ABOUT KOMETA FILMS

Kometa Films is a French independent production company based in Paris and in Orléans (Region Centre Val de Loire).

Kometa Films accompanies authors – directors from all walks of life, with a disruptive point of view on modern society. The company proposes innovative forms freed from conventional representations, for a pluralist public.

PRODUCER FOUNDER

Edyta Janczak-Hiriart is a Polish born French independent Producer and the founder of Kometa Films . She is a graduate of the Polish National Film School, in Lodz (Poland).  She has been an EAVE member since 2019 and graduated from ACE Series Special in 2021. In 2023, she was selected at Producers to Watch at MIP TV x CanneSeries 2023. 

In addition to her activities at Kometa Films, Edyta Janczak-Hiriart produces feature films between France and Poland, leveraging her broad experience of the movie industry and of both countries’ cultures. In 2017, she co-produces “Grand Froid”, Gérard Pautonnier’s first feature film, with Elzévir Films and currently produces several projects with SHIPsBOY (Poland) such as “Tête coupée”, Lotfi Achour’s second feature film.

She is also a Script Consultant and member of films commissions. She teaches film production at Paris’ film schools EICAR and ESRA and she is a Speaker for ESCP business school.

Before Producing within Kometa Films, she worked at Les Films du Worso alongside Sylvie Pialat. She worked on Nuage by Sébastien Bedbeter, Meurtrières by Patrick Granperret. La faute à Fidel by Julie Gavras, Pialat, l’amour existe by Jean-Pierre Devilliers etc.

We are experts in international co-development and co-production strategies for international co-production markets, film and audiovisual institutions, groups and professionals.

Our activities: evaluation, consultation, mentoring, monitoring, design of presentations and targeted programs, lecture, masterclass, curation.