Julien Madon
Co-founder, President, Producer
Julien Madon is a French producer, co-founder and co-head of Cheyenne Federation. He has produced over 30 feature films, and now several series.
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Released in 2024, the films Saint Exupery by Pablo Agüero, Funny Birds by Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via, Hunting With Tigers by Jérémie Guez and The Wages of Fear by Julien Leclercq.
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Julien Madon’s productions have received numerous awards and have been selected by some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. These include the Cannes Film Festival, with The Party's Over! by Antony Cordier (Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Festival de Cannes 2025), Love Songs for Tough Guys by Samuel Benchetrit (Cannes Première, 2023), My Brothers and I by Yohan Manca (Un Certain Regard, 2023), and Macadam Stories by Samuel Benchetrit (Séances Spéciales, 2015). His work has also been featured at other major international festivals, such as TriBeCa (Brothers by Blood by Jérémie Guez), SXSW (A Bluebird in My Heart by Jérémie Guez), and Locarno (Dog by Samuel Benchetrit).
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Aimée Buidine
Co-founder, CEO, Producer
Aimée Buidine is a French producer, co-founder and co-head of Cheyenne Federation.
Her recent productions include Saint-Exupéry by Pablo Agüero, starring Louis Garrel, Vincent Cassel, and Diane Kruger (2024, StudioCanal); Funny Birds by Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via, with Catherine Deneuve, Andrea Riseborough, and Morgan Saylor, co-executive produced with Martin Scorsese (2024, UGC); and Hunting With Tigers by Jérémie Guez, featuring Sofiane Zermani and Géraldine Nakache (2024, Prime Video).
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Previously, Aimée Buidine produced several acclaimed feature films, including A Bluebird in My Heart (SXSW 2018), Lukas, Brothers by Blood (TriBeCa 2020, Deauville 2020), and Kanun.
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Aimée Buidine is associate producer on Antony Cordier's film The Party's Over ! (Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Festival de Cannes 2025).
Pauline Attal
Producer - Cheyenne Federation
Pauline Attal joins Cheyenne Federation in 2020. Prior to this, Pauline co-founded Hirvi production, where she produced several short films (including Chien bleu by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh; Red Star by Yohan Manca...).
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Her first production with Cheyenne Federation was Théo Abadie's short film Chico, which won awards at several festivals, including the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur.
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In 2024, she produced her first feature film, The Party's Over ! directed by Antony Cordier and starring Laurent Lafitte, Elodie Bouchez, Ramzy Bedia, Laure Calamy, Sami Outalbali and Noée Abita. The film has been selected for the Quinzaine des Cinéastes, as part of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
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She is currently working on the development of several feature films and series.
Sarah Borch Jacobsen
Producer - Bluejay Pictures
Sarah Borch-Jacobsen is a French-American producer, founder of Bluejay Pictures. Bluejay was launched in 2024 in association with Cheyenne Federation and born out of a desire to create bridges for talent interested in crossing the Atlantic in both directions. Bluejay is currently developing a slate of English and French language films and series with it’s first production anticipated in 2025.
Most recently Sarah served as executive producer on Siân Heder’s CODA, which won three Oscars including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Her other production credits include Elle by Paul Verhoeven (2016 Cannes Film Festival), Aquarius by Kleber Mendonça Filho (2016 Cannes Film Festival), Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg (2014 Cannes Film Festival), A castle in Italy by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (2013 Cannes Film Festival), and Passion by Brian de Palma (2012 Venice Mostra)
Prior to founding Bluejay Sarah ran the international arm of Vendôme Group where she built a slate of English language projects across film and TV. Sarah started her career working alongside Saïd Ben Saïd at SBS Productions where she was in charge of production, international sales and local distribution on a number of award-winning films.
Philippe Guez
Line Producer
Since 2015, Philippe Guez has worked closely with Julien Madon, supervising productions including Dalida by Lisa Azuelos, Dog by Samuel Benchetrit, MILF by Axelle Laffont, Budapest by Xavier Gens, and Sweetheart also by Lisa Azuelos.
Still working alongside Julien Madon, he partnered with Julien Leclercq on several Netflix productions, overseeing Earth and Blood starring Sami Bouajila, Sentinelle with Olga Kurylenko, and both seasons of the hit series Ganglands. He also participated in producing the reboot of The Wages of Fear, followed by the series GIGN (currently in production), again with Julien Leclercq.
For Cheyenne Federation, Philippe Guez supervises projects by Jérémie Guez such as The Brigade (Seasons 1 & 2) for Canal+ and Hunting with Tigers for Prime Video. Simultaneously, he continues to develop theatrical projects including Funny Birds by Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via, starring Catherine Deneuve, and Saint-Exupery by Pablo Agüero with Louis Garrel, Vincent Cassel, and Diane Kruger. In 2024, he oversaw Unsubmissives by Mélissa Drigeard and The Party’s Over! by Antony Cordier.
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