Manon et Jacob is a film production company.
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, their award-winning debut feature-length documentary, is currently circulating international festivals. It is a coproduction with six-time Oscar® nominated production company Final Cut for Real (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence, Flee).
Manon Ouimet is an Arts Council England-supported photographer and filmmaker who has exhibited at the likes of the Saatchi Gallery and The Jewish Museum. Her accolades include the British Photography Award, the Feature Shoot Emerging Artist Award and the Monochrome Award. Her project “My Name is Maya” (2021) was long-listed for the Jerwood Photoworks Award.
Compelled to explore themes of identity through moving image, Manon began making films. 2024 sees the release of her debut feature documentary “Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other” which she co-directed with Jacob Perlmutter. Manon and Jacob coproduced the film with six-time Oscar® nominated production company Final Cut for Real.
Jacob Perlmutter is an award-winning street photographer and self-shooting film director. His work includes 2024 feature documentary “Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other”. He has directed over twenty music videos and several short films including 35mm French Exchange (2017), starring George MacKay, Executive Produced by Chris Columbus, Sandy Lieberson and Roger Pratt B.S.C.