Escazal Films was founded in 1997 by Sophie Révil and Denis Carot to produce films for television and cinema. For nearly 27 years, Escazal has created close to 180 hours of prime-time fiction for all the French networks, including 12 series, some of which have garnered several awards.

In 2009, Escazal Films created for France 2 the 90-minute series “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie”, a blend of comedy and thriller based on the works of Agatha Christie. 15 years and 48 episodes later, the series is still a hit. “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie” received the Best Series award in 2017 at the Fiction Festival in La Rochelle. After Season 1 set in the ‘30s and Season 2 in the ‘60s, a 3rd Season set in the ‘70s was launched in November 2020 with the same success.

Escazal Films has produced critically acclaimed 90-minute made-for-TV movies such as “Illiterate” by Jean-Pierre Améris on the theme of illiteracy, broadcast on France 3 in September 2018; “The Silence of Churches” directed by Edwin Baily which tackles pedophilia in the Catholic Church and “Mommy is Crazy” by Jean-Pierre Améris treating the problem of refugees in Calais, which was broadcast in 2007 on France 3.

In 2019, Escazal produced the 6x52’ series “They Were Ten” for M6, a contemporary adaptation of Agatha Christie’s world-famous mystery “And Then There Were None,” directed by Pascal Laugier. In 2020/2021, Escazal produced the 8x52’ series “A Familiar Stranger” for France Télévisions, directed by Karim Ouaret with Thibault de Montalembert, Clotilde Courau and Marie Denarnaud.

In 2021, Escazal produced the 6x52’ series “Syndrome E” for TF1, an adaptation of Franck Thilliez’s best-selling thriller directed by Laure de Butler, featuring Vincent Elbaz, Emmanuelle Béart, Jennifer Decker. It was aired at the end of September 2022.

Escazal’s most recent creation, is the 6x52’ series “Carpe Diem” for TF1, directed by Pierre Isoard, featuring Samuel Le Bihan, Barbara Schulz, Jisca Kalvanda and Feodor Atkine. The filming began in October and will end in January 2024.

Escazal has produced several feature films including “Marie’s Story” by Jean-Pierre Améris starring Isabelle Carré in 2014, which received the Variety Piazza Grande Award at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival.

In 2017, Escazal Films produced the first feature by Romane Bohringer and Philippe Rebbot, “In the Move for Love.” The film won both the Public Award and the Producer Award at the Angoulême Festival in 2018, as well as the Swann d’Or for Best First Romantic Feature at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2019, and inspired a comedy series, “In the Move for Love, the series” directed by Romane Bohringer, whose first season (9x30’) was broadcast on Canal+ in November 2021.

In Spring 2021, Escazal produced Jean-Pierre Améris’ new feature, “Country Cabaret” with Alban Ivanov and Sabrina Ouazani, which was released in theaters on May 11th 2022

Julie Lerat-Gersant’s first feature film “Little ones”, was released in theaters on February 22nd 2023 and was distributed by Haut et Court.

Finally, the last Jean-Pierre Améris’ feature film “Take a chance on me”, with Louane and Michel Blanc in the main roles, distributed by ARP with Canal + and Disney + as partners was released in theatres on October 11th 2023.

Escazal Films also produces documentaries, notably “Hugo’s Brain” on autism, written and directed by Sophie Révil and broadcast on France 2 in 2012. The film won several awards including the Public Award at the Pariscience Festival in 2013.

Escazal Films is a completely independent production company owned by its two producers to ensure its editorial and economic freedom. The small size of the company (a staff of eight including the two producers) allows Sophie Révil and Denis Carot to remain personally involved in the creation and fabrication of their films.