L'actualités des ICC à Montpellier

Montpellier’s cultural and creative industry counts over 2,000 employees and is expanding constantly, notably thanks to a local ecosystem that helps companies start out and grow. Here’s how.

The world's third largest video game company is anchored in Montpellier, where it has taken the rare step of investing in building its own studio. This is proof of a historic relationship where the Guillem brothers' group has given life to some of its most famous creatures.

Les écouteurs intra-auriculaires, conçus par la société de Castries, ont conquis la scène musicale française, de Calogero à Mylène Farmer en passant par David Guetta et Matt Pokora

After Fortiche Production announced its move to southern Europe last summer, the company has opened two subsidiaries, one in Montpellier and the other in Las Palmas - Gran Canaria.

Dans le cadre du MICC 2020, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole a innové en structurant sa filière son et en créant notamment le 1er concours de podcasts du territoire "C dans le Son".

While 3D animation, special effects and gaming are the lifeblood of the city's training programmes, Montpellier also boasts high-quality courses for the cinema and sound industries. The reasons for this are twofold: production studios are multiplying in Montpellier and the number of films and series being shot in town is growing exponentially. Therefore, the network of schools that offer training in these disciplines is also expanding: major school openings include Cinécréatis, part of the Icônes network, which is now located in the town's creative hub, Cité Créative.

Here is an overview of Montpellier’s training courses.

While 3D animation, special effects and gaming are the lifeblood of the city's training programmes, Montpellier also boasts high-quality courses for the cinema and sound industries. The reasons for this are twofold: production studios are multiplying in Montpellier and the number of films and series being shot in town is growing exponentially. Therefore, the network of schools that offer training in these disciplines is also expanding: major school openings include Cinécréatis, part of the Icônes network, which is now located in the town's creative hub, Cité Créative.

Here is an overview of Montpellier’s training courses.

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The fast-paced video game sector finds fertile ground for growth in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole area. Not just with a wide range of educational opportunities, but also many emerging companies, from startups to the giant Ubisoft.

La Halle Tropisme, c’est elle. Illusion & Macadam est l’enfant terrible de l’économie sociale et solidaire. Cette société coopérative promeut l’ « entrepreneuriat culturel » : deux mots qui ne faisaient guère bon ménage dans le milieu culturel il n’y pas si longtemps.

The Game Bakers was founded in Montpellier by two former Ubisoft employees. The firm designs games that “give you a buzz”… and what a buzz: its games Squids, Squids Wild West, Combo Crew, Squids Odyssey and Furi have been downloaded by seven million players.

A true lever for territorial exposure, Cultural and Creative Industries are generally concentrated in the film, television, video game, creation, 3D animation, and special effects sectors, as well as in the sound and audio sector. The greater Montpellier area is one of the major locations for the field in France, outside of Paris, where the number of employees in creative occupations has grown the most since 2008, with about 2,100 people in 2020.