The César & Techniques Trophy rewards a company in the technical film industry in France, for its ability to highlight an event or development strategy that is particularly synergistic with the film industry, or a particular contribution to film creation during the past year.
The winner
TAPAGES & NOCTURNES and its Managing Directors, Olivier Binet and Daniel Toni, received the 2017 César & Techniques Trophy, following a vote by the 1,049 technicians eligible for one of the five 2017 Technical César and the 181 production and post-production directors of the films eligible for the 2017 César for Best Film.
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ACS FRANCE
ACS France (Aerial Camera System France) relies on its expertise and experience to offer you a perfect image whatever the conditions. With the confidence of directors and producers, ACS France produces exceptional aerial and moving images: helicopter, drone, cablecam, tracking vehicles, cranes, etc.
ACS France works internationally with numerous references of feature films, commercials or sports and cultural events.
Some of the best known references in France and abroad:
➢ The difficult times of Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (car traveling/buggy)
➢ Transformer V – The Last Night by Michael Bay (Helicopter)
➢ Camping 3 de Fabien Onteniente (Drone and Helicopter)
➢ Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan (Air Coordination)
➢ Star Wars Episode VIII by Rian Johnson (Helicopter)
➢ Dany Boon’s crazy raid (Drone and Helicopter)
➢ Number one of Serge Hazanavicius (Helicopter)
LES CANDIDATS
ANAPHI STUDIO
Anaphi Studio, a film post-production company, hosted this year more than 20 feature films.
Anaphi has accelerated its development by broadening its range of skills, in particular with a complementary image and digital laboratory service.
Its workforce has regularly evolved, allowing a qualitative service offer adapted to the market.
Anaphi in figures, it is 10 full-time employees, more than 90 intermittent employees throughout the year, 3 complementary service subsidiaries.
Anaphi Studio is located at Porte de Chatillon with its studios, auditorium, editing and calibration rooms.
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AUTRECHOSE
Autrechose is a post-production structure specialized in the realization of digital visual effects.
Since 2001, Autrechose and its 2D & 3D computer graphic designers have been assisting various film and television productions in the study, supervision and production of their digital special effects.
Passionate about our profession, the image and the human relationships that are woven into artistic collaborations, our creativity and experience have been put to work on more than 140 films and approximately 120 TV dramas over the last 15 years.
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COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE DES EFFETS VISUELS
Compagnie Générale des Effets Visuels, CGEV, is a company dedicated to the post-production of motion pictures, videos and television programs. Located in the heart of Paris, the team has a recognized know-how but also an extensive experience in feature films.
Since its creation, the Compagnie Générale des Effets Visuels has participated in the development of digital effects on numerous projects ranging from feature films to documentaries in a wide variety of genres.
The CGEV relies on its artistic know-how on a technical production line, involving high-end hardware, commercial software and in-house developments in order to optimize and master each step of the creative process. The manufacturing pipeline is designed to simplify the technical work of artists, allowing them to focus their talent on image quality.
The CGEV is involved in contributing to numerous cinematographic works and is dedicated to supporting directors during filming and post-production in order to bring their projects to fruition.
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ECLAIR
Born in 1907 with the beginnings of cinema, Eclair (Ymagis Group) is a leader in the technical industries of cinema and audiovisual. We offer innovative solutions for creative services in Europe and internationally to producers, cinematographers, film distributors, rights holders, film exhibitors, TV/IPTV broadcasters, video publishers and VOD platform operators. The company’s activities are structured around six main areas: post-production, restoration, preservation, cinema delivery, digital distribution, multilingual and accessibility. Eclair is based in Vanves and has offices in London, Barcelona, Madrid, Strasbourg, Auxerre, New York, Berlin, Karlsruhe, Rabat and Liège. Eclair is part of the Ymagis Group, European leader in digital technologies for the cinema industry.
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PANAVISION ALGA
French leader in the rental of photographic equipment and machinery, and through its subsidiary Panalux, lighting equipment and trucks, Panavision Alga is :
– The widest offer on the market with an exclusive range of anamorphic, spherical and 70 mm optics.
– A capacity for technical adaptation and project-specific developments
– An extensive network of regional and international locations: Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Brussels and Charleroi, but also Lille and Guadeloupe through its partners, and the entire network of Panavision group locations worldwide.
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PISTE ROUGE
Bruno Seznec, sound supervisor and mixer, created Piste Rouge Studios in 2000. A very modern facility in the heart of a commercial Paris, where many prestigious feature films and TV movies have been sounded and mixed. Present in three territories, the sites showcase a combined concept of creative teams and attached high-tech tools.
A total of 7 auditoriums and studios, 15 5.1 sound editing rooms, more than 20 technicians, a hundred or so actors or sound artists, provide a creative proposal to the most demanding producers throughout the year.
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TAPAGES & NOCTURNES
Tapages & Nocturnes has been specialising in the rental and sale of equipment for capturing, recording and transporting sound for 35 years now.
The company has a turnover of more than 7M€ for a staff of 37 employees including 25 technicians. It devotes more than 20% of its turnover to investment and research for innovation and is dedicated to supporting Film and Television productions, offering each Sound Engineer a range of services to facilitate filming.
In 2016 Tapages & Nocturnes has participated in numerous Short Films, Documentaries and Feature Films including :
“À fond”, “Papa ou maman 2”, “Retour chez ma mère”, “La taularde”, “Good Luck Algeria”, “Irreprochable”, “Des nouvelles de la planète Mars”, “Le voyage au Groenland”, “Bang Gang”, “Vendeur”, “Maman a tort”, “Portoricains à Paris”, “Le secret des banquises”, “La forêt de Quinconces”, “Marie et les naufragés”, …
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TECHNICOLOR
Technicolor Entertainment Services France offers a complete range of image and sound post-production services for cinema and television: grading, colorimetry, editing, mixing, sound effects and graphic design. Technicolor Paris offers its services to major studios and independent filmmakers alike, helping them distribute their content worldwide.
Voting process
The Technical Industries Committee makes a pre-selection of French technical services companies from among all those that have worked on at least one of the films eligible for the César for Best Film and have responded to the call for applications sent to them.
The winning company is then elected by all the technicians eligible for the five Technical Césars of the year as well as by the production and post-production directors of the films eligible for the César for Best Film.
Voting is carried out by secure electronic means, under the control of a bailiff, open at the end of December and closed at 7pm on the day of the César & Techniques Evening.
The committee
The Academy's Technical Industries Committee is pre-selecting six French technical services companies, from among all those that have provided technical services for at least one of the films eligible for the 2017 César for Best Film, and have responded to the call for applications that was sent to all of these companies.
It also awards a César & Techniques Special Award, intended to distinguish a French technical services company in the film industry chosen from among those with more than 50 permanent jobs.