French Films are great. They are nuanced, character-driven and soaked in atmosphere. But, how do you promote them to a non-French audience who tend to prefer Hollywood blockbusters? This is the task Alliance Française, the global network promoting French culture gave us.

This film is based on the meeting between a French director and Hollywood professionals to whom he pitched 3 movie ideas. What they didn’t know is that these were from existing French cinema masterpieces. Andrew Licht, executive producer of "Waterworld" had to react on the pitch for "Entre Les Murs". William Fay, producer of "Independence Day", "300" and "The Hangover", listened to the pitch for "La Vie d'Adèle”. While "Amour", was pitched to Lynn Mary Stewart, the actress from "Rain Man" and "American Graffiti" and Jack Hogan, another renowned producer from Hollywood. They rejected the pitches as they thought these ideas lacked action or drama and won’t be marketable. Their cautious and negative reactions illustrated that French cinema does not follow the usual Hollywood formulas in a humorous and unique way.

We created a series of humorous videos that captured the cautious and negative reactions of these Hollywood professionals. These videos were shared