Wil Aime Self-Funds and Produces Thriller 'Who' to Disrupt the French Film Industry
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Zac Ntim
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Summary
Wil Aime, a major Francophone digital creator with over a million Instagram followers, stepped away from regular posting in 2019 to travel, build a full-service production company, and self-fund his feature-length thriller 'Who'. The film, described as a high-tension psychological thriller, is now in theatrical release across France, Belgium, and other territories via Pathé. The article details his unconventional path from digital creator to filmmaker, bypassing traditional French film industry gatekeepers.
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In 2019, he stopped posting online regularly.
He also wrote, directed, and self-funded Who, a high-action, globe-trotting feature-length thriller currently on theatrical release across France, Belgium, and other select international territories via Pathé.
Described as a 'high-tension psychological thriller,' the film has been launched with the enigmatic tagline: 'In a worl
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