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Mediawan’s Elisabeth d’Arvieu on Key to Studio’s Success: ‘We Guarantee Independence’
Mediawan Pictures managing director Elisabeth d'Arvieu reflects on the European indie studio's success.
The Cannes celebration promises to start early for Mediawan, kicking off with Quentin Dupieux’s festival opener “The Second Act,” then Palme d’Or contending Hearts” from Gilles Lellouche and Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie,” the epic “The Count of Monte-Cristo” screening out of competition and Un Certain Regard player “Le Royaume” fromemerging talent Julien Colonna. Chapter 2’s Dimitri Rassam, meanwhile, joked that Capton’s career path made the chairman perfectly bilingual — “fluent in independent producer speak and in corporate” — and that d’Arvieu can deftly adapt to cater to the specific needs of each production banner. “At such a challenging time for the market, and with many in the U.S. once again looking abroad, the ability to assemble international casts, to shoot in Europe, and to finance and assist through integrated co-production partners gives us a substantial competitive advantage,” she points out.
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