Amok Films develops, produces and co-produces creative documentaries films by cultivating singular authors' voices with the potential to reach a wide and diverse audience in Europe and beyond. Amok Films is a laboratory for the crafting of new writings and cinematic ways of approaching reality, fuelled by human encounters revealing a convergence of values. Our goal is transformative: that our films participate in changing those who see them and the societies from which they emerged. Most of our productions and co-productions have been shown at major international festivals, before being broadcasted in France and internationally.
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Amok also co-produces documentaries with Swiss, Iranian, Algerian, Ukrainian and Italian production companies. The creative documentaries produced and co-produced by Amok Films are supported by the CNC, the Sundance Documentary Fund, AFAC, France Télévisions, the IDF region, Just Just Films, the OFC, Field of Vision, the French Institutes and the Fondation de France, among others.
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ANTOINE GOLDET
Producer & Director
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After studying journalism at Columbia University in New York, Antoine Goldet worked as a reporter in the United States at the Center for Investigative Journalism and directed his first short documentary in Cuba for the Miami Herald. Back in Paris, Antoine co-founded Amok Films in 2018, with which he has co-produced creative documentaries, short and feature length, which have premiered at Tribeca, Visions du Réel or Morelia. He attended to the 2024 edition of EURODOC.
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Paris
CHACHI HAUSER
Independent Producer
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Chachi Hauser is one of the producers of HOLLOW TREE, a feature-length documentary in postproduction which has been supported by Sundance, NEA, IDA, The Redford Center, among others. She was producer of the short film “The Rat” (2019 Sundance Film Festival) and associate producer of the documentary ROLL RED ROLL (2018 Tribeca Film Festival, Netflix/POV). She attended to the Sundance Talent Forum 2019, Southern Producers Lab 2019, IFP/The Gotham Documentary Lab 2020.
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Paris
NATHAN GRILLET
Production Assistant
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After a Khâgne in film specialty, Nathan first studied screenwriting and then production. Currently in a Master’s course, he has been working at Amok Films since September 2025.
Paris
JONATHAN SAFIR
Director
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After obtaining a double degree in Cinema & Literature and Philosophy in Paris, Jonathan Safir developed his work as both a writer and director. As a screenwriter, he co-created several series (Société Distincte, Les Ondes) and wrote a TV movie for France Télévisions. As a director, he has made five documentaries broadcast on various channels (Slash, France 3, L'Équipe TV). Jonathan Safir is also the writer-director of two short films and one feature film, Des Hommes de Paille (produced by OCS), which received awards at several festivals (Cognac, Stockholm, and Rhode Island).
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Paris
MARION GAZEL
Production Assistant
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After studying cinema for three years, Marion turned to audiovisual production management. She has been working at Amok Films since August 2024.
marion@amokfilms.fr
Paris
CÉCILE ELISE SABELLA
Assistant Editor
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Cécile Sabella is an editor born in Jerusalem to a Swiss mother and a Palestinian father. She grew up in Berlin before moving to Paris to study film editing. In 2020, she co-edited her father Steve Sabella’s memoir The Parachute Paradox, published by Kerber Verlag, and co-created the visual series Endless. Since September 2024, she has been working as an assistant editor at Amok Films, alongside her ongoing studies.
Paris
