Pan-Européenne is a French film production and publishing company. Originally only a distribution company, in 1992 it began also a production company, producing '' Beau fixe''. It has produced various films, including

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's '' The Eighth Day'' (1996) and '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009),

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'' (2008), and distributed

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'' (1995),

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History

Pan-Européenne was created in the late 1980s by

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. By distributing films such as

's ''

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'' (1991), Cyril Collard's '' Savage Nights'' (1992), and

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's '' See How They Fall'' (1994), Pan-Européenne began its activity of production company. The film studio Polygram entrusted to the company the distribution of their films in France. In 1999 it ended the partnership following the acquisition of Polygram by

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. The restructuring of the group divides into two branches the company: Pan-Européenne Edition, an independent distribution created in 2001, and Pan-Européenne Production. In 2004,

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chose Pan-Européenne Edition for the distribution in French market. After the association of Pan-Européenne and Wild Bunch in distributing films in France, Pan-Européenne Edition took the name of Wild Bunch Distribution in 2006. Since then, Pan-Européenne Production became Pan-Européenne and the company began a series of international projects such as ''

'' (2008), filmed in Malta, Sicily and Hong Kong, and '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009), a co-production of Belgium, Canada, France and Germany. In April 2022, Pan-Européenne announced that they're re-entering the distribution business by creating their new distribution arm named Pan Distribution. In September 2023, it was announced that European production and distribution group Vuelta Group had acquired a stake in Pan-Européenne along with their divisions.

Selected films

Among the films directly produced by Pan-Européenne were: *'' Beau fixe'' (1992) *'' The Eighth Day'' (1996) *''

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *''

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'' (2004) *'' How Much Do You Love Me?'' (2005) *'' The Man of My Life'' (2006) *'' Détrompez-vous'' (2007) *''

'' (2008) *'' Mr. Nobody'' (2009) *'' One for the Road'' (2009) *'' Romantics Anonymous'' (2010) *'' 11.6'' (2013) *''

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2017)

References

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* Companies established in the 1980s Film production companies of France Film distributors of France * Mass media in Paris 2023 mergers and acquisitions {{France-company-stub