
AWARD-WINNING PROJECT: Production of Le Bout des Doigts by Christophe Blanc, “a police thriller that explores the theme of dispossession.”
Bertrand Gore discovered his vocation while researching his dissertation on the financing of cinema productions at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord. After more than two years at the Banque de la Cité, where he specialized in cinema finance, he set up Sunday Morning Productions in August 1992. The success of his relationship with Christophe Blanc reveals how the producer and director perfectly complement each other, project after project. After the medium-length film Faute de Soleil, they worked together on the project selected by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation, Le Bout des Doigts, “an unusual police thriller exploring the theme of dispossession, just like the Book of Job. It’s a suspense film that makes you think.”
Achievements since winning the grant
In 1996, Sunday Morning Productions presented four short films in the competition category of the Clermont Ferrand film festival.
In 1999, Bertrand Gore produced the first feature-length film by Christophe Blanc, Une Femme d’Extérieur, with Agnès Jaoui.
In 2000, De l’Histoire Ancienne by Orso Miret was selected for Critics’ Week at Cannes and was awarded the Jean Vigo prize, the Altadis prize and the Cyril Collard prize. The same year, Bertrand Gore produced L’Enchanteur by Bénédicte Brunet.
In 2001, Amour d’Enfance by Yves Caumon was part of the official selection at Cannes and was awarded the Un Certain Regard-Altadis prize.
2002 saw the release of Fais-Moi des vacances, the first feature-length film by Didier Bivel
In 2003, Bertrand produced a full-length TV film for Arte, Une Grande Fille Comme Toi, by Christophe Blanc (Official Selection, Berlin Panorama).
In 2004, Bertrand produced Viva Laldjérie by Nadir Moknèche and Le Silence by Orso Miret.
In 2005, he produced Cache-Cache, the second feature-length film by Yves Caumont.
In 2006, he produced Dans les Cordes by Magaly Richard Serrano (Scriptwriter prize, 2002), Délice Paloma by Nadir Moknèche and L’Eté Indien by Alain Raoust.
The screenplay for his project, which was awarded a prize by the Bourse, is now finished (new title: "Blanc comme neige" – Pure as the driven snow), co-written by C. Blanc and Roger Bohbot, scriptwriter for, amongst others, "Lady Chatterley" and "Rois et Reine". Filming is planned for the spring.
Alain Raoust’s "L'été indien" (Indian summer) is coming out at the beginning of 2008, produced by Sunday Morning Production.