Narrative & Documentary Editing

Here is how this works in practice. French edit culture has shaped some of the most enduring work in world cinema. From the Nouvelle Vague rooms in Paris to the documentary collectives of Lyon and Marseille. Our narrative editors approach each feature, mini-series, and short with the discipline of script oversight and the patience of performance selection, building scene-level structure on Avid Media Composer or DaVinci Resolve before refining pacing through multiple director's cuts. Documentary editors, working closely with research assistants and transcription teams, weave interview testimony, archive inserts, and verité b-roll into narrative arcs that respect both the subject and the audience's attention.

Here is the short of it. Whether the project is a Canal+ First drama, an Arte co-production, or an independent festival contender bound for FIPADOC or Cinéma du Réel, the edit process holds space for the director's voice while keeping the schedule on track. Reaction shots, archive integration, Ken Burns photo animation, and music spotting are all handled within the cutting room so the conversation with the composer and sound designer begins with a picture-locked sequence. You finish with an edit ready for color, sound, and conformance — and a project file ordered cleanly enough that any downstream site, in Paris or beyond, can pick it up without friction.