08/10/2013 - Company at turning point with expansion in production and development

Umedia, the international film finance and production group, originated in Brussels with offices in Los Angeles, London and Paris, is rebranding its various divisions - uFilm (production and financing), uConnect (international sales), uFX (VFX) and uDream (Benelux distribution) - under the one Umedia name, according to the group’s founder and CEO Adrian Politowski.

Umedia, which is on the eve of celebrating its 10^th anniversary as an international financier, production, distribution, development and sales entity, is to incorporate all of its divisions under the Umedia banner with the various department names disappearing as it expands its production ambitions to develop a slate of majority financed projects in-house driven by commercially-minded global strategy.  It will also increase its work with third parties to finance and produce their own films.

The group’s ambition over the next five years is to produce between 5 to 8 major English language feature film productions per year and continue to grow its partnerships with producers in Europe, North America and internationally.

Umedia is best known for multi-Academy award winning co-production The Artist [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michel Hazanavicius
film profile] and most recently, the Nicole Kidman starrer Grace of Monaco (photo), both of which it financed and provided vital support.