“In the thirty-five years that the Region has supported cinema, we have never experienced as much success as in 2024. However, 2022 and 2023 were already exceptional years,” explains Sophie Rotkopf in a press release sent by the community.
A shoot lasting several weeks with Alexandra Lamy and Grégory Gadebois
The vice-president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region responsible for culture and heritage obviously refers to the global success ofAnatomy of a fall.
Released in 2023 with sequences mainly recorded in Savoie, Justine Triet’s drama has won multiple awards in recent months (Palme d’Or at Cannes, two Golden Globes, six Césars, an Oscar, etc.).
The community also rejoices in the destiny ofA little something extra“the ninth greatest success in the history of French cinema. Artus’ comedy, filmed in Vercors and Drôme, is the incredible surprise of the 2024 box office with 10.8 million admissions in theaters.
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma structure was involved in “22 cinema and audiovisual co-productions” in 2024. Among them, two were created in Haute-Loire.
The movie Louise Violetcarried by the duo Alexandra Lamy-Grégory Gadebois, was filmed mainly in the department (a few scenes were canned in Cantal), in Saint-André-de-Chalencon and Tiranges in particular, several days at the beginning of March 2023 and September weeks straddling May-June 2023.
Éric Besnard’s ninth feature film, released last November, achieved “635,000 admissions” according to the Region (more than 652,000 according to the Allo Ciné website). This is the second best box office of the filmmaker’s career (behind Ca$hwith Jean Dujardin and Jean Reno, in 2008).
-Nearly 5 million viewers to follow the investigation in Puy-en-Velay
On the audiovisual side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma supported Murders in Puy-en-Velay. This episode of the detective collection of France Televisions, of which this is the eleventh season, “clearly dominated the evening of December 28 with 4.85 million viewers on France 3or more than a quarter of French people gathered behind their television screen (25.4%).
The TV film directed by Laurence Katrian with Gaëlle Bona and Thomas Jouannet in the main roles was filmed last March and April, mainly in Puy-en-Velay (old town, cathedral, etc.) and in Aiguilhe (Rocher Saint-Michel).
A growing economic impact
On a regional scale, “with more than 1,030 days of filming in 2024 (compared to 970 in 2023), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma reception office notes a significant increase in the economic benefits linked to films and series, which reach more than 38 million euros (compared to 33.7 million euros in 2023).”
The community details: “On average, cinema works generated more than 3.5 times the amount committed to co-production (more than 7.7 million euros in economic benefits for 2.275 million euros in financing). Audiovisual works (films and fiction series) generated on average more than 30 times the amount committed to co-production (19 million euros in economic benefits for 605,000 euros in financing). »
Arlempdes, the legend of the first castle of the Loire (by Marina Golenko and Titouan Monnier), also filmed in Haute-Loire in the fall of 2023 and released on November 27, 2024, is still showing in cinemas.
He has just won two prizes at the international Red Movie Awards festival in Reims (best drone shots and best costumes).
