Vincent Metzinger
Originally from France, Vincent Metzinger started his carreer in 2012 at the documentary channels of the Canal+ group in Paris. After an experience as commissioning editor at the acquisitions and international coproduction department of France Télévisions, he became Project Manager at the French production company Yami 2 and worked on documentaries and international projects for TV and web. He joined Savage Film in 2016 where he produced documentaries such as Dragon Women by Frédérique de Montblanc (pitched at DOK Leipzig 2017 & Venice 2018, release in 2020), Parked Life (pitched at IDFA 2019, release in 2020). Vincent studied Law in France and the United States and holds a Master’s degree in Media & Film Production from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is a Eurodoc 2018, Emerging Producers 2020 and Rotterdam Lab 2022 alumni.
Naoko Films - Belgium
Naoko Films is a Belgian film production company created in 2020, based in Brussels. We produce shorts and features, both fiction and documentaries, with a focus on strong auteur-driven projects with international potential. THE HILL, a documentary directed by Denis Gheerbrant & Lina Tsrimova and produced by Pivonka, Naoko’s sister company in France, premiered in the ACID selection of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Projects in development
The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra by Pablo Guarise, Guillaume Maupin (feature documentary)
Pleasure by Arnaud Dufeys by Charlotte Devillers (feature)
The Concierge by Hugo Jeuffrault (feature)
Projects in production
The Greatest Village in the World by Noëlle Bastin & Baptiste Bogaert (feature)
Released Films
Pure reason by Hugo Jeuffrault (short)
Adrian's Tears by Miguel Moraes Cabral (short)
We will Be Smiled at by Noëlle Bastin & Baptiste Bogaert (feature)
Hunting Down by Noëlle Bastin & Baptiste Bogaert (short)
Rotterdam Lab alumni in 2023
Our returning Rotterdam Lab graduates in 2023.