"More than 500 awards in festivals in total for the films produced"

Autour de Minuit is a film production company based in Paris created in 2001 by Nicolas Schmerkin. The company aims to support projects with innovative forms and develops original graphic worlds with a solid content, giving pride of place to new technologies and sound creation. Over time, the editorial line opened up to other genres and audiences, such as documentaries, music videos, fiction or animation for kids and families.

The company now has a team of eight permanent staff, as well as two studios, in Paris and Angoulême, which can accommodate up to 60 people.


Studio Projects:

The Great Dream / The Great Dreamscape:
As the school show begins and the audience's applause rings out, Andréa does not dare join her comrades who go on stage. To hide, she goes to wrap herself in a makeshift cape whose fabric seems endless. She finally comes out in a magnificent palace, surrounded by a cloud as soft as it is impenetrable. Today is the big day: Andrea stars as the Blue Bird in her school play. But stage fright strikes, and she flees backstage, where a magical cape transports her to a golden palace in the clouds. There, she meets quirky friends: Slipper, Klutz, and Light who welcome her warmly. But when a Bird reminds her of the waiting audience, Andrea must choose between safety and courage. With a little help, she learns that to fly, you have to spread your wings.

Unicorn Wars:
In these distant lands, Bears and unicorns have always been at war. Private Celestin thirsts for the blood of Unicorns, key to eternal beauty according to the Great Sacred Book. His brother Dodu, his, don't like war, he prefers blueberries and hugs. But the final battle draws near. A unit of inexperienced bear cubs leaves the training camp for a commando mission in the Magic Forest. Will they be up to it ?

Matin Brun / Brown Morning:
Small compromises in big cowardice, gradually, Brown animals invade homes and take control. A authoritarian power with absurd laws is being set up. To avoid getting into trouble, Charly complies with the rules of this world without colors and discovers at his expense the horror of fascism.

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