# Umedia

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{{Short description|Belgian film production company}}
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{{Undisclosed paid|date=March 2022}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Umedia
| logo = Umedia logo.svg
| type = 
| industry = [Film production](/source/Film_production), [VFX](/source/VFX)
| fate = 
| predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = -->
| successor = <!-- or: | successors = -->
| founded = {{Start date and age|2004}} (as Motion Investment Group)<br/>{{start date and age|2010}} (as Umedia)
| founders = {{Plainlist|
* Nadia Khamlichi
* [Adrian Politowski](/source/Adrian_Politowski)
* Jeremy Burdek
}}
| defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| hq_location_city = [Brussels](/source/Brussels)
| hq_location_country = Belgium
| area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = -->
| key_people = {{Plainlist| <!-- https://www.umedia.eu/en/about/ -->
* Bastien Sirodot (co-CEO)
* Laurent Jacobs (co-CEO)
}}
| products = 
| owner = <!-- or: | owners = -->
| num_employees = 200
| num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) -->
| parent = 
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Umedia''' (formerly stylized '''uMedia''') is an international film group based in Brussels, with offices in [London](/source/London), [Paris](/source/Paris), [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), and [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grater |first=Tom |title=Umedia launches Vancouver VFX house |date=2016-09-28 |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/umedia-launches-vancouver-vfx-house/5109852.article |access-date=2025-08-02 |magazine=Screen Daily |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Nadia Khamlichi, [Adrian Politowski](/source/Adrian_Politowski) and Jeremy Burdek created the '''Motion Investment Group''' in 2004 in Brussels. They set up the offices in the basement rooms of one of their friends' grandmothers. Their plan was to set up a fund using Belgium's tax shelter provisions for visiting productions.<ref name="rox"/> In 2010, the group rebranded as uMedia, with business divisions of "uFund (fundraising), uFilm (production and investment), uDream (distribution) and uFX (visual effects)."  In 2011, its website reported it had staffed 75 employees, co-produced and financed 120 films, raised and invested 156 million euros.<ref name="sitefigures">{{cite web | url=http://www.umedia.eu/en/umedia-family/key-figures-95 | title=Key Figures | work=uMedia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504150219/http://www.umedia.eu/en/umedia-family/key-figures-95 | archive-date=2011-05-04 | url-status=dead | access-date=27 January 2022  }}</ref> One of the film group's most notable financing at that time was for the 2011 film ''[The Artist](/source/The_Artist_(film))''.<ref name="rox"/>

In 2013, Umedia expanded its operations to Los Angeles.<ref name="rox">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/umedia-sets-up-la-offices-447231/|title=uMedia Sets Up L.A., Offices, Expands in London, Paris|first=Scott|last=Roxborough|date=April 29, 2013| work=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) }}</ref> In 2014, Burdek resigned.<ref name="brokers navigator"/>  In 2016, Umedia set up an office in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/belgiums-umedia-canadas-vfx-studio-1201871618/ | title=Belgium's Umedia Launches Canada's VFX Studio | first=Elsa | last=Keslassy | work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) | date=27 September 2016 | access-date=27 January 2022 }}</ref>

In 2019, Khamlichi and Politowski co-founded and launched the production company Align Pictures, where Politowski plans to focus on producing fewer films but have more involvement in them. Politowski resigned from his position as co-CEO of the uMedia, leaving Khamlichi to remain as CEO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/adrian-politowski-align-finance-production-compan-umedia-1202636977/|title=Adrian Politowski Exits Umedia To Form Align; LA-Based Production & Finance Venture Has $150M Fund|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, Politowski sold his remaining stake in uMedia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.align-group.com/team | title=Align &ndash; Team | work=Align Group | access-date=January 27, 2022 | archive-date=27 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127182933/https://www.align-group.com/team | url-status=dead }}</ref> and Khamlichi resigned as co-CEO. Bastien Sirodot, who had served as [chief operating officer](/source/chief_operating_officer), became CEO.<ref name="about staff"/><ref name="brokers navigator">{{Cite web|url=https://brokersnavigator.com/companies/profile/08103114?q=UMEDIA+ENTERTAINMENT+LTD.&size=n_5_n|title=UMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT LTD. – Company Profile – Brokers Navigator|website=brokersnavigator.com}}</ref> Laurent Jacobs, who joined Umedia as the [chief financial officer](/source/chief_financial_officer) in 2019, became co-CEO with Sirodot.<ref name="about staff"/>

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==Filmography==
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* ''[A Girl from Mogadishu](/source/A_Girl_from_Mogadishu)''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2020/03/a-girl-from-mogadishu-starring-aja-naomi-king-to-hit-cinemas-april-3/ | title='A Girl from Mogadishu' Starring Aja Naomi King to Hit Cinemas April 3 | date=9 March 2020 }}</ref>
* ''[Apocalypse Clown](/source/Apocalypse_Clown)''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=20 May 2022 |title=‘Apocalypse Clown,’ George Kane’s Ensemble Comedy, Boarded by Charades, Vertigo Releasing (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/apocalypse-clown-charades-1235273218/ |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[Erased](/source/Erased_(2012_film))''<ref name="rox"/>
* ''[Grace of Monaco](/source/Grace_of_Monaco_(film))''<ref name="rox"/>
* ''[Night of the Zoopocalypse](/source/Night_of_the_Zoopocalypse)''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=18 October 2023 |title=David Harbour Among Voice Cast Attached For Animation ‘Night Of The Zoopocalypse’; Anton & Charades Launch For AFM |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/david-harbour-animated-movie-night-zoopocalypse-macguff-afm-1235576634/ |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[Sand Castle](/source/Sand_Castle_(film))''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-belgium-s-umedia-boards-nicholas-hoult-starrer-sand-castle-702610/|title=Cannes: Belgium's Umedia Boards Nicholas Hoult-Starrer 'Sand Castle'|first1=Scott|last1=Roxborough|website=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
* ''[The Artist](/source/The_Artist_(film))''<ref name="rox"/>
*''[Vinyan](/source/Vinyan)''<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/117/164/42101/presse/vinyan-dossier-de-presse.pdf | title=Vinyan | format=PDF | medium=press kit }}</ref>
*''[What Happened to Monday](/source/What_Happened_to_Monday)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/what-happened-monday-1024352/|title='What Happened to Monday': Film Review &#124; Locarno 2017|first1=Sheri|last1=Linden|website=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date=August 9, 2017}}</ref>
* ''[Yves Saint Laurent](/source/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(film))''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/yves-saint-laurent-berlin-review-667741/|title=Yves Saint Laurent: Berlin Review|first1=Boyd van|last1=Hoeij|website=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="about staff">{{cite web | title=About umedia &ndash; Our team | url=https://www.umedia.eu/en/about/ | access-date=27 January 2022 | work=Umedia official website | archive-date=27 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127212621/https://www.umedia.eu/en/about/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links==
{{Portal|film}}
* {{Official website}}

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Category:Companies based in Brussels
Category:Belgian film studios
Category:Visual effects companies

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