Xilam (also known as Xilam Animation ) is a French animation studio which specializes in making animated television series and feature films . Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia , which was itself an offshoot of the company's television division Gaumont Télévision , a company he co-founded in 1990. Gaumont continued to have a deal with Xilam until 2003. Gaumont Multimédia was a video game publisher until closing in 2004.
41-649: Gaumont SA ( French: [ɡomɔ̃] ) is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal , Paramount , and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912). Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from
82-417: A box office of $ 427 million. Abel Gance , a director and the early animator Emile Cohl worked for the studio at one time or another. The company has also produced television shows, including seven animated series: Highlander: The Animated Series , Space Goofs , The Magician , Dragon Flyz , F Is for Family , and Sky Dancers (the second and third are based on their respective toy lines), and
123-470: A free float of 416,784 shares, which represents 9.75% of the capital and 5.99% of the voting rights. In the first half of 2012, Gaumont recorded a profit of €7.7 million, which reversed the €0.6 million loss from the first half of 2011. The profit was driven by a 49% increase in revenue, which reached €50.1 million. The company cited the continued effects of Intouchables , which increased International revenues by 153%. Gaumont's current market capitalization
164-706: A half-year 2011 loss to a record annual €26 million profit. The Intouchables currently has a box office of $ 361 million. In 2012, Gaumont acquired the production company Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF) for €3.1 million. The company was previously run and created by cinema legend Louis Malle . As part of the acquisition, Gaumont now owns the entire Malle collection, including Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au Revoir les Enfants . In February 2012, Gaumount restarted its television division which had been defunct for about ten years.On 2 May 2016 according to Deadline Hollywood , Gaumont teamed with Lionsgate , and seven other international companies to launch
205-524: Is twinned with: Xilam The origin of Xilam is closely linked to Gaumont 's television production activity, launched in the early 1990s. From 1990, Marc du Pontavice joined the Gaumont group to develop a television production activity and co-founded Gaumont Télévision . From 1994 to 1998, certain cartoons such as Space Goofs and Oggy and the Cockroaches met with international success, and it
246-566: Is an urban commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the Bois de Boulogne , the area is composed of mostly select residential neighbourhoods, as well as many corporate headquarters and a handful of foreign embassies. One of the most affluent areas of France, it is the wealthiest and most expensive suburb of Paris. Together with
287-495: Is €164 million. Léon Gaumont selected the ox-eye daisy as the company logo to pay homage to his mother, whose first name was Marguerite (Daisy). Throughout the decades the logo has been redesigned several times, but the daisy has always remained present, even though its significance has been largely forgotten. Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine ( French pronunciation: [nøji syʁ sɛn] ; lit. 'Neuilly-on- Seine '), also known simply as Neuilly ,
328-442: The 16th and 7th arrondissement of Paris , the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine forms the most affluent and prestigious residential area in the whole of France. As of 2020 , it is the commune with the fourth highest median per capita income (€52,570 per year) in France. Originally, Pont de Neuilly was a small hamlet under the jurisdiction of Villiers, a larger settlement mentioned in medieval sources as early as 832 and now absorbed by
369-681: The CGI -based Kaena: The Prophecy in 2005 they announced an animated film based on The New Adventures of Lucky Luke . Xilam bought the Armada animation studio at Vietnam in 2008. In 2012, they announced Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie would be made. In 2016 the studio opened a new office in Lyon, France in order to accelerate production. This new studio will produce the Paprika series as well as
410-651: The Globalgate Entertainment consortium. Globalgate will produce and distribute local-language films in markets around the world. Lionsgate said it had partnered with international entertainment executives Paul Presburger, William Pfeiffer and Clifford Werber to launch Globalgate. In 2019, Gaumont was replaced by TF1 Studio as Globalgate's new French member. On 1 March 2017, Gaumont sold its 34% stake in Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé to Pathé for $ 400 million in order to focus on production. In January 2018, it
451-510: The Synagogue de Neuilly was founded on Rue Ancelle, the oldest synagogue in the Paris suburbs. On 2 May 1897, the commune name officially became Neuilly-sur-Seine (meaning "Neuilly upon Seine "), in order to distinguish it from the many communes of France also called Neuilly . Most people, however, continue to refer to Neuilly-sur-Seine as simply "Neuilly". During the 1900 Summer Olympics , it hosted
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#1733093062215492-566: The basque pelota events. The American Hospital of Paris was founded in 1906. In 1919, the Treaty of Neuilly was signed with Bulgaria in Neuilly-sur-Seine to conclude its role in World War I. In 1929, the Bois de Boulogne , which was previously divided between the communes of Neuilly-sur-Seine and Boulogne-Billancourt , was annexed in its entirety by the city of Paris. Neuilly is one of
533-587: The motion picture industry's first female director, and she went on to become the Head of Production of the Gaumont film studio from 1897 to 1907. From 1905 to 1914, its Cité Elgé studios (from the normal French pronunciation of the founder's initials L-G) in La Villette, France were the largest in the world. Gaumont began producing full-length feature films in 1908. The company manufactured its own equipment and mass-produced films until 1907, when Louis Feuillade became
574-466: The 1950s, as well as the permissiveness within French films (e.g., nudity), allowed French productions to successfully compete against an American cinema that was still burdened by conservative moral codes. The period was to see the return to prominence of Gaumont Studios. In 1975, media tycoon and French old money heir multimillionaire Nicolas Seydoux started managing Gaumont; he personally owned 60% of
615-659: The Légende company and its subsidiaries for €6.6 million. Légende is a full-length film and television series production and distribution company managed by Alain Goldman . As of 2011, the Légende stake is worth €6.3 million. 2011 was the year that Gaumont opened its Gaumont International Television division in Los Angeles . In 2011, Gaumont co-produced and co-distributed The Intouchables , which became France's highest-grossing movie of all time. The international release of The Intouchables
656-543: The Netherlands. As of 2011, this stake was worth €214 million. In 2004, Gaumont continued its development with Pathé to set up another joint venture, Gaumont-Pathé Archives . Gaumont owns 57.5% of this entity, which contains newsreels, documentaries, and silent movies from the 20th and 21st centuries. From early 2004 to 2007, the company had a partnership with Sony for producing films and for theater and DVD distribution worldwide. And for many years, Gaumont's home video division
697-842: The artistic director of Gaumont. When World War I broke out, he was replaced by Léonce Perret , who continued his career in the United States a few years later. In 1909 the company participated in the Paris Film Congress , a failed attempt by European producers to create a cartel similar to that of the MPPC in the United States. Gaumont opened foreign offices and acquired the theatre chain Gaumont British , which later notably produced several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). Along with its competitor Pathé Frères , Gaumont dominated
738-678: The city of Lund in Sweden, the Forest of the Londe in Normandy , or the many English placenames containing "lound", "lownde", or "lund" in their name, or ending in "-land". This interesting theory, however, fails to explain why the "d" of lund is missing in Lulliacum or Lugniacum . Concerning the discrepancy in names over the centuries, the most probable explanation is that the original name Lulliacum or Lugniacum
779-566: The commune of Levallois-Perret . It was not until 1222 that the little settlement of Neuilly, established on the banks of the Seine , was mentioned for the first time in a charter of the Abbey of Saint-Denis : the name was recorded in Medieval Latin as Portus de Lulliaco , meaning "Port of Lulliacum". In 1224 another charter of Saint-Denis recorded the name as Lugniacum . In a sales contract dated 1266,
820-589: The commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine ceded part of its territory to the new commune of Levallois-Perret in 1866. It was the site of the Château de Neuilly , an important royal residence during the July Monarchy . Neuilly-sur-Seine is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 1 : Porte Maillot (with a direct access to RER line C), Les Sablons and Pont de Neuilly . RATP Bus service includes
861-465: The early 1930s and the effects of the Great Depression , Gaumont declared bankruptcy in 1935. In 1937, the studio ceased production and operated only as a theater and distribution company. The company was purchased by the French corporation Havas in 1938, was renamed Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont, and reopened its film production studio. During the later years of World War II , Gaumont
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#1733093062215902-510: The fall of the Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions that the area of Neuilly was deforested and settled. Thus, they think that the name Lulliacum or Lugniacum comes from the ancient Germanic word lund meaning "forest", akin to Old Norse lundr meaning "grove", to which the placename suffix "-acum" was added. The Old Norse word lundr has indeed left many placenames across Europe, such as
943-441: The film division. The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO). Originally dealing in photographic apparatus, the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote its make of camera-projector. Léon Gaumont's secretary Alice Guy-Blaché became
984-541: The first digital cinema projection in Europe with the Texas Instruments prototype projector. From 1993 to early 2004, Gaumount and Disney had a partnership for producing films for theater distribution. In 2001, Gaumont spun off the cinema division into a joint venture with Pathé since known as Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé. Gaumont owned a 34% stake in the entity, which controls a large cinema network in France, Switzerland, and
1025-633: The lines 43, 73, 82, 93, 157, 158, 163, 164, 174 [1] Night Bus lines include N11 and N24. Located near France's main business district La Défense , Neuilly-sur-Seine also hosts several corporate headquarters: Bureau Veritas , Chanel , Marathon Media , JCDecaux , Thales Group , M6 Group , Sephora , PricewaterhouseCoopers France, Parfums Christian Dior (in 2019), Orangina France, Grant Thornton International France. Public schools in Neuilly: Domestic private schools: International private schools: Post-secondary: Neuilly-sur-Seine
1066-467: The many settlements of France called Neuilly (a frequent place name whose etymology is completely different from the special case of Neuilly-sur-Seine). Until the French Revolution , the settlement was often referred to as Port-Neuilly , but at the creation of French communes in 1790 the "Port" was dropped and the newly born commune was named simply Neuilly . On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris
1107-436: The most notable films produced by Gaumont are the serials Judex (1916) and Fantômas (1913); the comic Onésime series, starring Ernest Bourbon; and the comic Bébé series, starring five-year-old René Dary . The two biggest films to which Gaumont owns the rights are Jean-Marie Poiré 's Les Visiteurs , with a box-office of $ 98 million, and the 2011 blockbuster Intouchables by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano , with
1148-417: The most right-wing towns in France; regularly voting for the candidate of the traditional right in landslide margins. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy was mayor of Neuilly from 1983 to 2007. Amidst a poor national showing of 20%, Neuilly gave right-wing candidate François Fillon 65% of its vote in the first round of the 2017 presidential election . The population data in the table and graph below refer to
1189-417: The motion picture industry in Europe until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. After World War I , Gaumont suffered economic losses owing to increased competition from American Hollywood productions. In 1925, the studio's output decreased to only three films. In addition, Gaumont was unable to keep pace with the cost of technological changes (e.g., the advent of sound movies). Struck by mounting debts in
1230-558: The name was also recorded as Luingni . In 1316, however, in a ruling of the parlement of Paris, the name was recorded as Nully . In a document dated 1376, the name was again recorded as Nulliacum (the Medieval Latin version of Nully ). Then in the following centuries the name recorded alternated between Luny and Nully , and it is only after 1648 that the name was definitely set as Nully . Various explanations and etymologies have been proposed to explain these discrepancies in
1271-434: The names of Neuilly recorded over the centuries. The original name of Neuilly may have been Lulliacum or Lugniacum , and that it was only later corrupted into Nulliacum / Nully . Some interpret Lulliacum or Lugniacum as meaning "estate of Lullius (or Lunius)", probably a Gallo-Roman landowner. This interpretation is based on the many placenames of France made up of the names of Gallo-Roman landowners and suffixed with
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1312-509: The shares and 70% of the votes. In the 1990s, the company operated TV and multimedia divisions, which was divested at the end of the 1990s. The television division was sold to company executive Christian Carret, who turned it into GTV, while the multimedia division's animation unit were sold to management and renamed into Xilam , and the multimedia division continued producing video games until 2004. On 2 February 2000, Philippe Binant, technical manager of Digital Cinema Project at Gaumont, realized
1353-452: The traditional placename suffix "-acum". Other researchers, however, object that it is unlikely that Neuilly owes its name to a Gallo-Roman patronym , because during the Roman occupation of Gaul the area of Neuilly was inside the large Forest of Rouvray , of which the Bois de Boulogne is all that remains today, and was probably not a settlement. These researchers contend that it is only after
1394-504: The very popular Oggy and the Cockroaches . The company also began production in its American unit Gaumont International Television on two series: Hannibal and Hemlock Grove . The studio has been described as a mini-major studio . Ciné Par is a majority shareholder with 69.92% of the voting rights: this entity is controlled by CEO Nicolas Seydoux. The other private shareholders are First Eagle Investment Management , Bolloré , and Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault . The company has
1435-400: Was a joint venture with Sony Pictures . Currently, Gaumont distributes its films through Paramount Home Media Distribution on video in France. At the end of 2007, Gaumont took over the French animation studio Alphanim for €25 million and renamed it Gaumont Alphanim. As of 2013, it is known as Gaumont Animation . On 16 December 2010, Gaumont acquired a 37.48% stake in the share capital of
1476-456: Was affected by the financial ruin of France's economy as well as the physical destruction of its facilities. The company ceased production until 1947. During that time, Gaumont partnered with Compagnie Parisienne de Location de Films to produce and distribute films and co-marketed together, until CPLF was renamed to Gaumont Distribution. However, the global interest in French New Wave films in
1517-508: Was announced that the company's first office, in Cologne, Germany , would open in July 2018. The office will focus on development and production of premiere drama programming, according to film producer and new manager Sabine de Mardt. Gaumont currently has 938 films in its catalogue, most of which are in French; however there are some exceptions such as Luc Besson 's The Fifth Element (1997). Among
1558-421: Was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, a part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine was annexed by the city of Paris, and forms now the neighbourhood of Ternes , in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. On 11 January 1867, part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Clichy to create the commune of Levallois-Perret . On 4 June 1878,
1599-564: Was equally successful, trumping previous international blockbusters such as Harry Potter and Transporters in Germany. Intouchables is the highest-grossing foreign-language movie (any language other than English) beating the previous record of $ 275 million by the Japanese Spirited Away . The film was a major catalyst for Gaumont's boosting fourth-quarter 2011 cinema sales to €47.9 million, up 651% year on year. The film's success turned
1640-410: Was later corrupted into Nulliacum / Nully by inversion of the consonants, perhaps under the influence of an old Celtic word meaning "swampy land, boggy land" (as was the land around Neuilly-sur-Seine in ancient times) which is found in the name of many French places anciently covered with water, such as Noue, Noë, Nouan, Nohant, etc. Or perhaps the consonants were simply inverted under the influence of
1681-550: Was only in 1999 that the Xilam company bought current productions from Gaumont, including Oggy , and also partnered with German trader Igel Media for the assets of Gaumont Multimedia. In 2002 Xilam entered the Paris Stock Exchange . Xilam's programs including Shuriken School , Space Goofs , and Oggy and the Cockroaches were internationally successful. In 2003, the company released its first animated feature film,