Jean des Forêts (Paris, 1976) is a film producer.
Through his company, Petit Film, he produces and coproduces auteur-driven
films, French or foreign, at all times working in close cooperation with
distributors and sales agents.
His recent credits include RAW by Julia Ducournau (Cannes Critic’s Week
2016 – Fipresci prize), ALOYS by Tobias Nölle (Berlinale Panorama 2016 –
Fipresci prize), FIXER by Adrian Sitaru (Toronto Contemporary World
Cinema 2016).
Slated for release in 2017 are DIANE by Fabien Gorgeart and KAIROS by
Nicolas Buenaventura.
Jean des Forêts is EAVE national coordinator for France and runs one of their
international workshops, Puentes.
He is also a deputy member of the CNC / Institut Français Aide aux Cinémas
du Monde Distribution Support.