/auteur/Remi-Lopez/288349 www.gamesplanet.com – T (33) (6) 66 97 36 53 T (33) (6) 13 79 30 54 Official video games distribution website. French writer about video games. Titles: “Final Fantasy XII Legend” & “Original Sound Track: 100 essentials Video Games OST”. M4DNATION / YGGDRASILL www.yggdrasill.io MANUFACTURE 43 Video games crowd design platform. www.manufacture43.com – T (33) (6) 11 92 32 84 Indie video game developer. Title: “Pawarumi”. MOTION TWIN www.motion-twin.com – T (33) (9) 74 77 47 60 MARCOS CAMILLE Motion Twin is an independent game creation www.illustrason.fr – T (33) (6) 68 96 27 78 studio behind which hides a band of geeks, all in the form of a workers’ cooperative. Since Sound and music creation. Audio engine 2001, Motion Twin has paved the way for other development. Title: “Illustrason”. studios. Creativity, passion and teamwork are the keys to creating a studio capable of producing quality titles on a multitude of MATCHABLE platforms. “The Brute”, “Miniville”, “Hordes”, www.matchable.io – T (33) (6) 66 97 36 53 “Mush”... It’s us! And our future? No longer Industry vets, data scientists, and game nerds limited to the web, we will invade the global dedicated to the science of gaming. market of the video game very soon! Titles: “MyBrute”, “Hordes”, “Mush”, “Street Writer”, “Teacher Story”, “Arkadeo” & “Miniville” and lastly “Dead Cell”. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Seers Isle © Nova-box

MPM LICENSING NOVO3D T (33) (6) 08 85 44 19 www.novo3d.fr – T (33) (7) 77 72 77 16 Marie-Pierre Meyrignac is working more as Novo3D is a start-up specialized in the 20 years as business affairs for main French visitation of impossible places thanks to virtual video game development actors as well as in reality. Whether it’s historic sites or historical the music industry. She assists video game fictions, we create a new form of immersive and developers in all their business development, interactive tourism using the latest 3D real- business affairs as well as in music licensing. time technologies. Titles: “Virtual Voyages”, “Mont Saint-Michel”, “Château du Louvre”, etc. NEOBLIK - ATAQANA www.ataqana.com – T (33) (6) 61 55 71 71 PERSISTANT STUDIOS www.persistant.fr – T (33) (9) 80 34 37 58 Neoblik has the ambition to rethink the way to play with several, through the digitalization of Persistant Studios has been reimagining the board games and card games. process of realtime particle vfx creation since 2005. Focused mainly on quality and performance, our multiplatform solution PopcornFX is now NOVA-BOX used by international video game and media www.nova-box.com – T (33) (9) 81 89 61 50 industries, meeting great success in both classical Nova-box was created about ten years ago (in and VR applications. With PopcornFX, Sony October 2007). During the first years, they worked released their first VR games VR Worlds, Björk mainly as subcontractors specialized in artificial offered a groundbreaking VR music piece for intelligence and user experience design for larger “Notget”, and Arte received multiple awards for game studios in the Bordeaux area. In 2013, they “Notes on Blindness”. As we also use PopcornFX began making their own narrative games as an to deliver services, we adopt both editor and user independent company, starting with “Echoes, points of view on our product. It allows our 40- Season 1: Greenhearth” on iOS (2013-2015), and man team to keep pushing the limits of particle “Along the Edge”, for PC, Mac, Linux and tablets in effects to allow a growing number of technical 2016 (www.alongtheedgegame.com), and now artists and creatives harness the power of rapid www.seersisle.com efficient particle vfx authoring. Title: “Boiling Bolt”. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Northgard © Shiro Games

PIERRE FEUILLE STUDIO RATEL STUDIO www.pierrefeuillestudio.com – T (33) (6) 68 76 77 45 www.ratel-studio.com/toria French indie video games studio based in Indie video game studio (RPG). Title: “Toria”. Bordeaux. Title: “Homelost”. SHINYPIX PLAYSOFT www.shinypix.com – T (33) (7) 77 03 88 72 www.playsoftgames.com – T (33) (6) 78 82 45 07 Indie video game developer of casual F2P We’re Playsoft, a mobile game development mobile games (the “Park Tycoon” series) on company of 40 based in Bordeaux and Gdansk Tycoon and Time Management genre. (Poland). We’ve been around for 12 years working exclusively in mobile games, both developing games for clients all over the world SHIRO GAMES and developing our own IPs. Titles : “Tour de www.shirogames.com – T (33) (6) 95 49 89 37 France”, “Mysterium” & “Roland Garros”. Shiro Games is an independent studio founded in 2012 by Nicolas Cannasse and Sébastien Vidal. The studio focuses on creating games POLLEN ROBOTICS with innovative gameplay on PC and mobile www.pollen-robotics.com – T (33) (6) 03 39 98 51 platforms. Titles: “Evoland”, “Evoland 2” & We provide incredibly fast and reliable robotics “Northgard”. tools to make your ideas a reality. Luos is the “Unity” tool and store for Robotics. SCIRE ALEXANDRE www.alexandrescire.bancamp.com PRIMAL SEED T (33) (6) 18 51 45 78 www.primal-seed.com – T (33) (6) 26 10 74 65 Audio services. Indie video game studio. Developer of “Forsake the Grave” (Public award of IGF Bordeaux 2016) (www.forsake-the-grave.primal-seed.com). INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Raving Rabbids © Ubisoft

SOLIDANIM TOWER FIVE www.solidanim.com – T (33) (6) 85 21 11 12 www.lornsword.com – T (33) (5) 46 52 60 29 Virtual production studio – Made in France. Indie video game developer based at La 3D animation and motion capture. Virtual Rochelle. Title: “Lornsword Winter Chronicle”. production and augmented reality (AR). TRIPLEFUN SPARKLY GAMES www.triplefun.com – T (33) (6) 62 46 12 12 T (33) (7) 70 04 09 09 TripleFun is a company set up in the very centre VR Indie video game developer. Title: “Towards of Bordeaux, created by successful French a Perilous Journey”. entrepreneurs, which aims to become a leader in mobile games by producing high-quality consumer games on iOS and Android. Titles: THE INFERIA PROJECT “Permut”, “Save Bob”, “Duelo” & “Microgolf T (33) (6) 19 83 97 75 Masters”. Indie video game developer. UBISOFT BORDEAUX THE MOON PIRATES www.ubisoft.comx – T (33) (6) 86 88 36 51 www.themoonpirates.com – T (33) (7) 81 45 91 00 A 2017 new French studio for the famous Indie video game developer. publisher of iconic brands developed in France such as “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon©”, “Raving Rabbids©” or “Just Dance©”. TONES PRODUCTION www.tonesprod.fr – T (33) (6) 68 00 77 56 Movies and video games audio services. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

The Council Game © BigBad Wolf

UN JE NE SAIS QUOI XENOBITS www.unjenesaisquoi.fr – T (33) (6) 60 66 26 31 www.xeno-bits.com – T (33) (6) 25 02 26 95 Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is an artistic Swiss knife Indie video game developer of mobiles and company involved in the production and PC games. development of audiovisual, video game, publishing and advertising productions. Founded by Cédric Babouche, director and 3IS art director with a 15 years’ experience in www.3is.fr/bordeaux – T (33) (5) 56 51 90 30 animation, we like to think outside of the box Movie, sound, art, animation and video game and develop projects by connecting them school. to the media that suit them the most. From animation, illustration to video game, we like everything and gather the best artists, developers and producers to make the projects, we’re involved into, work.

INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME THE ANGOULÊME VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY

Since the opening of the international reference school CNAM-ENJMIN in 2005 in Angoulême, an ecosystem of independent video game creators has been formed. The city of Angoulême, under the impetus of Magelis, has become a major hub for , inspiring and stimulating all the talents that decide to settle there. Energized by the mobilization of all the local actors, the video game industry is going through virtuous dynamics on the territory, combining training, financing, marketing support, entrepreneurship and networking. Video Games | Digital Interactive Media | Relief | Virtual − Augmented − Hybrid Reality | Motion capture | 360° capture | Phygital | Tactile and interactive technologies | 3D modelling | Serious Gaming | Special effects | Applications | Spatial sound | Connected objects | e-Sports | Artificial intelligence.

© Magelis INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

© Aurora Game Studio Warhammer 40k Mechanicus © Bulwark Studios

ANGOULEME JV AURORA GAME STUDIO Facebook group: Angoulême JV – [email protected] www.auroragamestudio.com – T (33) (6) 50 36 15 62 Angoulême JV is the game developer network Aurora Game Studio is a small independent of the Angoulême & Cognac French region. We team of old videogames’ lovers, Greek joined our strength and energies around game mythology, exciting stories and with a wild development business and IP creation. Our imagination! They have mostly already proven scope is to help local business to optimize their themselves in the middle of the videogame strength and go global while maintaining a industry, but also in other fields such as high-quality production value. We muster more animation, comics and children’s books. than 20 business and freelances, we range from Products: Kawai Panzer Soccer, CraftCraft & independent artsy games to f2p blockbusters, Nefasto’s (Mis)Adventure: Meeting NoeRoze. mobile specialist and VR tech start-ups. We are supported by Magelis, Bordeaux Games and the SPN network. BULWARK STUDIOS www.bulwarkstudios.com – T (33) (6) 37 93 85 94 Bulwark Studios is an indie video game studio primarily dedicated to mobile platforms. We provide game design, programming and visual design on our productions. We also have app creation skills for Apple-branded mobile devices. Crowntakers in 2014 (Mobile/PC) and Warhammer 40k Mechanicus in 2018. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

© CNAM-ENJMIN Dreamtronic © Grégory Brandel

CNAM-ENJMIN DREAMTRONIC www.cnam-enjmin.fr – T (33) (5) 45 68 06 78 www.dreamtronic.net – T (33) (6) 16 87 37 54 The National School for Games and Interactive Dreamtronic is a company specialized in the Digital Media (ENJMIN) is a CNAM school integration, on a daily basis, of the new man- created in 2005. It is part of the CNAM (National machine interaction. Since the development Conservatory of Arts and Crafts). The school and marketing of Swifty Touch, the first giant is the result of a partnership initiated by the games table, Dreamtronic has never ceased to CNAM centre in the Poitou-Charentes region, acquire new skills and new technologies. Thus, which in 1999 brought together the CNAM, the after the tactile “giant format”, Dreamtronic University of La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), made the interactive and dynamic cinema the University of Poitiers (Vienne) and the technologies its own, thanks to a partnership National Comic Strip and Image Centre (Cité with one of Europe’s leisure leaders. Besides BD). The mission of the CNAM-ENJMIN is to offer its abilities to make the viewer interact and diploma and certifying courses focusing on the involve himself in his leisure activity, we different trades in the sectors of video games have developed, always with professionals in and digital production. The school is located in mind, systems which enable them to interact Angoulême in the heart of the Magelis Image in real time in all their communications. Campus, as part of a group of well-known The integration of these new innovative higher education institutions in the world of technologies, has also allowed us to offer the the arts, cinema, audiovisual and digital media leisure parks new tools to improve their image (more than 1200 students). and profitability. Lastly, and this is where our strength lies, thanks to the know-how of Dreamtronic’s teams, we master the whole process, from the idea to the end product. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

© EBIM EESF © Grégory Brandel

EBIM (shopping centers, shops, media libraries, town www.ebim-studio.com – T (33) (6) 07 54 95 41 halls, leisure centers, sports associations, schools, trade fairs, meeting rooms parties, Founded in 2016 by Vincent Pellarrey, Ulysse gyms...) that can welcome up to 1200 players Pignard and Alexandre Sauderais, ebim studio per day, spectators and a live broadcast on is a French independent studio, developing networks (Facebook Live, Twitch, YouTube ...). video games and interactive digital media The objective is to propose a professional focused on virtual and augmented reality. service with optimized operation, in order to We believe that games and VR offer a powerful offer affordable prices to as many as possible. unprecedented immersive combination. We are currently working on a VR mountaineering game, “Ascent Spirit”, and creating tailor-made G4F PROD / G4F RECORDS experiences through fast iteration processes www.g4f-prod.com – T (33) (5) 17 50 67 46 and the best tools available to us. European leader in audio production, we imagine together transcendent soundtracks EVÈNEMENT E-SPORT FRANCE (EESF) for your project. We advise you and provide the www.eesf.fr – T (33) (6) 09 38 89 87 best solutions to carry out your project, while meeting your artistic, budgetary and planning EESF is a company created by Sébastien constraints. We ensure the production of all Fontaine, producing video game events and the sound content your project needs, from E-sport tournaments on PCs and giant screens. SFX to music composition, including sound EESF can organize animations on “turnkey” design, moods and voices. Our team of sound video games, for points of sale, events or designers, assemblers, mixers and experienced even product launches and E-sport. Through integrators responds to all your post-production the EESF concept, events can be produced requests on all current and future media (video throughout metropolitan France in the form of games, TV, cinema, virtual reality, simulators, etc.). tournaments and/or demos in various places INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Double Kick Heroes © Headbang Club Toko Toko © Kalank

HEADBANG CLUB With us, create accessible and marking headbang.club experiences and make it your ally to communicate with your audience in a fun, Headbang Club was created for after Ludum efficient and innovative way. Dare #34 in December 2015. Gyhyom, Blackmagic and Elmobo, three game developer pals, decided to make a crazy explosive rhythm L’ATELIER DU JEU VIDÉO game with a Tarantino and Rodriguez mood. www.atelierdujeuvideo.fr – T (33) (6) 98 95 38 25 They published “Double Kick Heroes” and after Workshop/school for the creation of video many praises from players, they decided to games and digital applications for children make it a bigger game. The game has received from 9 years old, teenagers and adults. Since many accolades, the latest to date are two 2018 2016, the school also teaches drawing and PING Awards for the soundtrack. manga design. The video game workshop offers several options : KALANK • Video game creation, www.kalank.fr – T (33) (6) 32 08 38 96 • Manga drawing, • Vacation courses, Kalank is specialized in build creative and • External interventions & impactful Augmented Experiences. We recently • Japanese language lessons. released Tokotoko on iOS devices, a state-of- the-art AR game, showing off how AR can bring new and engaging interactions with a virtual experience. As a work-for-hire company, we offer both the technical expertise and the artistic vision necessary to create rich and profitable augmented reality projects. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

© La Compagnie des Martingales Edgar © La Poule Noire

LA COMPAGNIE DES LA POULE NOIRE MARTINGALES [email protected] – T (33) (8) 36 65 65 65 www.cdmartingales.fr La Poule Noire is a video game studio making The Compagnie des Martingales is positioned its first 2D narrative game, “Edgar”, in a human, as an independent producer in the field happy atmosphere. of video games and interactive media. It participates in the creation of innovative OBJECTIF 3D games by raising the funds, helping to organize www.objectif3d.com – T (33) (5) 45 37 40 87 the production by federating the actors likely to carry out a project. Its activity around video Created in 1999 in Montpellier, our school games and, more generally, digital media is in is specialized in 3D pictures, and trains in France and in all other countries: animated features and video games. Since 2017, • Design. Objectif 3D is also located in Angoulême, closer • Production and financing. to the expectations of professionals. • Publishing and diffusion. • Expertise, advice, assistance and training. The Compagnie des Martingales was created by REBOUND CG www.reboundcg.com – [email protected] Stéphane Natkin. Rebound CG is a mobile games development and publishing studio based in Angoulême. Founded by well-known sport leaders associated with Free to Play industry pioneers, Rebound CG creates games aimed at sport fans. INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

Tennis Manager © Rebound CG Pile Up! © Seed by Seed

SEED BY SEED games, our factory school of the future allows www.pileupgame.com – [email protected] you to acquire your first basics of performance. Micro-learning and simulation are at the Seed by Seed is an independent game heart of our teaching method. Coached by development studio with 8 old students from our community of experts, you benefit from CNAM-ENJMIN, created to bring the coop game personalized courses to certify your new skills. Pile Up to life. They were brought together Enter the factory school of the future! by the love of shared breakfasts, cute plants surrounding us, and carefully handcrafted videogames. They want to share this love with STUDIO NYX others, and they have chosen to combine their www.studio-nyx.com – [email protected] talents to create soft, fun, friendly games, Studio Nyx is an independent development games that remind people why everybody loves studio for video games, simulators and support to play with their loved ones. for digital transition based in Angoulême. We produce virtual realities for the construction, SEVEN SHAPES industry, tourism and cultural sectors. www.7-shapes.com – T (33) (6) 99 05 66 21 Ergonomics, fluidity and sensory experience are our areas of expertise. Created in 2017, the objective of 7-Shapes is to facilitate access to performance for all companies. Today only 10% of companies in France have an approach to improve their process, by lack of knowledge of Lean tools and new technologies of the industry of the future. That’s why we created the 7-Shapes School. Entirely based on learning through video INDEX OFFICIALS PROJECTS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS HOSTS PRACTICAL VIDEOGAME BORDEAUX ANGOULÊME

© Studio Nyx © Seven Shapes

VIRTUAL BEINGS www.virtualbeings.co – T (33) (6) 24 74 00 17 Virtual Beings is the leading developer of interactive characters for video games and simulations. We are a research-driven AI- company through and through, and our goal is to deliver virtual creatures that delight our players, touch their emotions and conquer their hearts. “Dog Shelter”, our first IP, lets you take care of a little puppy in a magical island world. The puppy comes with its own unique identity and history, and by interacting with it you will shape its personality and create a bond between the two of you. “Dog Paradise” will support mobile, VR and AR devices. Over the mid- to long-term, the goal of Virtual Beings is to develop not only other kinds of virtual animals, but also humanoids.