Twelve months on, the exec is taking stock with a sense of satisfaction.
Projects are often announced and then you never know whether anything really happens, he tells Deadline.
In one year, weve managed to create a diverse slate of films that are actually getting made.
Fabien WesterhoffFilms Constellation
It was a wonderful adventure.
Westerhoff, who is an executive producer under the Constellation Productions banner, co-financed the film.
Film Constellation also launched sales on the film in Cannes.
Were shooting the film in Ghana in September, he says.
They brought the project to me and introduced me to the filmmaker.
I am very much indebted to them, says Westerhoff of the executive producers.
There are other producers whose focus is development, others who are specialised in the physical production aspects.
It is a family investigation into their roots.
This is still very much in production.
We hope it will be ready for the beginning of next year, says Westerhoff.
I love this story because this was an original IP developed by British animation director Ben Smith.
We structured the entire co-production, and production started this year.
We knew that if we set it up with the right partners, there was value in the marketplace.
It sold North American andmultiple territories to Sony Picture Classics at this years Cannes Marche.
The film is going to be ready for the fall.
So, expect to see it at one of the big festivals.
The producer hat is very different from the sales hat.
Obviously, my vantage point is very much infused with my experience of 20 years in sales and distribution.
My eye and the way I look at material will always be influenced by that, says Westerhoff.
