Folimage
{{Short description|French animation studio}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Folimage
| logo = Folimage logo.jpg
| logo_size = 250px
| foundation = 1981
| founder = {{ill|Jacques-Rémy Girerd|fr}}
| location = Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France
| key_people = Reginald de Guillebon (Director)
| num_employees = 63 (2017)
| industry = Animation
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.folimage.fr/}}
}}
Folimage is a French animation studio, based in Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France. It was founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.{{cite news|last=Mundell|first=Ian|title='Cat' on region's hot toon groove|url=https://variety.com/2012/digital/news/cat-on-region-s-hot-toon-groove-1118050882/|access-date=January 19, 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=March 5, 2012}} The studio produces animation films for cinema and TV (short films, TV specials and series, feature films). In 1999, the company founded an animation school, La Poudrière, also in Valence.{{cite web|title=L'Equipée de Folimage Animation Studio|url=http://www.awn.com/gallery/folimage/|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=2 December 2013}} In 2009, Folimage and La Poudrière moved to La Cartoucherie, a former munitions factory in Bourg-lès-Valence.
Filmography
=Short length=
- L'Eléphant et la baleine (The Elephant and the Whale, 1986), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- Le Petit cirque de toutes les couleurs (The Little Circus and Other Tales, 1986), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- Sculpture, sculptures (1988), directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Amerlock (1988), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- Nos adieux au music-hall (Farewell Musical, 1989), directed by Laurent Pouvaret
- Le Wall (The Wall, 1992), directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Histoire extraordinaire de Mme Veuve Kecskemet (Extraordinary story of Madame Veuve Kecskemet, 1994), directed by Bela Weisz
- Une Bonne journée (A Pleasant Day, 1994), directed by Matthias Bruhn
- Le Moine et le poisson (The Monk and the Fish, 1994), directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit.{{imdb title|0110547|The Monk and the Fish}}
- L'Abri (The Shelter, 1995), directed by Arnaud Pendrié
- Paroles en L'air (Winged Words, 1995), directed by Sylvain Vincendeau
- Le Grande Migration (The Great Migration, 1995), directed by Youri Tcherenkov
- Na kraju zemli (Au bout du monde in French, At the Ends of the Earth, 1999), directed by Konstantin Bronzit{{imdb title|0222743|At the Ends of the Earth}}
- Histoire Tragique avec fin heureuse (Tragic Story with Happy Ending, 2005) directed by Regina Pessoa
- Les Conquérants (The Conquerors, 2011) directed by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó aka Domestic Infelicity
=Medium length (TV Specials, 26')=
- L'Enfant au grelot (Charlie's Christmas, 1998) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.{{imdb title|0173802|Charlie's Christmas}}
- Patate et le jardin potager (Spud and the vegetable garden, 2000) directed by Damien Louche-Pelissier and Benoit Chieux
- L'Hiver de Léon (Leon in Wintertime, 2008) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and Pascal Le Nôtre
- Le Printemps de Mélie (Molly in Springtime, 2009) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon
=TV series=
- Ariol: 78 episodes, directed by Emilie Sengelin and Amandine Fredon. Broadcasting on TF1 (French channel) in 2009/2010.
- Hilltop Hospital: 5 seasons of 10 episodes, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre
- My Little Planet: 2 seasons of 13 épisodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- Tidbits for Toddlers: 40 episodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- The Joy of Life: 20 episodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- My Donkey: 30 traditional French folksongs, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre
- Michel
=Full-length Feature=
- Raining Cats and Frogs (La Prophétie des grenouilles, 2003) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.{{imdb title|0365659|The Frog Prophecy}}
- Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou, 2008) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film won in 2009 the European Film Award for Best European animated feature film (European Film Academy)
- A Cat in Paris (Une vie de chat, 2010) directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli. Release date in French theaters : 2010 December, 15th. International distribution : [http://www.filmsdistribution.com Films Distribution, Paris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421163651/http://www.filmsdistribution.com/ |date=2010-04-21 }}. The film received in 2012 a nomination for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.{{cite web|title=Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html|work=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 22, 2012}}
- Aunt Hilda! (Tante Hilda!, 2014) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.{{cite news|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|title=Girerd to helm 'Tante Hilda'|url=https://variety.com/2010/biz/features/girerd-to-helm-tante-hilda-1118020469/|access-date=November 25, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=June 10, 2010}}{{cite news|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|title=Girerd Discusses the Making of 'Mia and the Magoo'|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/jacques-remy-girerds-mia-and-the-migoo/|access-date=November 25, 2011|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=May 7, 2011}}{{cite news|title=" Tante Hilda ! ", la bande-annonce enfin en ligne !|url=http://www.focusonanimation.com/tante-hilda-la-bande-annonce-enfin-en-ligne-19233/|access-date=2 December 2013|newspaper=Focus on Animation|date=2 December 2013|author=Mister3ZE}}
- Phantom Boy (2015) directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli. Release date in French theaters : 2015 October, 14th.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.folimage.fr}}
- [http://www.facebook.com/Folimage Folimage on Facebook (official page)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/Folimage Folimage on Youtube]
- [http://www.dailymotion.com/Folimage Folimage on Dailymotion]
- [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/F/Folimage_Valence_Productions/index.html Company entry]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the Big Cartoon DataBase
{{Animation industry in France}}
{{Cinema of France}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:French animation studios
Category:Film production companies of France
Category:Mass media companies established in 1981