1. Moving
Images Industries
Lyon, make your own story!

2. Video Game CiNema aNd aNimaTioN
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video game makers: Atari (Developer),
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Namco Bandaï (distribution) and Electronic Arts (distribution)
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And also: Infogrames was founde
in Lyon in 1983! • 3 production studios
> Around 30 development studios in Rhône-Alpes (including Ubisoft in Annecy)
• 28 cinema festivals
> 6 video games publishers
> 23 research labs (INRIA-LIRIS…) Rhône-Alpes Cinema: a cinema production Did you know?
> International competitive cluster in video-games ranked #6 in the world a leader in Europe company for which the Region is the majority share- of cinema
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• Invests in co-production of feature films in Rhône-Alpes region production
Development studios (Lyon) Middlewares & services Publishers & distributors • Develops cinema activities in the Rhône-Alpes «cinématographe» and
Agharta Anatole Atari • Average investment of 3.5 M€ (most significant regional funding for support of of the first cinematic film
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Artefacts © Little Worlds Studio DL3D Digital Bros • 200 feature film co-produced since its creation in 1990 and 150 directors
Dig Dog Studios Donuts EA supported
Eden Games Gamr7 Namco Bandaï
Étranges Libellules Genezis Nobilis
Ivory Tower Krysalide Ubisoft CITIA Animated > Cinema & Audiovisual
Kalméo Probayes
Film Center
Arskinova
Les Tanukis Ome Game Cap Canal
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Little Worlds Studio | Alice in wonderland Haute
Orange © Etranges Libellules CLC Productions
Mobile Interactions Group SDI Media Rhône Savoie Cocottesminute Productions
Bourg en Bresse
Phoenix Take Off E-Magineurs
Smack Down Productions Ain Annecy France 3 s
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Mona Lisa Production
Loire Cinema Video
St Etienne Games
Chambéry
Rhône-Alpes Cinema
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Serious Games Studio Anatole
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• Forecast: 66% of European decision makers
gaming for
Toondra
Prelight Films
declare their will to integrate serious
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training in the next 5 years Valence
• “Plan France Numérique 2012” Immersive Solutions Gamr7 Ardèche
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(Digital France Plan) launched in 200 Qoveo Documentaries
Request for PointCube > Animation & Interactivity
- Launch of a Serious games SimlinxDaesign (Annecy)
Center
Bilboquet (In Lyon and beyond)
proposal Donut’s (Valence) Lussas MINATEC Micro and
reness for the Les Tanukis Drôme
- Increase the private sector’s awa Omegame (Valence) Nano-technology Center La Cartoucherie (Valence)
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use of video games techniques Folimage (Valence)
B2B Games Les Tanukis (Lyon - Valence)
- 30M€ funding
La Cartoucherie Pinka (Annecy)
Animated Film Center
Prelight (Lyon)
Team To (Valence)
A high concentration of freelance illustrators and renowned La Poudrière School
Talents working for video games, animation and comics… .
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3. a sTroNG ClusTer dediCaTed siTes iN lyoN
iN CreaTiVe iNdusTries: Come and join them, and make the most of attractive
land and property opportunities!
Cluster dedicated to video games, animation, TV, multimedia and cinema
• Lyon Vaise digital cluster: 150 • Pixel, Lyon’s very own cinecittà:
• More than 100 members focus on the content industry including Atari, EA, Folimage, companies specializing in ICT and 2500sqm dedicated center for
Teamto, etc. digital entertainment, including HD audiovisual production and
• More than 25 million € raised in 3 years and 20 R&D projects financed per year such market leaders such as Atari, images Next to Studio 24, which
as the Garden project… . Cegid, Orange and Namco Bandaï hosts the filming of the successful
• 100 projects financed for commercial development, mostly internationally. on a 20 hectares fast growing serie of Kaamelott by Alexandre
• More than 1000 of training for employees organized per year. Pixel by night district. Astier.
• More than 10 international events attended for its members… .
iNTerNaTioNal eVeNTs
Join Imaginove and develop your projects in the dedicated place for image industries!
www.imaginove.fr
To BoosT your BusiNess
a hiGhly qualified workforCe
A wide range of schools and specific training establishments for your needs
in Interactive Entertainment, covering skills in engineering, graphics and Lyon Game Connection:
computer programming: Serious Games Expo:
a business convention for publishers and
> The Emile Cohl School of Graphic Arts: innovative training methods developers in the video game industry This event (former Serious Games EUROBOTICA (Lyon):
in the field of image creation. and a real opportunity for professionals sessions) has now become the European tradeshow dedicated to
> Factory Lyon: New images school (Gaming Flash, webdesign, 3D FX, to show their game concepts and their reference event for professionals Personal and Services Robotics,
sound, acting, filming & production…) development abilities. An average of in the Serious Games sector. organised by Syrobo, the European
800 visitors and 220 exhibitors with 35
> ESIA 3D Lyon (3D infography). robotics industrial union.
nationalities represented.
> Gamagora, the 1st professional university program in France dedicated
to Interactive Entertainment in association with Imaginove which
regroups companies such as Atari, EA, Eden Games….
And also: Cartoon Movie (Lyon):
Gobelins (Annecy), La Poudrière (Valence, dedicated to animated movie).
a European Forum for feature
animation films coproduction
with 500 professionals and 30
countries represented each year.
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Festival Lumière (Lyon):
The International Animation first edition of the Lyon
international festival dedicated to Film Market (Annecy): Lumière Film festival
cinema organized by the Lumière launched in October
Institute and will award the Prix THE event for co-producing, 2009.
Lumière to a modern film director buying, selling, financing and
in recognition of his/her works distributing animation content
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4. CompeTiTiVe CosTs iT’s iN lyoN, aNd
for your business Nowhere else!
The 2nd largest city in France and the capital of the Rhône-Alpes region
(with a population of over 6 million people and the 5th highest regional
Among the most competitive business real estate prices in Europe, GDP), Lyon offers a rare combination of economic strength and a high
Lyon ranks 2nd in foreign real estate investments in France with: LOwER COST THAN OTHER standard of living.
MAjOR EUROPEAN CITIES
> 4.6 million sq.m. of office space (equals to Barcelona) Primes rent excl. tax (€/sq. m/year) > Hub of the European TGV system placing Lyon only 1hr55 from Paris
> 300,000 sq.m. of office space and 650,000 sq.m. (a TGV train every 30 minutes during peak hours)
of warehouse and business real estate are immediately available London West End 1020 > An international airport connecting Lyon to over 100 national
Paris Business District 780 and international destinations with a low cost flight hub
> 65,000 sq.m. of new office space is delivered every year
Milan 550
(on average) > 3rd city in France for its quality of life and leisure & activities (Le
Dublin 540 Point, 2008)UNESCO’s 2nd largest urban World Heritage Site and the
Franfurt 456 European capital of gastronomy
Amsterdam 330 > One of France’s leading tourist areas, just 1 hour from 190 Alpine
© Prelight | Pic & Plok Barcelona 282 ski resorts, 30 minutes from the Beaujolais wine country and 2 hours
Brussels 275 from the beaches of the Mediterranean.
Lyon 260 > Major Cultural Events: the Light Festival, Les Nuits Sonores
Source: CB Richard Ellis - March 2009
(electronic music festival), the Dance Biennial, the Contemporary Art
Biennial, the Lumière Festival, The Fourvière Nights…
and much more!
by Direct flights to
train
53 international destinations:
by
flight Amsterdam, Basel, Barcelona, Berlin,
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by Bologna, Brussels, Copenhagen,
motor
way Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg,
COST OF LIVING London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow,
Munich, Prague, Rome, Stuttgart,
Zurich…
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Index calculated on the basis of ten criteria: Basic food items, alcohol
and tobacco, household products, cosmetics, home services, utilities, France’s most extensive
restaurants, transportation, sport and leisure. 1h15 Zurich
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motorway network
1h40 Geneva
Lyon 1h50
1h15 Milan
1h30
1h45 Turin
France’s leading public
French
Alps transport system outside
3h
1h40
Paris:
Marseille
4 subway lines, 4 tramway lines,
2 funicular lines and nearly 100
1h20 Barcelona bus lines serving more than 55
Madrid 1h45
towns within a 60-km radius.
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right contacts
Assistance in your dealings with the local authorities
Advice on administrative formalities, tax and financial matters
Help in recruiting trained and qualified staff
Assistance for your existing staff relocating to Lyon (housing, school enrolment, job
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