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.
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.
ANTOINE GOLDET
Producer & Director
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.
Paris
MARION GAZEL
Production Assistant
Marion Gazel recently graduated from Sorbonne Nouvelle University with a degree in Cinema and Television Production. After gaining experience in film production, she transitioned into documentary production. Since August 2024, she has been working as a production assistant at Amok Films.
marion@amokfilms.fr
Paris
JONATHAN SAFIR
Director
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).
Paris
