History-Making ‘Paper Tiger’ Producer Marco Perego Creates Call To Action With Artists’ Haven Collective: “Cultural Expression Is The Most Important Thing To Protect” – Cannes
Marco Perego, a producer with three films in competition at Cannes, has launched Artists’ Haven Pictures, a collective aimed at supporting independent cinema through collaboration and shared investment. Inspired by United Artists and his background in sports and art, Perego emphasizes community and creative freedom over individual success. The collective will use a $10 million fund to equally split returns between investors and artists.
- ▪Marco Perego made history as the first producer to have three films in Competition at Cannes, plus a fourth in Director’s Fortnight.
- ▪Artists’ Haven Pictures is a curated collective of filmmakers that will meet twice a year at major festivals to co-invest in independent cinema.
- ▪The collective will operate with a 50/50 financial split between investors and creators, inspired by the United Artists model.
- ▪Perego’s background as a soccer player and conceptual artist shaped his belief in collaboration and team-driven success.
- ▪The initiative aims to protect cultural expression and reshape the future of filmmaking through artist-led production and shared vision.
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Melodie Mcdaniel Saturday night saw the buzzy Cannes premiere of James Gray’s Paper Tiger — complete with a late-night afterparty — but the next morning, one of its producers, Marco Perego, is still fresh and raring to go. He didn’t go to the party because, as he explains, over coffee at the Majestic hotel on the Croisette, he spent last night making notes for his passion project: his Artists’ Haven Pictures collective. Perego founded Artists’ Haven a few months ago, and the plan is to form a curated community of world-renowned filmmakers that will gather twice a year “not out of obligation, but out of kinship” at key festivals to help shape and co-invest in the future of independent cinema.
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