Artémis Productions
About
After studying film direction at the INSAS Film School in Brussels (1987–1991) and working as production assistant, production manager, and 1st assistant director (notably for Chantal Akerman), Patrick Quinet founded ARTÉMIS MÉDIA in 1992, a Belgian cooperative production company with an alternative approach to producing short films and documentaries.
In the early 1990s, the small number of film producers in the Belgian market were primarily writer-director-producers who worked almost exclusively on their own films, such as André Delvaux, Chantal Akerman, Marion Hänsel, and Benoît Lamy.
Following the international success of a string of Belgian films that rose to cult status, including Man Bites Dog, Toto the Hero, and The Music Teacher, our national movie industry experienced a veritable boom. At this time, new production companies—including Artémis Productions—emerged on the Belgian audiovisual scene, establishing themselves as full-fledged independent producers, both supporting the creativity of Belgian filmmakers and providing co-production services for a wide range of international co-productions.
