Frederic Violeau

Producer

graduated from film studies at Lille University and worked at film production companies (Odysseus in Nantes, Pandora in Cologne), at film festivals (Namur, Belfast, Berlin) and in European film organisations (Audiovisual Eureka, EAVE, Euromed Audiovisual, Cineuropa.org) as project manager. In 2006, he came back to his home island to direct documentaries. He made 4 documentary films and created the local film organisation Oya Films while writing for newspapers as a local journalist. In 2014, he moved to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) where he collaborated with Semfilms and worked for the Fespaco film market. He has been working for Docmonde (Eurasiadoc) and Lumiere du monde since April 2015.