In immersion, this is THE series that takes you to discover exceptional know-how throughout France! For this fourth episode, we went to meet Jean-François Tosti, co-founder of TAT productions, the production and animation studio behind the films 'Les Aces de la Jungle' as well as Charline Hervagault, in charge finance business manager and member of the Toulouse regional management at Bpifrance.

37,9%. This is what animation represents in the total international sales of French audiovisual programs. A talent that is exported and puts stars in the eyes of young and old throughout the world. And among these actors, we find TAT productions, founded in 2000 by Jean-François Tosti, David Alaux and Eric Tosti. The Toulouse company brings together a production company and a studio specializing in 3D animation for television and cinema.

« We have a childhood passion for animation, particularly thanks to films like Jason and the Argonauts and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad where we find many special effects, says Jean-François Tosti. We first started out as an amateur/semi-pro and then one day we decided to set up our company to develop our own projects in Toulouse. ". Since then, TAT productions has grown from three employees at its creation (the co-founders) to 300 people today.

TAT Productions, a studio supported by Bpifrance and French Touch

If the company has been able to continue to transform in recent years, it is also thanks to Bpifrance which has supported it for more than ten years and in particular by Charline Hervagault, financing business manager and member of the Toulouse regional management at Bpifrance: “ They contacted us when they were in the process of expanding the premises and therefore had investments to make to fit them out. ».

To meet this demand, it offers the three creators of TAT productions a financing solution: the Touch Loan: “ The latter is dedicated to the cultural and creative industries sectors. ". A system highly appreciated by the company according to the financing business manager of the entrepreneurs' bank.

An internationally renowned animation studio: a collective success

Through this evolution, TAT Productions has been able to surround itself with competent people like Claire Bataille, animator who takes care of “ transmit emotions through movement ", according to her. “ I work on the characterization of the characters, continues the young woman. I wonder who they are, what their characters are, etc. All this will influence the way they move, as well as their morphology and their different sizes. ».

So many details which allowed TAT Productions to be rewarded at the Emmy Awards for its film 'Les Aces de la Jungle'. “ During the ceremony we had no idea of ​​our chances of winning this prize, explains Jean-François Tosti, co-founder of the company. When they announced 'The Winner is...The Jungle Bunch!' it was quite an unforgettable feeling ". If the co-founders won the prize, Jean-François Tosti knows that it is thanks to the fruits of joint work that they were able to obtain this reward. “ All this remains above all a collective victory ».