Leontine Petit is founder and CEO/Producer of Lemming Film with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin and Ghent. Lemming Film has, for the last 29 years, successfully co-produced 69 feature films and 21 high end drama series in Europe and beyond. Their projects are sold to many countries around the world and have won various national and international awards. Before working in film production, Leontine studied at the University of Amsterdam where she earned her Master’s degree in Philosophy. She graduated from EAVE and is a member of the ACE Network. She was Producer on the Move (2006). In 2014 she participated at EAVE+. She first participated in the Inside Pictures workshop in 2017. In 2021 she became a member of a new creative alliance with nine other independent production companies called “The Creatives”, to jointly develop a slate of high-end drama series and feature films. Today she teaches at various media programs. Leontine is a passionate advocate of helping independent films cross boundaries and connect with international audiences. She won the prestigious Eurimages Coproduction Award during the European Film Awards in 2016.
Amongst others, their latest (co-)productions are: Sebastian by Mikko Makela (UK, 2024), Above the Dust by Wang Xiaoshuai (CH,2024), Swimming Home by Justin Anderson (UK, 2024), Melk by Stefanie Kolk (NL, 2023), Sweet Dreams by Ena Sendijareviç (NL, 2023), Kalak by Isabella Eklöf (DK, 2023), Lost in the Night by Amat Escalante (MX, 2023), Day & Night (drama series) by Joram Lürsen (NL, 2023), Rheingold by Fatih Akin (DE, 2022), With Knife by Sam de Jong (NL, 2022), Pleasure by Ninja Thyberg (SE, 2021), Do Not Hesitate by Shariff Korver (NL, 2021), Dead and Beautiful by David Verbeek (NL, 2020), Berlin Alexanderplatz by Burhan Qurbani (DE, 2020), Heirs of the Night (drama series) by Diederik van Rooijen (NL, 2020), Monos by Alejandro Landes (CO, 2019), Fenix (drama series) by Shariff Korver (NL, 2018), Zama by Lucrecia Martel (AR, 2017), My Giraffe by Barbara Bredero (NL, 2017), The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos (IR, 2015).
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