Ad Vitam (company)

Ad Vitam
Company typeSAS[1]
IndustryFilm
Founded4 January 1998 (1998-01-04)[1]
FounderGregory Gajos
Arthur Hallereau
Alexandra Henochsberg
Headquarters71 rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, 75011 Paris 11[1]
Divisions
  • Ad Vitam Distribution
  • Ad Vitam Production
Websitewww.advitamdistribution.com

Ad Vitam is a French independent film company headquartered in Paris. It specializes in film distribution, but has since expanded into film production.[2] Since its founding in 1998, Ad Vitam has become one of France's leading independent distribution companies.[3]

History

Ad Vitam was founded in 1998 by Alexandra Henochsberg, Gregory Gajos and Arthur Hallereau.[3] The company distributed its first film on 27 January 1999, La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu, directed by Judith Cahen.[4][5]

As of 2015, Ad Vitam had released more than eighty films in French cinemas. According to Gregory Gajos, head of acquisitions, the company's programming is driven by an impulse to "First, choose films that we like, then think about their success".[6]

Ad Vitam is a member of the Syndicat des Distributeurs indépendants réunis européens (DIRE) alongside fourteen other distribution companies, including BAC Films, Capricci, Diaphana, Haut et Court, Le Pacte, Les Films du Losange, Memento Distribution, Pyramide Distribution, Rezo Films, SBS Distribution, The Jokers, UFO Distribution, Wild Bunch Distribution and Zinc.[7]

Filmography

The films distributed by Ad Vitam are:[4]

1990s

Ad Vitam films released in the 1990s
Release date[a] Title Director(s) Notes Ref.
27 January 1999 La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu Judith Cahen

2000s

Ad Vitam films released in the 2000s
Release date[a] Title Director(s) Notes Ref.
2 February 2000 1999 Madeleine Laurent Bouhnik
7 June 2000 Presque rien Sébastien Lifshitz
27 December 2000 Laissons Lucie faire ! Emmanuel Mouret
25 April 2001 So Close to Paradise Wang Xiaoshuai
13 June 2001 La Traversée Sébastien Lifshitz
7 July 2001 The Attack of the Giant Moussaka Panos H. Koutras
29 August 2001 Platform Jia Zhangke
7 November 2001 L'Autre Monde Merzak Allouache
9 January 2002 La ciénaga Lucrecia Martel
27 March 2002 Delbaran Abolfazl Jalili
8 May 2002 Memento Mori Kim Tae-yong and Min Kyu-dong
26 June 2002 Venus Boyz Gabriel Baur
24 July 2002 Maya Digvijay Singh
18 September 2002 A Piece of Sky Bénédicte Liénard
13 October 2002 La Dernière Lettre Frederick Wiseman
22 January 2003 Unknown Pleasures Jia Zhangke
12 February 2003 Terra incognita Ghassan Salhab
26 February 2003 Un oso rojo Adrián Caetano
30 April 2003 Dolls Takeshi Kitano
3 December 2003 Bright Future Kiyoshi Kurosawa
11 February 2004 S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine Rithy Panh
14 April 2004 Wild Side Sébastien Lifshitz
9 June 2004 Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks Wang Bing
29 September 2004 Social Genocide Fernando Solanas
13 October 2004 Aaltra Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
24 November 2004 Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul
12 January 2005 Promised Land Amos Gitai
2 March 2005 Darwin's Nightmare Hubert Sauper
11 May 2005 Ultranova Bouli Lanners
8 June 2005 The World Jia Zhangke
13 July 2005 Voici venu le temps Alain Guiraudie
26 October 2005 Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel
1 February 2006 Sangre Amat Escalante
8 March 2006 Sisters in Law Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi
5 April 2006 Wassup Rockers Larry Clark
13 September 2006 Avida Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
27 September 2006 The Dignity of the Nobodies Fernando Solanas
1 November 2006 Lady Chatterley Pascale Ferran
6 December 2006 Offside Jafar Panahi
3 January 2007 Le Dernier des fous Laurent Achard
7 February 2007 L'Année suivante Isabelle Czajka
14 February 2007 Substitute Fred Poulet and Vikash Dhorasoo
21 March 2007 La Consultation Hélène de Crécy
2 May 2007 Still Life Jia Zhangke
4 July 2007 The Bubble Eytan Fox
10 October 2007 This Is England Shane Meadows
5 December 2007 Rue Santa Fé Carmen Castillo
23 January 2008 Night Train Diao Yinan
27 February 2008 Foster Child Brillante Mendoza
9 April 2008 Disengagement Amos Gitai
16 July 2008 Lake Tahoe Fernando Eimbcke
1 October 2008 On War Bertrand Bonello
29 October 2008 La Vie moderne Raymond Depardon
3 December 2008 Lion's Den Pablo Trapero
24 December 2008 All Tomorrow's Parties Yu Lik-wai
24 December 2008 Louise Hires a Contract Killer Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
14 January 2009 Parc Arnaud des Pallières
4 February 2009 The Other One Patrick-Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic
18 March 2009 24 City Jia Zhangke
15 April 2009 Let's Make Money Erwin Wagenhofer
29 April 2009 The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel
10 June 2009 Story of Jen François Rotger
29 July 2009 Somers Town Shane Meadows
18 November 2009 Vincere Marco Bellocchio
9 December 2009 Yuki et Nina Nobuhiro Suwa and Hippolyte Girardot
30 December 2009 Going South Sébastien Lifshitz Also produced by Ad Vitam

2010s

Ad Vitam films released in the 2010s
Release date[a] Title Director(s) Notes Ref.
10 February 2010 C'est ici que je vis Marc Recha
3 March 2010 Family Tree Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
7 April 2010 Ajami Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
21 April 2010 Mammuth Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
23 June 2010 Wandering Streams Pascal Rabaté
22 September 2010 I Am Love Luca Guadagnino
13 October 2010 Carmel Amos Gitai
24 November 2010 Memory Lane Mikhaël Hers
15 December 2010 Roses à crédit Amos Gitai
19 January 2011 I Wish I Knew Jia Zhangke
2 February 2011 Carancho Pablo Trapero
2 March 2011 My Wife's Romance Jamshed Usmonov
6 April 2011 La nostra vita Daniele Luchetti
27 April 2011 Coup d'éclat José Alcala
29 June 2011 Holidays by the Sea Pascal Rabaté
20 July 2011 The Trip Michael Winterbottom
21 September 2011 Twiggy Emmanuelle Millet
23 November 2011 Tous au Larzac Christian Rouaud
21 December 2011 Hell and Back Again Danfung Dennis
28 December 2011 Heavenly Body Alice Rohrwacher
4 January 2012 Take Shelter Jeff Nichols
8 February 2012 Circumstance Maryam Keshavarz
22 February 2012 Bullhead Michaël R. Roskam
21 March 2012 Farewell, My Queen Benoît Jacquot
2 May 2012 Miss Bala Gerardo Naranjo
6 June 2012 Le Grand Soir Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
31 October 2012 Les Enfants de la nuit Caroline Deruas
31 October 2012 Maddened by His Absence Sandrine Bonnaire
28 November 2012 Les Invisibles Sébastien Lifshitz
2 January 2013 Confession of a Child of the Century Sylvie Verheyde
6 February 2013 Tu honoreras ta mère et ta mère Brigitte Roüan
20 February 2013 White Elephant Pablo Trapero
20 March 2013 Les Coquillettes Sophie Letourneur Also produced by Ad Vitam
1 May 2013 Mud Jeff Nichols
10 July 2013 A Hijacking Tobias Lindholm
28 August 2013 Grand Central Rebecca Zlotowski
2 October 2013 La Vie domestique Isabelle Czajka
30 October 2013 A Castle in Italy Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
11 December 2013 A Touch of Sin Jia Zhangke
19 February 2014 Gloria Sebastián Lelio
5 March 2014 Youth Tom Shoval
23 April 2014 Night Moves Kelly Reichardt
11 June 2014 Cupcakes Eytan Fox
9 July 2014 Du goudron et des plumes Pascal Rabaté
16 July 2014 Ablations Arnold de Parscau
10 September 2014 Near Death Experience Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
5 November 2014 '71 Yann Demange
19 November 2014 Eden Mia Hansen-Løve
10 December 2014 May Allah Bless France! Abd al Malik Also produced by Ad Vitam
24 December 2014 Whiplash Damien Chazelle
21 January 2015 Atlit Shirel Amitaï
11 February 2015 The Wonders Alice Rohrwacher
25 February 2015 À 14 ans Hélène Zimmer
18 March 2015 Gente de bien Franco Lolli
8 April 2015 The Night Watchman Pierre Jolivet
17 June 2015 Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven
8 July 2015 Difret Zeresenay Mehari
22 July 2015 Des Apaches Nassim Amaouche Also produced by Ad Vitam
23 September 2015 Two Friends Louis Garrel
14 October 2015 Par accident Camille Fontaine
4 November 2015 Son of Saul László Nemes
23 December 2015 Mountains May Depart Jia Zhangke
13 January 2016 Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) Eva Husson
27 January 2016 45 Years Andrew Haigh
10 February 2016 Parisienne Danielle Arbid
24 February 2016 Land Legs Samuel Collardey
9 March 2016 The Assassin Hou Hsiao-hsien
30 March 2016 Good Luck Algeria Farid Bentoumi
13 April 2016 Paulina Santiago Mitre
8 June 2016 Dark Inclusion Arthur Harari
8 June 2016 Peshmerga Bernard-Henri Lévy
22 June 2016 Tout de suite maintenant Pascal Bonitzer
5 October 2016 Mercenary Sacha Wolff
16 November 2016 Planetarium Rebecca Zlotowski
28 December 2016 Sweet Dreams Marco Bellocchio Also produced by Ad Vitam
11 January 2017 Jamais contente Émilie Deleuze Also produced by Ad Vitam
25 January 2017 Lumière ! L'aventure commence Thierry Frémaux
1 March 2017 Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian
29 March 2017 Pris de court Emmanuelle Cuau Also produced by Ad Vitam
12 April 2017 Smoke & Mirrors Alberto Rodríguez
3 May 2017 De toutes mes forces Chad Chenouga
12 July 2017 A Fantastic Woman Sebastián Lelio
30 August 2017 The Price of Success Teddy Lussi-Modeste
13 September 2017 Good Time Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
27 September 2017 Let the Sunshine In Claire Denis Also produced by Ad Vitam
8 November 2017 Until the Birds Return Karim Moussaoui
15 November 2017 M Sara Forestier
27 December 2017 The Royal Exchange Marc Dugain Also produced by Ad Vitam
31 January 2018 A Season in France Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
14 March 2018 Razzia Nabil Ayouch
11 April 2018 Kings Deniz Gamze Ergüven Also produced by Ad Vitam
25 April 2018 Lean on Pete Andrew Haigh
2 May 2018 Cornélius, le meunier hurlant Yann Le Quellec
10 May 2018 Sorry Angel Christophe Honoré
30 May 2018 Une année polaire Samuel Collardey
11 July 2018 Dark River Clio Barnard
5 September 2018 Shéhérazade Jean-Bernard Marlin
26 September 2018 I Feel Good Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
7 November 2018 Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher Also produced by Ad Vitam [8][9]
5 December 2018 To the Ends of the World Guillaume Nicloux
26 December 2018 A Faithful Man Louis Garrel
16 January 2019 Non-Fiction Olivier Assayas
30 January 2019 The Summer House Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Also produced by Ad Vitam [10][11]
27 February 2019 Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
20 March 2019 Sunset László Nemes
24 April 2019 Farewell to the Night André Téchiné
8 May 2019 The Dead and the Others João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
12 June 2019 Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello
19 June 2019 The Mustang Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
3 July 2019 So Long, My Son Wang Xiaoshuai
28 August 2019 An Easy Girl Rebecca Zlotowski
2 October 2019 Atlantics Mati Diop
30 October 2019 The Traitor Marco Bellocchio Also produced by Ad Vitam [12][13]
18 December 2019 Notre dame Valérie Donzelli

2020s

Ad Vitam films released in the 2020s
Release date[a] Title Director(s) Notes Ref.
8 January 2020 Un vrai bonhomme Benjamin Parent
5 February 2020 Adam Maryam Touzani
19 February 2020 Une mère incroyable Franco Lolli
22 June 2020 System Crasher Nora Fingscheidt
14 July 2020 The Salt of Tears Philippe Garrel
29 July 2020 Tijuana Bible Jean-Charles Hue Also produced by Ad Vitam [14][15]
26 August 2020 Delete History Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
9 September 2020 Adolescents Sébastien Lifshitz
2 June 2021 Home Front Lucas Belvaux
30 June 2021 Sous le ciel d'Alice Chloé Mazlo
28 July 2021 Profession du père Jean-Pierre Améris
11 August 2021 Rouge Farid Bentoumi
25 August 2021 La Terre des hommes Naël Marandin
29 September 2021 Eugénie Grandet Marc Dugain Also produced by Ad Vitam
13 October 2021 L'Homme de la cave Philippe Le Guay
17 November 2021 Casablanca Beats Nabil Ayouch
8 December 2021 Lingui, The Sacred Bonds Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
22 December 2021 The Crusade Louis Garrel
5 January 2022 My Brothers and I Yohan Manca Also produced by Ad Vitam
26 January 2022 A Radiant Girl Sandrine Kiberlain
9 February 2022 Golda Maria Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman
9 March 2022 Softie Samuel Theis
16 March 2022 Cinq Nouvelles du cerveau Jean-Stéphane Bron
23 March 2022 Nobody Has to Know Bouli Lanners
6 April 2022 En même temps Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern Also produced by Ad Vitam
13 April 2022 À l'ombre des filles Étienne Comar
11 May 2022 Nitram Justin Kurzel
27 July 2022 Sundown Michel Franco
31 August 2022 Both Sides of the Blade Claire Denis
21 September 2022 Other People's Children Rebecca Zlotowski
12 October 2022 The Innocent Louis Garrel
16 November 2022 Forever Young Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Also produced by Ad Vitam [16][17]
30 November 2022 Cow Andrea Arnold
14 December 2022 Corsage Marie Kreutzer
4 January 2023 White Paradise Guillaume Renusson
8 February 2023 La Grande Magie Noémie Lvovsky
22 March 2023 The Blue Caftan Maryam Touzani
12 April 2023 Soul Mates André Téchiné Also produced by Ad Vitam [18][19]
26 April 2023 Quand tu seras grand Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer
14 June 2023 Stars at Noon Claire Denis Also produced by Ad Vitam [20][21]
19 July 2023 Les Meutes Kamal Lazraq
9 August 2023 Animalia Sofia Alaoui
13 September 2023 The Plough Philippe Garrel
27 September 2023 The Goldman Case Cédric Kahn
1 November 2023 Kidnapped Marco Bellocchio Also produced by Ad Vitam [22][23]
1 November 2023 Marx Can Wait Marco Bellocchio
22 November 2023 All to Play For Delphine Deloget
6 December 2023 La chimera Alice Rohrwacher Also produced by Ad Vitam [24][25]
10 January 2024 Making Of Cédric Kahn [26]
24 January 2024 A Good Jewish Boy Noé Debré
7 February 2024 The Beast Bertrand Bonello
28 February 2024 Madame de Sévigné Isabelle Brocard Also produced by Ad Vitam
13 March 2024 Maria Montessori Léa Todorov
27 March 2024 The Good Teacher Teddy Lussi-Modeste [27]
10 April 2024 Madame Hofmann Sébastien Lifshitz
1 May 2024 The Buriti Flower João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
21 May 2024 Marcello Mio Christophe Honoré
29 May 2024 Salem Jean-Bernard Marlin
19 June 2024 Suspended Time Olivier Assayas
3 July 2024 Pourquoi tu souris ? Christine Paillard and Chad Chenouga
10 July 2024 Le Médium Emmanuel Laskar
10 July 2024 Only the River Flows Wei Shujun
11 September 2024 Langue étrangère Claire Burger
13 November 2024 The Kingdom Julien Colonna
18 December 2024 Everybody Loves Touda Nabil Ayouch
1 January 2025 Bird Andrea Arnold Also produced by Ad Vitam
8 January 2025 Caught by the Tides Jia Zhangke
22 January 2025 The Quiet Son Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin
12 February 2025 Le Mohican Frédéric Farrucci
26 February 2025 À bicyclette Mathias Mlekuz
19 March 2025 Lumière ! Le cinéma Thierry Frémaux
26 March 2025 Je le jure Emmanuel Finkiel
23 April 2025 Mariana's Room Emmanuel Finkiel
7 May 2025 L'Effacement Karim Moussaoui

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The listed date refers to the film's limited or wide theatrical release in France by Ad Vitam, not necessarily its first screening or when it premiered.

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