Media: François Pesenti, Luc Dayan and Nicolas Duval create a sports documentary production company

News Tank Football - Paris - News #153147 - Published on
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François Pesenti, former CEO of RMC Sport, Luc Dayan, creator and manager of ID+, and Nicolas Duval, a French film producer, have joined forces in equal parts to create "Elide" (the name refers to the sacred sanctuary of Olympia in Greece), a company that produces sports documentaries, François Pesenti told News Tank Football on 24/07/2019.

"We will be inspired by, without trying to copy, documentaries on sport that we have seen on Netflix such as "Sunderland "Til I Die" or "Drive to survive" on the Formula 1. This type of storytelling content is of increasing interest to the new generation and we thought there was a real opportunity to get involved in this project," explained François Pesenti.

"Our first documentary series will be on RC Lens (Domino's Ligue 2), a club with a strong societal dimension that Luc Dayan knows well (former club president from July 2012 to July 2013). The shooting has started, we are in advanced discussions with La Chaine L'Équipe (sports channel belonging to the French sports daily) for the broadcasting," added the former CEO of RMC Sport, who denied once…

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