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Company type | Public ( Société Anonyme) |
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Euronext Paris: XIL | |
ISIN | FR0004034072 |
Industry | Animation |
Founded | 5 August 1999 |
Founders |
Marc du Pontavice Alix du Pontavice |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Key people | Marc du Pontavice (CEO) |
Number of employees | 297 (2020) |
Subsidiaries | Armada TMT Igloo Productions GmbH Xilam Films SAS Xilam Multimédia SAS Xilam Studio SAS Xilam Studio Angoulême SAS (at December 2016) [1] Cube Creative |
Website | xilam.com |
Xilam (also known as Xilam Animation) is a French animation studio which specializes in making animated television series and feature films. Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia. Gaumont continued to have a deal with Xilam until 2003. Gaumont Multimédia was a video game publisher until closing in 2004.
Xilam's programs including Shuriken School, [2] Space Goofs, [3] and Oggy and the Cockroaches [4] were internationally successful. In 2003, the company released its first animated feature film, the CGI-based Kaena: The Prophecy [5] in 2005 they announced an animated film based on The New Adventures of Lucky Luke. [6] In 2012, they announced Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie would be made. [7] In 2016 the studio opened a new office in Lyon, France. [8]
In 2019, it was announced that Xilam would acquire 50.1% of French CG studio Cube Creative. [9] The deal was finalized on 20 January 2020. [10] [11]
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Company type | Public ( Société Anonyme) |
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Euronext Paris: XIL | |
ISIN | FR0004034072 |
Industry | Animation |
Founded | 5 August 1999 |
Founders |
Marc du Pontavice Alix du Pontavice |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Key people | Marc du Pontavice (CEO) |
Number of employees | 297 (2020) |
Subsidiaries | Armada TMT Igloo Productions GmbH Xilam Films SAS Xilam Multimédia SAS Xilam Studio SAS Xilam Studio Angoulême SAS (at December 2016) [1] Cube Creative |
Website | xilam.com |
Xilam (also known as Xilam Animation) is a French animation studio which specializes in making animated television series and feature films. Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia. Gaumont continued to have a deal with Xilam until 2003. Gaumont Multimédia was a video game publisher until closing in 2004.
Xilam's programs including Shuriken School, [2] Space Goofs, [3] and Oggy and the Cockroaches [4] were internationally successful. In 2003, the company released its first animated feature film, the CGI-based Kaena: The Prophecy [5] in 2005 they announced an animated film based on The New Adventures of Lucky Luke. [6] In 2012, they announced Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie would be made. [7] In 2016 the studio opened a new office in Lyon, France. [8]
In 2019, it was announced that Xilam would acquire 50.1% of French CG studio Cube Creative. [9] The deal was finalized on 20 January 2020. [10] [11]
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