Autour de Minuit is a film production company based in Paris created in 2001 by Nicolas Schmerkin. The company aims at supporting aesthetically innovative projects, and develops original graphic worlds with a solid content. Over time, the company began to explore other territories such as documentaries, music videos, fiction, virtual reality or young audience animation. Hybridization at the heart of the artistic approach of most of the works born in the companygives the opportunity to explore new ideas and sensations in plastic art and intent to provide with visuals never to be seen before. The production catalogue includes almost 80 short classics as Obras, Flesh, Carlitopolis, Babioles, A Town Called Panic : The Christmas Log, Peripheria, Decorado and Logorama. Since 2004, Autour de Minuit also deals with world distribution of animations and digital works, with a catalogue of nearly 400 films. Autour de Minuit is also increasingly working on features. – Oscar Winner Best Short Animation 2010 with Logorama – Cesar Winner (French Academy Award) Best Short Film 2011 with Logorama – Unifrance 2015 Export Prize for a Short Film Producer – Best European Producer, Cartoon Tribute 2016 – Unifrance Best Distributor Award 2019 – More than 500 awards in festivals in total for the films produced
Paris, France