The Independents Acquires Phantasm Group, Production Company Behind 'Emilia Pérez' and 'Paper Tiger'
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Melanie Goodfellow
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The Independents, a Paris-based communications group specializing in lifestyle and luxury, has acquired Phantasm Group, a French advertising and film production company. Phantasm Group is known for its production arm Vixens, which worked on notable films including Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez and James Gray's Paper Tiger. The company has produced or co-produced over 20 feature films, with about half financed through a model that brings luxury brands into film projects.
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· 3 pulledThe Independents, the Paris-based communications group specialized in lifestyle and luxury, has acquired the French advertising and film production-focused Phantasm Group.
The Phantasm Group is best known in the film industry for its production arm Vixens, the recent credits of which include Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez and James Grey's Paper Tiger.
Working across development, financing and production, the company has produced or co-produced more than 20 feature films, half of which were fully or partly financed under the studio's model of bringing luxury brands into projects
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