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Idéale Audience is an audiovisual production company specializing in documentary and music films.

Since its establishment in 1990, Idéale Audience has built a reputation for distinctive, world-class productions.

Leading productions include Bruno Monsaingeon's "Yehudi Menuhin, the Violin of the Century," and “Richter, the Enigma”, Frederic Mitterrand's theatrical feature film of “Madame Butterfly”, the collections “The Art of ...” and “Classic Archive” series co-produced with IMG Artists (London), and in the documentary field, Frederick Wiseman's “La Comédie Française” and Gérald Caillat's and Pierre Legendre's “The Making of Western Man” and “Mirror of a Nation”.

The company currently produces five to ten films a year, using its close ties to major figures in the documentary and music world – writers, directors and performers.

Idéale Audience has a wholly-owned distribution division, Idéale Audience International, marketing a catalogue of more than 300 titles. As a specialized distributor, Idéale Audience International provides independent producers and filmmakers who entrust it with their films access to an extensive international network of specialized buyers in television and video. Titles in distribution of particular note include films by Frederick Wiseman, Johan van der Keuken, Bruno Monsaingeon, Frank Scheffer, Heddy Honigmann and Alexander Sokurov as well as other luminaries in the field of documentary and international music programs.

In 2002, Idéale Audience International opened a home video production department to release DVDs under its own label, beginning with the acclaimed Classic Archive collection (35 titles to date), produced with IMG Artists and EMI Classics. The company has since released over 50 titles, most of which are available worldwide through partnerships with various record companies and video distributors.

High artistic standards, a concern with preserving the cultural heritage and an international approach are the key elements on which the team at Idéale Audience, under the direction of Pierre-Olivier Bardet, continue to build a distinctive editorial profile.