Independent cinema, grounded in the real.

Horoma Films develops and co-produces fiction and documentary features between France, Southeast Asia and beyond.

The Studio

Horoma Films is a French independent production company founded by Jessé Miceli and Troy Donovan, based between Europe and Southeast Asia.

The company develops, produces and co-produces auteur fiction and documentary, primarily but not exclusively between France and Southeast Asia. Its debut feature, Les Affluents / Coalesce by Jessé Miceli, was selected at Cannes (ACID), Busan and Visions du Réel, and released across multiple international territories.

Founded 2018

France · Southeast Asia

Official Selection

Cannes ACID · Busan · Visions du Réel

Fiction & Documentary

International co-production

The Films

Released — 2022

Les Affluents / Coalesce

Feature Film · Directed by Jessé Miceli

A debut feature shot in Cambodia with non-professional actors, observing the lives of Phnom Penh's youth.

Cannes (ACID) · Busan · Visions du Réel — released theatrically across multiple territories.

Post-production

Phnom Penh Melody

Directed by Jessé Miceli

Currently in post-production at Horoma Films.

Post-production — Documentary

Ivorian Shadow Queens

A documentary by Noée

In Côte d'Ivoire, five transgender women assert their femininity in a society that would rather render them invisible. A portrait film at women's eye level — filmed, French & English.

In Development

Pocket Money

Crime drama · Feature · France / Thailand

After killing for money at eighteen, Léo realises he has permanently excluded himself from the world of others. A film about the aftermath, by the director of Les Affluents / Coalesce.

Influence

Psychological horror · Feature · Thailand / Intl.

Four influencers vanish during a creator challenge in rural Thailand. Told entirely through the footage they left behind. A psychological horror by Jessé Miceli.

Confiscated

Fiction / documentary · Feature · Cambodia / Thailand

Thon and Phi, two young Cambodian construction workers in Thailand, whose bodies are claimed by labour, the bar, the gang. A sensory cinema of the real, by Jessé Miceli.