Impact Campaign


To support the film’s distribution and impact campaign, we will also create a series of cultural and multidisciplinary pieces entitled  “La Constellation de La Baleine”, which include: 

  • A “making-of” book
  • An archive film about the true story that inspired the screenplay
  • A documentary about human-animal interaction: Vivant Parmi Les Vivants by Sylvère Petit
  • An eco-volunteering initiative called "Les Baleines Solidaires"
  • Reassembly of the skeleton used in the film
  • A scientific study
  • A traveling photographic exhibition
  • A comic book adapted from the screenplay
  • Communication materials

Thanks to the support of the CANOPÉ network, a public operator of the French Ministry of National Education, an educational dossier for La Baleine has been developing since September 2023. We are confident that this will be complete by the film's release (2026), and will distribute it via European educational networks. Our networks across the French Institutes, the Alliances Françaises, the AEFE (Agency for French Education Abroad), and the Laïque Mission are avenues we will explore for this distribution. 

Moreover, we have multiple scientific partnerships on this project. The first is with the Observatory of Marine Mammals and Birds, coordinator of the national network of cetacean strandings: PELAGIS. In addition to helping us monitor the stranding of a fin whale during the filming of the movie, PELAGIS is partnering with the film for scientific purposes. The data collected during the autopsy of the whale during filming is intended to be disseminated nationally and internationally. The second partner is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. Several teams of researchers will be present during the filming of La Baleine. Thanks to the stranded specimen, they will have privileged access to the autopsy of the cetacean. These researchers will analyze the process of cutting, preparation, and reassembly of the skeleton of the whale. This research will lead to a concurrent lecture series scheduled alongside the release of the film.

These will be financed and created separately to the film with our academic and creative partners.