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L’ Empire

The Empire
Competition 2024
© Tessalit Productions
The Opal Coast, northern France. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village, something finally happens: a special baby is born. A child so unique and peculiar that it unleashes a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.

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by Bruno Dumont (Director, Screenplay)
with Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini, Brandon Vlieghe, Julien Manier France / Italy / Germany / Belgium / Portugal 2024 French 110' Colour World premiere

With

  • Lyna Khoudri (Line)
  • Anamaria Vartolomei (Jane)
  • Camille Cottin (La Reine)
  • Fabrice Luchini (Belzébuth)
  • Brandon Vlieghe (Jony)
  • Julien Manier (Rudy)

Crew

Director Bruno Dumont
Screenplay Bruno Dumont
Cinematography David Chambille
Editing Bruno Dumont, Desideria Rayner
Sound Design Jeremy Hassid, Romain Ozanne
Sound Philippe Lecoeur, Elsa Ruhlmann
Production Design Erwan Le Gal, Célia Marolleau, Peppie Biller
Costumes Alexandra Charles, Carole Chollet
Make-Up Simon Livet, Barbara Kreuzer
Assistant Director Rémi Bouvier
Production Manager Cédric Ettouati
Producers Jean Bréhat, Bertrand Faivre
Executive Producers Jean Bréhat, Bertrand Faivre
Co-Producers Dorothe Beinemeier, Fabrizio Mosca, Andrea Paris, Matteo Rovere, Ines Vasiljevic, Olivier Dubois, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Emma Binet
Co-Production Red Balloon Film Hamburg
Ascent Film Rom
Novak Prod Brüssel
Rosa Filmes Lissabon
Furyo Films Orléans

World Sales

Memento International

Paris, France

Produced by

Tessalit Productions

Paris, France

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Farhaan Mumtaz

©Roopa Gogineni

The director, researcher and primary school teacher is from Bradford in the United Kingdom. The short documentary Dear Bradford that he produced was one of the most viewed “Guardian” documentaries of 2022 and went on to be screened in art galleries and at the Bradford Literature Festival. He also produced Loughborough Junction, a documentary exploring gentrification, and worked as a researcher on India in a Day, the world’s largest crowd-sourced documentary.

Filmography (Filmography)

2025 Riding Time; short documentary, co-directed by Roopa Gogineni, Berlinale 2026

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026