Ex-MK2 & Orange Studio Execs Pin Fortunes On New Sales Company Lucky Number

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Former mk2 films acquisition and sales agents Olivier Barbier and Ola Byszuk are joining forces with ex-Orange Studio exec Lenny Porte to create international sales company Lucky Number.

The trio, who have worked on hundreds of auteur titles between them, including Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist to name but a few –  are currently building their slate for an early 2025 market launch.

Their aim is to handle 10 French and international auteur films a year, split roughly between two to three animated features, and seven to eight fiction films and docs, including work by new voices.

The trio want to offer a boutique service, which also involves financing and distribution strategies from the earliest stages of development, to ensure maximum impact on international markets. “In an industry that has become increasingly complex both in terms of production and distribution, Lucky Number wishes to place the notion of service at the heart of its activity, aiming to strengthen support for talents, producers and distributors,” they said in statement announcing the creation of the company.