Nocturnes Productions

Industry	Cinema & Television
Founded	France (2007)
Founder(s)	Olivier Bohler, Raphaël Millet
Headquarters	France, Montreuil
Products	Code Name Melville November Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory André S. Labarthe, From the Cat to the Hat
Website	Nocturnes Productions

Nocturnes Productions is a French production company founded in 2007 by Olivier Bohler and Raphaël Millet.^[1]

Activity

Nocturnes Productions produces mainly documentary films about cinema and film-makers, such as Code Name Melville directed by Olivier Bohler^[2] and Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory directed by Raphaël Millet, Melville-Delon : d'honneur et de nuit directed by Olivier Bohler, as well as arthouse documentaries such as November directed by Abel Davoine.

It also produces short films, such as Halfway (original French title: À Mi-chemin) directed by Arnaud Bénoliel, feature films like The Test (adapted from Pierre Boulle's eponymous novel), as well as corporate movies such as Magic of Cinema (original French title: La Magie du cinéma) for the Dubai International Film Festival and Baba Bling for Singapore's National Heritage Board.

Filmography

Produced

• Code Name Melville (original French title: Sous le nom de Melville), directed by Olivier Bohler, 76 minutes, 2008. World premiered during the 2008 edition of Taipei's Golden Horse Film Festival.^[2][3][4]
• November (original French title: Novembre), directed by Abel Davoine, in coproduction with Traces (Switzerland) and Imagia (Switzerland), 101 minutes, 2010.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}
• Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory (original French title: Pierre Schoendoerffer, la sentinelle de la mémoire) directed by Raphaël Millet, 60 minutes, 2011.
• André S. Labarthe, From the Cat to the Hat (original French title: André S. Labarthe s'expose : du chat au chapeau) directed by Céline Gailleurd and Olivier Bohler, 30 minutes, 2011.
• Melville-Delon : d'honneur et de nuit directed by Olivier Bohler, 26 minutes, 2011.

In production

• Bye Bye Godard! Everything must go (original French title: Adieu Godard! Tout doit disparaître) directed by Céline Gailleurd and Olivier Bohler, 52 minutes.^[10]
• Halfway (original French title: À Mi-chemin) directed by Arnaud Bénoliel, 15 minutes.

In development

• Volker Schlöndorff: How has it been possible ? (original French title: Volker Schlöndorff: comment cela a-t-il été possible ?) directed by Olivier Bohler and Raphaël Millet, 90 minutes.
• The Test (original French title: L'Épreuve) adapted from Pierre Boulle, 90 minutes.

References

1. ^ Nocturnes Productions on Business PME website
2. ^ ^{a b} Code Name Melville on IMDB
3. ^ FIPA 2009 selection
4. ^ Angers Premiers Plans Festival 2010
5. ^ Traces Cinéma's website
6. ^ Novembre on IMDB
7. ^ Imagia's website
8. ^ Listing on film-documentaire.fr
9. ^ Selection in Visions du Réel
10. ^ Funding from CNAP

External links

• (French) Notice de Sous le nom de Melville sur le portail du Film documentaire
• (English) Code Name Melville on IMDB