Xilam is a French production company which specializes in making animated television series and feature films. Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia. Gaumont continued to have a deal with Xilam until 2003. Gaumont Multimédia was a video game publisher until closing in 2004.
Company type | Public (Société Anonyme) |
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Euronext Paris: XIL | |
ISIN | FR0004034072 |
Industry | Animation |
Founded | 5 August 1999 |
Founders | Marc du Pontavice Alix du Pontavice |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Number of employees | 297 (2020) |
Subsidiaries | Armada TMT Igloo Productions GmbH Xilam Films SAS Xilam Multimédia SAS Xilam Studio SAS Xilam Studio Angoulême SAS (at December 2016)[1] Cube Creative |
Website | xilam.com |
In 2019, it was announced that Xilam would be acquiring 50.1% of French CG studio Cube Creative.[2] The deal was finalized on 20 January 2020.[3]
Programs including Shuriken School,[4] Space Goofs,[5] and Oggy and the Cockroaches[6] were internationally successful. In 2003, the company released its first animated feature film, the CGI-based Kaena: The Prophecy,[7] and in 2005 announced an animated film based on The New Adventures of Lucky Luke.[8] In 2012, they announced Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie would be made.[9] In 2016 the studio opened a new office in Lyon, France.[10]
In 2020, Xilam acquired the French animation production company Cube Creative.[11]