Adeline Monzier(I)
- Producer
After graduating from Sciences Po in Paris (with a Master's degree in Culture and Media Management) and from the Ecole Normale Supérieure d'Ulm in Paris (with a Master's degree in Contemporary German Studies), Adeline Monzier joined DIRE in 2005, a French syndicate comprising 9 independent theatrical distributors. Within DIRE, she created Europa Distribution, a network of 130 leading independent distributors from 26 European countries, which she managed from 2007 to 2013.
From her base in NYC, Adeline Monzier also started and ran, from 2011 til 2016, the filmmakers program US-in-Progress in partnership with the American Film Festival in Poland and the Champs-Elysées Film Festival in France. US-in-Progress presents American independent films at rough cut stage to European buyers and post-production funds, providing the producers with access to completion funding and distribution.
Through her own company, Black Rabbit Film, Adeline Monzier produced her first short film, "L'Héritage" by Michaël Terraz, a French-Swiss co-production which was selected in 40 international film festivals and won 10 awards. She also was a script reader for numerous French companies & funding bodies, including Mars Distribution & the CNC.
In 2013, Adeline Monzier was appointed as the US representative of Unifrance and has since then organized Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in partnership with Film at Lincoln Center. In October 2017, she also launched Uptown Flicks, an international film series at various locations in Harlem (Maysles Cinema, Silvana Social Club...).
In 2018/2019, Adeline Monzier collaborated with Serge Toubiana on his book about Helen Scott, L'Amie américaine.