TF1-Owned Newen Group Acquires French Manufacturing Banner Daï Daï Movies

Newen Studios, a division of France’s TF1 Group-owned media banner Newen, has acquired Vanessa Djian’s French manufacturing banner Daï Daï Movies.

The acquisition of Daï Daï Movies underscores the corporate’s technique to ramp up its presence within the function movie panorama and combination abilities, following the footsteps of French indie powerhouses corresponding to Mediawan.

Djian, who will stay in publish at Daï Daï Movies, started her profession within the film trade engaged on shoots for movies directed by Clint Eastwood, Christopher Nolan, Luc Besson and Dany Boon, amongst others. She additionally labored numerous years with Alain Goldman (“La Vie en Rose”) at Legende Movies earlier than launching her personal manufacturing car, Daï-Daï Movies in 2017.  Dijan’s firm has thus far produced films corresponding to Alexis Michalik’s “Edmond” (pictured) and “Adieu Monsieur Haffman,” an adaptation of the play that acquired six nominations on the Molières awards. 

A socially minded producer, Dijan can be well-connected inside France’s inventive group. She created with publicist Karolyne Leibovici a sorority group for girls within the trade known as Women Helps Women. Networking occasions have gathered CEOs corresponding to Gaumont boss Sidonie Dumas, filmmakers like Mounia Meddour (“Papicha”) and brokers, together with Elisabeth Tanner.

Dijan’s pipeline of tasks at Daï-Daï movies contains the comicbook diversifications “Natacha, presque hotesse de l’air” by Noemie Saglio and Laurent Turner, and “Roger,” the function debut of Cyprien, the favored French YouTube artist which Gaumont has boarded.

“The editorial singularity of Daï-Daï movies and the persona of Vanessa Djian will supply us new alternatives and affirm our technique of diversifying the genres produced by Newen Studios,” mentioned Vincent Meslet, managing director France at Newen Studios.

Dijan mentioned “Newen Studios Group shares (her) imaginative and prescient and ambitions to supply content material with sturdy and in style topics.” The Paris-based producer mentioned Newen’s “experience in financing and worldwide growth will enable Daï Daï Movies to pursue a dynamic synergy with abilities by offering a rewarding and high quality surroundings”.