21/02/2017 - The Mandarin Cinéma duo has won the Daniel Toscan du Plantier Award for a successful 2016 fuelled by such titles as Frantz and Chocolat

Eric and Nicolas Altmayer, flanked by Alain Terzian, president of the César Academy, and Audrey Azoulay, Minister of Culture and Communication (© Salomé Oyallon / ENS Louis Lumière for the César Academy 2017)

Eric and Nicolas Altmayer, who manage Paris-based outfit Mandarin Cinéma, have won the tenth Daniel Toscan du Plantier Award, handed out by the Academy of Film Arts and Techniques to acknowledge the best producers of 2016. The duo thus follows in the footsteps of Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat (of Why Not), who were victorious last year.

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The Altmayer brothers founded Mandarin Cinéma in 1995 and have produced around 60 feature films (including the two OSS 117 [+see also:
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Q&A: Bertrand Bonello
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Q&A: François Ozon
film profile] by François Ozon (revealed in competition at Venice, racking up 612,000 admissions in France), Agnus Dei [+see also:
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interview: Lou de Laâge
film profile] by Anne Fontaine (unveiled at Sundance and enticing 702,000 viewers in France), Chocolat [+see also:
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film profile] by Roschdy Zem (1.92 million admissions), Brice from Nice [+see also:
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film profile] by James Huth (1.94 million admissions), Pattaya [+see also:
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film profile] by Franck Gastambide (1.94 million admissions) and The Fabulous Patars [+see also:
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film profile] by Sophie Reine (153,000 admissions).

As a reminder, Mandarin is getting ready for the theatrical releases of Step by Step [+see also:
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film profile] by Reem Kherici (out on 26 April via Gaumont). And one of their most prominent titles in production is The Double Lover [+see also:
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film profile] by François Ozon (see the article – starring Marina Vacth, Jérémie Renier and Jacqueline Bisset), which will be the filmmaker’s sixth feature in a row with Mandarin.

(Translated from French)