Neo Ten is a Video Agency specialised in documentaires. It is directed by Nicolas Van Achter, anthropologist and filmmaker.

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Our teams are passionate by documentary shooting. Reality is their source of energy.

"The only way to film is to walk with the camera, to drive it where it is most effective, and to improvise for her another type of ballet where the camera becomes as alive as the men she films."

(Jean ROUCH, 1978)

Neo-Ten ? What does that mean ?

The word Neotenie (from Greek néos "young" + teínein "to stretch, extend") was introduced by the German biologist Julius Kollmann (1834-1918) to describe the persistence of larval or fetal features in the adult form of an animal. For example, the adult axolotl, a salamander.

But we are more interested in its symbolic meaning, used by French philosopher Dany-Robert Dufour. In his books a large portion is dedicated to neoteny and the human physical inability of becoming "full-grown". This has forced humans to invent culture. This condition may be weakness as well as greatness of man.

If you look at Neo-Ten’s agency logo, you can see the little Man in the center, struggling between two infinites…