From September 16 to 21, 2025, Gironde Tournages will participate in the La Rochelle Fiction Festival, an unmissable event for the French audiovisual industry. This edition highlights works that resonate with the strength of a territory in the creative process, through close collaborations between authors, technicians, producers and institutions.
Among the highlights, our team will participate in a case study conference dedicated to the film Le Parfum du bonheur, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Virginie Grimaldi, a Bordeaux novelist.
Conference: Case Study – The Scent of Happiness
Wednesday, September 17, 15 p.m. - 16 p.m.
The exchange will bring together a screenwriter, director, producers, location scout, and reception agencies to explore how a literary work takes shape through contact with a territory. Real settings, local constraints, artistic collaborations: all levers that transform a written story into an embodied fiction.
Two projects supported in Gironde selected at the Festival
In addition to its participation in the conference, Gironde Tournages is proud to announce the selection of two projects supported by its department at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival 2025.
The Scent of Happiness
In the "Fiction Events" category, the film Le Parfum du bonheur, adapted from Virginie Grimaldi's novel, was shot entirely in Gironde over a 37-day period. Supported by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, the Gironde Department, and Bordeaux Métropole, it highlights several emblematic settings in the region: the Burdigala barge, the Theatro, the Domaine de Raba, the Saint-Romain cemetery, as well as several key locations in the Arcachon basin, such as the Moulleau beach and pier, Pereire, Avenue du Parc, the Cabane des Jaud, and the La Civette bar-tabac.
My Wife is a Spy
Another project in competition, in the "French Series" category: My Wife is a Spy. A 52-minute series, although primarily filmed in Charente, this production set up its cameras for three days in Gironde, notably in Soulac-sur-Mer and the Aqualiday water park, illustrating the diversity of the settings available in our region.
An active presence to support territorial dynamics
Beyond the visibility of productions, the presence of Gironde Tournages in La Rochelle is an opportunity to meet professionals, strengthen synergies, and promote a region where cinema, television and landscape interact on a daily basis.
