The male jury of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation was impressed by an “anti-macho” work, Les Baisers, a series of 100 30-second films. Marc Boyer adds the magic of the fairytale to the cliché of the kiss, a familiar, lyrical cinematographic moment par excellence. “What usually happens in these stories is that the princess kisses the toad and releases Prince Charming from a tight spot. In my 30-second films, the princess transforms the man into an object of desire, her whim, her nightmare – an infinite number of versions of her fantasies.” And so, on a station platform, after a languorous kiss, Lola’s lover metamorphoses into a beautiful love letter that Lola reads as a tear falls down her cheek. Moving from the burlesque and brilliant to the Western and fantastical, Marc wanted to use cinematic techniques to produce these small-scale TV films. He discovered pixillation (a technique that involves filming characters image-by-image), drawing on film and experimental cinema techniques while preparing for his degree in cinema at the University Paris VIII. In 1992, Marc and his friend Christian Pfohl (winner of the 1991 TV Director grant) created the production company Lardux Films. Malveillos and Foudamour, two of their short films, have won awards and been officially selected for several festivals in France and internationally.

Achievements since winning the grant

In 1996-1998, episodes of Les Baisers, the project selected by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation, were broadcast on Canal+, along with Le Monde de Jamel, created for the channel as part of the Nulle Part Ailleurs series. Among the 30 or so short films produced by Lardux, La Vache Qui Voulait Sauter Par-Dessus l’Eglise was nominated for a César award.
In 1999, Lardux Productions released its first feature-length film, Les Quatre Saisons d’Espigoule, by Christian Phillibert. Marc Boyer also produced Le Puits by Jérôme Boulbès.
In 2005, Lardux Films produced Voyages en Mémoires Indiennes, a feature-length documentary by Jo Béranger and Doris Butignol.
In 2007, Lardux Productions produced Nuages, an animated film by Jérôme Boulbès.
Since it was founded 15 years ago, Lardux Films has produced more than 50 short films, animated series for television and feature-length films for cinema.