Leontine Petit

Leontine Petit is founder and CEOProducer of Lemming Film with offices in Amsterdam and Berlin Since 1995 Lemming Film has successfully coproduced 54 feature films and 14 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 Masters degree in Philosophy She graduated from EAVE and is a member of the ACE Network She was named Producer on the Move by European Film Promotion 2006 In 2014 she participated at EAVE She first participated in the Inside Pictures workshop in 2017 Today she teaches at various media programs and until 2020 she was also the President of Bridging the Dragon an association that is connecting European and Chinese filmmakers 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 her most recent coproductions include PLEASURE by Ninja Thyberg Sweden 2020 DO NOT HESITATE by Shariff Korver Netherlands 2020 HOME by Franka Potente Germany 2020 DEAD AND BEAUTIFUL by David Verbeek Netherlands 2020 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani Germany 2020 THE HEIRS OF THE NIGHT by Diederik van Rooijen drama series Netherlands 2020 MONOS by Alejandro Landes Colombia 2019 FENIX by Shariff Korver drama series Netherlands 2018 ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2017 MY GIRAFFE by Barbara Bredero Netherlands 2017 and THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos Greece 2015