The 32nd Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, the premier market for French audiovisual programmes, will take place from September 7 to 10. At this event, 135 buyers from some 40 countries will have the opportunity to discover more than 400 audiovisual programmes spanning all genres (fiction, animation, documentaries, live performance), presented by 51 French audiovisual distribution companies.
Among the 135 buyers representing 85 participating companies, several will be attending for the first time. This includes the Brazilian channel Canal Curta!, the Brazilian private multimedia group Globo, the Ukrainian platform Megogo, the Polish television group MWE Networks, the new French channel Novo19 (Ouest-France), the Canadian television group Remstar, the Turkish platform Tivibu (Turk Telekom), and the Korean news media group YTN.
Notable returns include representatives from RTVE (Spain), Sky Italia, MBC / Shahid (Saudi Arabia), United Media Services / UMS (Egypt), and Kana Television (Ethiopia)—some of whom have been absent for several years—as well as a stronger presence from Portugal, with representatives from the public broadcasting group RTP across all three genres (fiction, animation, and documentary) and the first-ever participation of the telecommunications group and pay-TV broadcaster NOS.
Long-standing partners also remain loyal to the Rendez-Vous: 3Cat / TV3 (Spain), Ceska televize and HBO Central Europe (Czech Republic), ERT (Greece), HRT (Croatia), MHz (United States), MTVA / Duna (Hungary), ORF (Austria), RTBF, RTL Belgium, and VRT (Belgium), Rai and RTI / Mediaset (Italy), RSI and RTS (Switzerland), SRC-Radio Canada, SRTV (Slovakia), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland), and ZDF (Germany).
The event will once again welcome a large European delegation, with the majority of participating companies coming from Western Europe (Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, etc.) and Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, etc.). Poland will have a particularly strong presence this year (Canal+ Polska, Puls TV, TVN / Warner Bros. Discovery Poland, TVP, etc.), reflecting the dynamism of this audiovisual market.
Two new countries will be part of the delegation this year: Mexico, represented by A&E Latin America, based in Mexico City, and the United Kingdom, represented by the specialty television channel Talking Pictures.
These results reflect both the renewed confidence of long-standing partners and the high-quality work carried out in collaboration with distributors to promote targeted participation and bring together leading buyers and major companies in the international audiovisual market.
On the distribution front, 51 French companies will be present to showcase a total of more than 400 available programmes, including about 50 exclusive titles.
> The complete list of participating distribution companies can be found here.
During the 3-day market—open from Tuesday, September 8, to Thursday, September 10 (from 9am to 6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 9am to 1pm on Thursday)—distributors and buyers will meet so that the latter can identify their next big hits. The video library will be accessible throughout the market's duration.
At the same time, the Rendez-Vous will provide an opportunity to take stock of the figures of the French audiovisual market internationally and the challenges it faces during a morning of conferences introduced by Gilles Pélisson, President of Unifrance, to be held on Tuesday, September 8, from 10.15am to 12pm, at the Carré des Docks.
As it does every year, the CNC will present the 2025 figures for French audiovisual programme exports. This presentation, led by Cécile Lacoue, Director of Research, Statistics, and Forecasting at the CNC, will take place from 10.25am to 10.50am.
For the first time, Unifrance will also present a summary of its report “French films & programmes on TV channels and SVOD platforms abroad in 2025.” This presentation will be given by Sarah Hemar, Director of Audiovisual at Unifrance, from 10.50am to 11.15am.
These first two lectures will be streamed online in French and English:
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Following the presentation of these figures, Morgann Favennec, Deputy CEO of Mediatoon Distribution, Ulrich Lagriffoul, SVP of Distribution – Europe & MENA at Mediawan Rights, and Julie Tolza, Director of Documentaries at Seventine, will be invited to discuss the topic: “The Evolving Audiovisual Market: How to Adapt?,” during a panel discussion moderated by Cécile Lacoue and Sarah Hemar, from 11.15am to 12pm.
This morning session will launch the latest Rendez-Vous, which will also feature several evening events designed to foster discussion and networking, as well as three exclusive screenings at the Pathé Dock Vauban:
- The documentary Beasts of the Colosseum (52’), distributed by Balanga, screening Tuesday, September 8 at 12pm.
- The scripted series Swapped (6x52’), distributed by France tv distribution, screening Tuesday, September 8 at 1pm.
- The scripted series The Red and the Black (4x52’), distributed by Wild Bunch Distribution, screening Wednesday, September 9 at 1pm.
> Find the complete programme for the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre here.
Unifrance extends its warmest thanks to the City of Le Havre and the Région Normandie for their continued trust, and looks forward to a collaboration that promises, once again, to be fruitful and worthy of the occasion.
The 32nd edition of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre benefits from the invaluable support of: the République française, the CNC, PROCIREP, the City of Le Havre, and the Région Normandie. Unifrance also thanks Super Bock and Jura, the event’s official suppliers; and its media partners: Variety, C21, Deadline, Le film français, and Prensario.
