Blick Productions

What Blick Productions does

Blick Productions SAS is a privately-held, Paris-based independent film production company founded in December 2015 by Maria Blicharska-Lacroix and Damien McDonald, both 2005 graduates of La Fémis-Filmakademie. The company operates as a small boutique producer (6 employees) producing feature films, documentaries, shorts, and animated features across fiction, documentary, and animation genres, with a stated focus on demanding, author-driven cinema with universal themes. Its portfolio includes the Venice Special Jury Prize-winning Green Border (2023, dir. Agnieszka Holland), Une femme sur le toit (2022), the animated feature Camarades (2025), and the VR documentary The Last Goodbye (2017, with USC Shoah Foundation), among others.

Blick Productions runs an explicit multi-country co-production model anchored in France and Poland, partnering with producers in Czech Republic, Belgium, the US, Turkey, Lithuania, Sweden, Ukraine, and Germany, and assembling financing from European film funds including Eurimages, CNC, Cinémas du monde / Institut Français, Creative Europe MEDIA, Polish Film Institute, ZDF/ARTE, Wallimage, Czech Film Fund, and Sofica La Banque Postale Image 17. The company also operates an executive production services arm offering international producers location scouting, casting, crew hiring, set design, equipment rental, post-production, and logistics in France eligible for international tax credits.

The company monetizes through three streams: producer fees on owned/co-produced titles, executive production service fees on foreign shoots in France leveraging French tax credits, and back-end revenue from international festival premieres, theatrical distribution via sales agents (e.g., LUXBOX), and broadcast licensing to networks such as ARTE, France 2/3, Canal+, TVP, TVN, and SVT. The company is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA), Syndicat des Producteurs Indépendants (SPI), EAVE, Eurodoc, ACE Producers, and Cartoon, and is entirely founder-owned with no disclosed external investors, M&A activity, or secondary transactions.

Name

Blick Productions

Legal name

Blick Productions SAS

Website

https://blickproductions.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blick Productions SAS is a Paris-based independent film production company founded in 2015 by Maria Blicharska-Lacroix and Damien McDonald, producing fiction, documentary, and animated features through multi-country European co-productions, and offering French executive production services to international productions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Animated Feature Film Production (MPADACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Animation Production (2D/3D/Stop-Motion) (MPAAAMAD)

Keywords

• Film production services
• European co-productions
• Independent cinema
• Documentary production
• Executive production services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Film Production Services: Blick Productions produces feature films, documentaries, and animations, generating revenue through production fees, co-production partnerships, and pre-sales to broadcasters and distributors.
2. Executive Production Services: The company provides executive production services in various countries with French tax credits eligible for international productions, including location scouting, casting, crew hiring, set design, equipment rental, post-production, and logistics.
3. Festival & Distribution Revenue: Revenue generated from international film festival premieres, theatrical distribution, and sales to international distributors across Europe, North America, and other markets.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Blick Productions is an independent film production company producing feature films, documentaries, and animated films across international co-productions. The company operates in three principal genres (fiction, documentary, animation) and represents a roster of international directors. In addition to producing its own films, Blick Productions offers executive production services in France for international productions, providing location scouting, casting, crew hiring, set design, equipment rental, post-production, and logistics, with access to French international tax credits.

Product overview

Blick Productions is a French independent film production company that produces feature films, documentaries, and animated films across multiple genres including fiction, documentary, and animation. The company's portfolio consists of individual film titles across various stages (released films, films in development, and planned productions) along with executive production services. Notable productions include 'Green border' (Agnieszka Holland, 2023 Venice Jury Prize winner), 'Une femme sur le toit' (Anna Jadowska, 2022), the animated feature 'Camarades' scheduled for 2025, the documentary 'Herbert. Un barbare dans le jardin', and the VR documentary 'The Last Goodbye' produced with the USC Shoah Foundation. The company also offers executive production services internationally with eligibility for French international tax credits.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Green Border 100-minute drama feature film about a Syrian family fleeing war and getting trapped at the Belarus-Poland border during their journey to Europe, depicting the geopolitical crisis involving border guards, humanitarian activists, and local populations. Multi-country co-production with Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, United States, and Turkey.
• Une femme sur le toit 95-minute drama feature film about Mira, a 60-year-old woman who, after attempting a desperate bank robbery, is forced to reconsider her life.
• Herbert. Un barbare dans le jardin 90/52-minute documentary about Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert, exploring his role as a major figure of 20th-century European literature and his influence on European consciousness during the Cold War era.
• Camarades 90-minute animated film set in 1939, following 11-year-old Jakub's extraordinary odyssey from a Stalinist gulag through Siberia to Soviet Samarkand alongside a girl named Sasha.
• Le fil 19-minute author short film following two men who have spent their lives exploring underwater caves, as one announces he can no longer dive.
• Extrema Ratio 100-minute drama scheduled for 2025, directed by Philip Martin Lacroix.
• L'océan de Téthys Historical drama in development, set in Poland 1938, about 7-year-old Wiktoria sent to serve a bourgeois manor near Krakow where she develops a complex relationship with Kitty, the mistress of the house.
• Les Polonais du Nord 52-minute documentary exploring the massive Polish labor immigration to the coal mining regions of Northern France between 1919 and 1931.
• Sous Terre 90-minute survival film directed by Corinne Garfin and Thomas Rio.
• The Last Goodbye 16-minute VR documentary produced in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation, capturing an intimate conversation with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter at the Majdanek concentration camp.
• Executive Production Services (Productions exécutives) Executive production services offering international production support including location scouting, international casting, crew hiring, set design, equipment rental, post-production, and logistics in France eligible for international tax credits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Prix Spécial du Jury at Venice Biennale 2023 for Green Border
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• USC Shoah FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Steven Spielberg's foundation produced The Last Goodbye VR documentary with Blick providing executive production. The survivor Pinchas Gutter shared Holocaust testimony recorded in VR.
• Here Be DragonsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016VR production company collaborating on The Last Goodbye immersive documentary project.
• Donten & Lacroix FilmscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Polish production company founded by Maria Blicharska in 2006, continuing as a sister company and co-production partner for Blick Productions projects including Herbert, Frost, and Les Polonais du Nord.
• Films du LosangeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006French production company where Maria Blicharska worked alongside Margaret Menegoz on films by A. Wajda, M. Haneke and A. Riahi.
• Académie Européenne du Cinéma (EFA)coreOthersBlick Productions is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA), providing access to prestigious European film industry network and credibility.
• Syndicat de Producteurs Indépendants (SPI)coreOthersBlick Productions is a member of the Independent Producers Union (SPI), representing independent producers in France.
• METRO LATOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolish co-production partner for Green Border film, working alongside Blick Productions on this international drama.
• MARLENE FILM PRODUCTIONcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCzech co-production partner for Green Border film, contributing to the multi-country European production.
• BELUGA TREEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelgian co-production partner for Green Border film and L'océan de Téthys project.
• ASTUTE FILMSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS-based co-production partner for Green Border film.
• SAUDADE FILMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkish co-production partner for Green Border film.
• White PictureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLithuanian co-production partner for Camarades animated film.
• Superbad ProductionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelgian co-production partner for Camarades animated feature.
• TATOFILMSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian co-production partner for Camarades animated film.
• GarageFilm InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish co-production partner for L'océan de Téthys and Une femme sur le toit projects.
• Ace ProducersminorOthersEuropean network of film producers that Blick Productions participates in for professional development and networking.
• Cartoon European Association of Animation FilmminorOthersEuropean animation industry association supporting Camarades project.
• Savage FilmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production partner for Sous Terre film project.
• EAVEminorOthersEuropean audiovisual entrepreneurs network that Maria Blicharska participates in.
• EurodocminorOthersEuropean documentary network that Maria Blicharska participates in.
• Producer Guild of PolandminorOthersPolish producers guild that Maria Blicharska is a member of.
• Académie Franco-Allemande de cinémaminorOthersFranco-German film academy that Maria Blicharska is a member of.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Beluga Tree: Belgian production company that has co-produced Green Border and L'océan de Téthys with Blick. Comparable boutique Benelux arthouse producer in the European co-production network.
• GarageFilm International: Swedish production company that has co-produced with Blick on L'océan de Téthys and Une femme sur le toit. Comparable boutique Scandinavian producer participating in multi-territory European co-productions.
• Marlene Film Production: Czech production company that co-produced Green Border with Blick. Comparable boutique Central European arthouse producer participating in multi-territory co-productions.
• Savage Film: Belgian production company that has co-produced with Blick on Sous Terre. Comparable boutique Benelux producer operating in the same multi-country European co-production ecosystem.
• Metro Lato: Polish production company that served as lead producer on Green Border alongside Blick. Comparable boutique Polish arthouse producer frequently participating in European co-productions.

Direct peers

• Films du Losange: Iconic French independent production company founded by Margaret Menegoz, where co-founder Maria Blicharska-Lacroix previously worked on Wajda, Haneke and Riahi films. Comparable boutique European arthouse producer with similar auteur-driven, co-production-heavy model.
• Goyave Production: Paris-based production company where Damien McDonald was an associate (2006–2017), producing short films and French/foreign documentaries. Comparable boutique arthouse/documentary producer.
• Donten & Lacroix Films: Polish production company founded by Maria Blicharska in 2006 and the direct predecessor/sister entity of Blick Productions, continuing as a co-production partner on Herbert, Frost, and Les Polonais du Nord. Operates the same Franco-Polish auteur arthouse model.
• Talweg Productions: Paris-based independent production company where co-founder Damien McDonald was an associate from 2006–2017. Comparable boutique French producer focused on arthouse shorts and documentaries.

Emerging players

• LUXBOX: Paris-based international sales agent that handles worldwide theatrical and VOD distribution for Blick's Green Border. Comparable in the broader French indie ecosystem though operating on the distribution side rather than production.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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