ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine does

ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Agence Livre, Cinéma et Audiovisuel en Nouvelle-Aquitaine) is a regional public cultural agency established in 2018 by the Conseil régional de Nouvelle-Aquitaine following the territorial reform that merged Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes into the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Headquartered in Bordeaux at the MÉCA cultural venue (5, parvis Corto-Maltese), it operates additional regional offices in Limoges, Angoulême (with an animation sector focus), and Poitiers, collectively covering all 12 departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The agency is wholly funded by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the French State via DRAC (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles) and operates as a designated public agency under the leadership of President Bruno Boutleux and Director General Rachel Cordier.

The agency's service portfolio is organized across two main verticals — Livre (Book) and Cinéma & Audiovisuel — plus transversal programs in residencies, legal services, and professional infrastructure. Book sector programs include financial support for independent bookstore development, publisher/distributor support, annual editorial program aid, mobility and promotion support for attending specialized fairs, and translation aid. Cinema & Audiovisual programs encompass a production support fund (writing, development, production, international co-productions), the regional film commission facilitating filming locations, image education programs (École et cinéma, Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma, Imagi'NA), and screenwriter residencies. Cross-cutting offerings include writer residencies at Chalet Mauriac and international cross-residencies (Quebec, Senegal, Hesse, Haiti), free legal consultations via the PAJ platform, free professional spaces at MÉCA (78-seat auditorium, production office, meeting rooms), and a resource center. In 2025, the agency supported 35 residency projects, welcomed 47 authors, hosted 28 projects at Chalet Mauriac, received 193 applications, and ran 10 calls for projects.

The underlying technology stack is operationally focused rather than differentiated: an Odoo-based online application portal for grant submissions, a Sendinblue-powered newsletter system, and a content library comprising the Prologue editorial magazine, the Scenariothèque screenplay database, and a film catalog. The business model is non-commercial and entirely publicly funded — services are delivered free of charge to professionals with revenue sourced exclusively from regional and state cultural budget allocations. ALCA has no equity holders, no venture capital, no commercial revenue streams, and operates as a structurally stable public entity whose scale is determined by governmental appropriations rather than market dynamics.

Name

ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Legal name

ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Website

https://alca-nouvelle-aquitaine.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: ALCA is funded by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the French State (DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine) to support cultural industries including books, cinema, and audiovisual sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a regional cultural agency that provides financial support programs (grants), writer residencies, legal consultations, and professional services to book, cinema, and audiovisual industry professionals in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The agency administers funding schemes for publishers, independent bookstores, film producers, and screenwriters, while also operating a regional film commission, image education programs, and a professional resource center.

Product overview

ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a regional cultural agency operating in two main sectors: the Book sector (livre) and Cinema & Audiovisuel. The Book sector offers financial support programs including grants for independent bookstores development, publishers, distributors, annual editorial programs, mobility and promotion support for publishers, and translation aid. The Cinema & Audiovisuel sector provides production support funds (writing, development, production, international co-production), operates the regional film commission, and delivers image education programs. The agency also manages writer residencies including the Chalet Mauriac and international programs, provides a legal service for professionals, and maintains professional spaces (auditorium, production office, meeting rooms) at the MÉCA in Bordeaux. Additionally, ALCA runs a resource center with film catalogs, legal resources, and a digital patrimonial library.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prologue: Online magazine of ALCA covering cinema, books, and cultural news in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Products and services

• Les espaces ALCA \u00e0 la M\u00c9CA (ALCA Spaces at M\u00c9CA)
• Soutien au d\u00e9veloppement des librairies et points de vente ind\u00e9pendants (Support for Independent Bookstores)
• Soutien au d\u00e9veloppement des entreprises \u00e9ditoriales, diffuseurs et distributeurs (Support for Publishing Companies, Distributors and Diffusers)
• Soutien \u00e0 la mobilit\u00e9 et \u00e0 la promotion des \u00e9diteurs (Mobility and Promotion Support for Publishers)
• Soutien au programme \u00e9ditorial annuel (Annual Editorial Program Support)
• Service juridique (Legal Service)
• R\u00e9sidences d'\u00e9criture (Writing Residencies - Chalet Mauriac and International)
• Fonds de soutien au cin\u00e9ma et \u00e0 l'audiovisuel (Cinema and Audiovisual Support Fund)
• Commission r\u00e9gionale du film (Regional Film Commission)
• \u00c9ducation aux images (Image Education)
• Centre de ressources (Resource Center)

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 projects supported at Chalet Mauriac residency in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Région Nouvelle-AquitainecoreOthersPrimary funder and institutional partner of ALCA. The region provides main funding and strategic direction for cultural policies covering book, cinema, and audiovisual sectors.
• DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles)coreOthersRegional office of the French Ministry of Culture, co-funding cultural programs and representing national cultural policy at regional level.
• PAJ - Plateforme d'Accompagnement JuridiquecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal support platform providing free consultations for book and audiovisual professionals. PAJ lawyers conduct 30-minute consultations, limited to two per year per person.
• MÉCA (Maison de l'Économie Créative et de la Culture)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared cultural venue in Bordeaux housing ALCA, Oara (performing arts agency), and Frac MÉCA (regional contemporary art collection). ALCA occupies spaces including a 78-seat auditorium, production office, and meeting rooms.
• OaraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerforming arts cultural agency of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, co-located with ALCA at the MÉCA venue.
• Frac MÉCA (Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional contemporary art collection, co-located with ALCA at the MÉCA cultural center.
• Villa Valmont (Lormont, 33)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational residency partner hosting cross-cultural residencies in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
• Villa Bloch (Poitiers, 86)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational residency partner in Poitiers for cross-cultural creative residencies.
• Maison des Écritures (La Rochelle, 17)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWriting residency partner in Charente-Maritime.
• Maison de la littérature de QuébecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for cross-cultural residencies with Quebec, Canada.
• Villa Saint-Louis Ndar (Sénégal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational residency partner in Senegal for cross-cultural exchanges.
• Centre national du livre (CNL)coreOthersNational book center involved in the 'Contrat de filière' book industry coordination program.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional office of the French Ministry of Culture co-funding ALCA and representing national cultural policy at the regional level; adjacent government partner rather than a peer competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Centre national du livre (CNL): National book center in France supporting the publishing industry through grants and policy coordination; ALCA is itself a partner/intermediary of CNL under the 'Contrat de filière Livre' framework.
• Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC): French national film and audiovisual body overseeing cinema policy, funding, and regulation nationwide; serves the same audiovisual producer constituency as ALCA but at national scale with a much wider mandate.

Direct peers

• Normandie Livre & Lecture: Regional literary agency for Normandie serving publishers, authors, and booksellers with grants, training, and resource support; directly comparable mission and funding model as a regional French cultural agency.
• Occitanie Livre & Lecture: Regional book and reading agency for Occitanie, performing the same regional coordination role across a different French region; offers a directly analogous mix of grants, residencies, and professional support services.
• Bretagne Culture Diversité: Regional cultural agency in Bretagne covering audiovisual and cultural sectors, providing grants, residencies, and industry support similar to ALCA's book + cinema/audiovisual mandate.
• Agence Livre & Lecture Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Regional book agency for Bourgogne-Franche-Comté supporting publishers, authors, and bookstores with grants and professional services; same institutional model and target customers as ALCA's book sector.
• ARL Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Agence régionale du Livre PACA): Regional book agency for PACA region focused on supporting publishing professionals and bibliodiversity; closely comparable to ALCA's literary support activities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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