Pif, Behind the gimmicks (2015)
Taking stock of the extraordinary adventure of "Pif Gadget", a French publishing phenomenon of the 1970s-80s and even of the whole history of children's press. For the comic-strip magazine with the iconic dog, created in 1969 by the French Communist Party, often reached a million copies. With editions available for all of Europe (including Germany, under the title Yps), and on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Director: Guillaume Podrovnik
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Antoine Silvestri as Le colonel |
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Estelle Simon as La vétérinaire |
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Guillaume Podrovnik as Le général |
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Emmanuel Curtil as Narrator |
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Joris Clerté as Himself |
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Hervé Di Rosa as Himself |
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Michel Gondry as Himself |
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Serge Rosenzweig as Himself |
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Patrick Apel-Muller as Himself |
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Guy Konopnicki as Himself |
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Mircea Arapu as Himself |
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Bernd Nowack as Himself |
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Gilles Heylen as Himself |
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Norbert Hinze as Himself |
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Christian Kallenberg as Himself |
| Directing | Guillaume Podrovnik | Director |
| Writing | Guillaume Podrovnik | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Rubi Scrive Loyer | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Libia Matos | Scenario Writer |
| Sound | Samuel Hirsch | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kevin Bailly | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Quentin Desclaux | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Guillaume Etchegoyen | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Benjamin Linke | Sound Engineer |
| Art | Julien Vray | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Guillaume Gravier | Chief Technician / Stop-Motion Expert |
| Sound | Samuel Hirsch | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Christophe de Pinho | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Gilles Walger | Production Director |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Billard | Administration |
| Production | Sophie Touzeau-Lours | Administration |
| Production | Karina Si Ahmed | Producer |
| Production | Jean-François Lepetit | Producer |
| Production | Pierre de Vaulx | Administration |
| Crew | Stéphanie Lanois | Post-Production Manager |