Yohann Comte
Co-Founder, Charades
About Speaker
Yohann Comte is the cofounder of Charades, a sales and co-production company based in Paris. Before founding the company in 2017 with partners from Wild Bunch, Studiocanal and Asuna, Yohann was Deputy Head of International Sales at Gaumont. At Charades Yohann coproduced REVENGE by Coralie Fargeat, French Hit Comedy THE SHINY SHRIMPS, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s starrer SUICIDE TOURIST. He also served as executive producer on arthouse shocker SWALLOW and Venice 2020 competition title THE WORLD TO COME. Additionally, he worked as an associate producer on Mamoru Hosoda’s Cannes Première 2021 success BELLE. Recently he co-produced the Cannes 2022 Competition Title TCHAIKOVSKY’S WIFE and served as an executive producer for SANCTUARY a twisty playful thriller starring Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbot. ABOUT CHARADES CHARADES’ slate includes two Academy Award Nominees for Best Animated Feature: Mamoru Hosoda’s MIRAI (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2018) and Jérémy Clapin’s debut I LOST MY BODY (Cannes Critics’ Week Nespresso Grand Prize 2019 and two Cristal Awards for Best Feature in Annecy International Film Festival: LITTLE NICHOLAS, Happy as Can Be in 2022, by Benjamin Massoubre and Amandine Freudon, and CHICKEN FOR LINDA! in 2023, by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach. Over the years, CHARADES handled international sales on a wide range of features: DIAMANTINO by Gabriel Abrantes (Nespresso Grand Prize 2018), N’Wave Studio 3D Animation THE QUEEN’S CORGI, BELLE by Mamoru Hosoda (Cannes Official Selection 2021), 2022 Critics’ Week French Touch Prize and box-office hit AFTERSUN, debut film by Charlotte Wells, picked up by A24, SANCTUARY, by Zachary Wigon starring Margaret Qualley, SCRAPPER, by Charlotte Regan (2023 Sundance Grand Jury Prize), DISCO BOY, debut film by Giacomo Abbruzzese (Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in 2023), and HOUNDS, by Kamal Lazraq (2023 Un Certain Regard Jury Prize), among others. Recently, Charades presented THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger in Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, alongside STOLEN by Karan Tejpal in Orizzonti Extra and VERMIN by Sébastien Vaniček in Critics’ Week. Additionally, MOTHER, COUCH by Niclas Larsson in Special Presentations and WHEN EVIL LURKS by Demián Rugna in Midnight Madness introduced in Toronto. In 2022, CHARADES was recognized as Distributor of the Year at Cartoon Movie.