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Prelight Films

French audiovisual production company based in Lyon, known for the documentary collection Bandes originales (In the Tracks of).

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Overview

Prelight Films is a French audiovisual production company based in Lyon and founded in 2005. The company describes its editorial approach as a sensitive one, favouring productions that offer an original and personal view of the world. Its output is carefully selected to embody, in its diversity, the artistic spirit and aspirations of Prelight Films. Prelight Films became known in particular for producing a collection of 52-minute documentaries titled Bandes originales (known in English as In the Tracks of), devoted to the greatest composers of film music. The collection includes episodes on Gabriel Yared (2006), Maurice Jarre (2007), Georges Delerue (2010), Lalo Schifrin (2012), Bruno Coulais (2013) and Alexandre Desplat (2015). Some episodes were also produced in extended versions, such as the Maurice Jarre film at 80 minutes and the Georges Delerue film at 76 minutes. The company's productions have been associated with film and music festivals and events, including the Festival International Musique & Cinéma in Auxerre, the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, the Osaka European Film Festival, the Salon du Cinéma in Paris and the Ghent Festival. From 2020, Yellow Bandini Production took over the editorial line of Prelight Films.

History

Prelight Films is a French audiovisual production company based in Lyon and founded in 2005. It proposes a sensitive approach to film, privileging productions that offer an original and personal regard on the world. Its productions are meticulously chosen in order to embody, in their diversity, the spirit and artistic aspirations of Prelight Films. The company became known notably through the production of a collection of 52-minute documentaries titled Bandes originales (In the Tracks of in English), dedicated to the greatest composers of film music. The collection includes episodes devoted to Gabriel Yared (2006), Maurice Jarre (2007, also in an 80-minute version), Georges Delerue (2010, also in a 76-minute version), Lalo Schifrin (2012), Bruno Coulais (2013) and Alexandre Desplat (2015). Prelight Films' work has been linked to several festivals and events, including the Festival International Musique & Cinéma in Auxerre, the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, the Osaka European Film Festival, the Salon du Cinéma in Paris and the Ghent Festival. From 2020, Yellow Bandini Production took over the editorial line of Prelight Films.

  • 2020

    Yellow Bandini Production takes over the editorial line of Prelight Films.

  • 2015

    Release of documentary Bandes originales - Alexandre Desplat (52 min).

  • 2013

    Release of documentary Bandes originales - Bruno Coulais (52 min).

  • 2012

    Release of documentary Bandes originales - Lalo Schifrin (52 min).

  • 2010

    Release of documentary Bandes originales - Georges Delerue (52 min and 76 min).

  • 2007

    Release of documentary Bandes originales - Maurice Jarre (52 min and 80 min).

  • 2006

    Release of documentary Bandes originales - Gabriel Yared (52 min).

  • 2005

    Prelight Films founded in Lyon, France.

Products and positioning

Sensitive, original and personal approach to film, with carefully selected productions.

Product categories. Documentary films · Audiovisual production

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