Best Color Grading Studios in Paris (2026)

Introduction

Paris has six colour grading studios worth a close look in 2026, ranging from small colourist-led boutiques that grade luxury and fashion films to laboratories that take features and series from dailies to final masters. The list is short on purpose: every studio here has a grading suite in Paris that we could confirm from its own pages.

The city’s post-production map shifted after Technicolor’s collapse in 2025. The former MPC Post-Production facility in Hauteville now appears as one of TransPerfect Media’s grading sites, and in June 2026 MPC and The Mill joined forces under The Mill brand. Demand comes from two directions at once: French cinema and series, supported by national tax rebates, and the commercials and brand films made for Paris-based luxury, beauty and automotive clients.

Studios were chosen for recent work, the colourists they name, and the kind of projects they take on. The list is unranked, since the right studio depends on whether you are finishing a feature, a series, a campaign or a music video.

The best color grading studios in Paris

1. Le Labo Paris

Independent · 10th arrondissement · lelabo.paris

Le Labo is a film and series post house on rue d’Hauteville that covers the chain from dailies processing through conforming and grading to mastering. Varujan Gumusel is its general manager and Antoine Yar its technical director. FilmLight profiled its two in-house colourists, Gilles Granier and Fabien Napoli, who grade on Baselight; Napoli graded the series Paris etc. there.

Its credits include The Wolf’s Call, Madame Claude, Atlantics, several Quentin Dupieux films including Mandibles, and How I Became a Super Hero. Titles shown among its 2026 work include Belphegor, Surface and Deviens génial. It suits productions that want dailies, grade and deliverables handled in one house.

2. Color (Digital District)

Digital District group · Sentier, 2nd arrondissement · digitalcolor.fr

Color describes itself as a digital laboratory specialising in post-production and colour grading. It runs three large grading rooms for cinema and video, all equipped with Baselight, from rue du Mail. It sits within Digital District, the Paris VFX and post-production group, and is led by general manager Barbara Serci Albucher.

The project list mixes advertising and features: Peugeot’s 208 reveal, Air France, Cartier’s “Esprits Libres”, Canal+’s The Secret of Wakany, Sega’s Humankind and the feature Adieu Monsieur Haffmann. Having VFX in the same group helps when shots go back and forth between compositing and the grade.

3. KeepGrading

Independent · 3rd arrondissement · keepgrading.com

KeepGrading is a post-production studio focused on colour grading, working mainly on advertising, music videos and film. It runs two sites in the 3rd arrondissement: La Boutique on rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth and L’Atelier on rue du Temple. Florian Martiny is CEO and senior colourist, with colourists Inès Henry-Manceau, Alexis Muller and Alexandre Queyrous in Paris and senior colourist Manthos G Sardis in Athens.

The work leans towards luxury and fashion: Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Rimowa, Hennessy, Gucci and Alaïa sit alongside Mercedes-Benz and Ciele Athletics. For brand teams in Paris, it is one of the clearest colourist-led options.

4. La Coloristory

Independent · Paris · lacoloristory.com

La Coloristory is a boutique colour grading studio based in Paris that works in DaVinci Resolve and offers remote sessions worldwide. It is a small, colourist-led operation, with Christophe Chemin as its contact.

Its showreels cover commercials, music videos and fiction, and the client list includes La Canadienne, Sperry, Liquid Death, Toyota, CCM Hockey, Icelandair and Ardene, several of them North American brands. Working with a single colourist gives direct contact throughout, though large multi-version campaigns need their schedule agreed early.

5. TransPerfect Media (formerly Hiventy)

TransPerfect · Boulogne-Billancourt and central Paris · media.transperfect.com

TransPerfect Media is the media services division of TransPerfect, and Hiventy’s former web address now leads to it. It lists colour grading at several French sites: Boulogne, Hauteville (previously MPC Post-Production), Bastille and Odéon, using Resolve, Baselight and Daylight, with Dolby Vision across those sites and Dolby Cinema at Boulogne. In 2026 it bought Omnimago in Germany and Emme in Rome.

Projects on its site include post-production for Monte Cristo and Sirat, and in April 2026 MPC Paris delivered VFX and image post-production on StudioCanal’s Cold Storage, 541 shots over 18 months. It suits productions that want grading, localisation and deliverables under one contract. Its pages name no colourists, so ask who will grade your project.

6. Circle Time Studio

Independent · Paris and London · circletimestudio.com

Circle Time Studio is a production and post-production studio based in Paris and London, with a dedicated Resolve grading suite in each city. Its colour department is run by senior colourist Amélie Ravalec, who has worked as an international freelance colourist since 2010. The studio has made VR films since 2015, and its VR feature Fan Club premiered at Cannes in 2017.

Ravalec’s client list includes Apple, Porsche, Nespresso, Rolls Royce, Netflix and the BBC, with agency work for Publicis, Havas, TBWA and Ogilvy. The studio’s 2025 fiction film Sumarsólstöður won several awards. Confirm whether your sessions will run from the Paris or the London suite.

What to look for in a Paris colour grading studio

Start with the type of project. Paris splits fairly cleanly between laboratories built for features and series, which handle dailies, conforming and mastering alongside the grade, and colourist-led boutiques that focus on commercials, fashion films and music videos. A feature with a long conform needs the first kind; a two-day luxury campaign grade is usually better served by the second.

Pick the colourist as carefully as the studio. Look at reels by name, and ask who will sit in the suite on your days. Check the system too: Baselight and Resolve are both standard here, and a colourist’s speed and look often depend on the tools they know best.

Agree deliverables at the start. Film and series work may need Dolby Vision, DCP and IMF masters, while brand work in Paris often runs to many versions across formats and markets. A studio that has delivered to your broadcaster, platform or brand guidelines before will save time at the end.

Finally, plan how material moves. Camera rushes, LUTs from set, reference stills and graded exports pass between the production, the editor, the colourist and the client. Remote sessions are common, so it helps to agree early where files live, how notes are gathered and who signs off each version.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best colour grading studio in Paris?

It depends on the project. For features and series, Le Labo Paris, Color and TransPerfect Media handle the full chain from dailies or conform to mastering. For luxury and fashion advertising, KeepGrading’s client list stands out, and La Coloristory and Circle Time Studio offer direct access to a single lead colourist.

What happened to MPC’s post-production in Paris?

After Technicolor’s collapse in 2025, TransPerfect Media lists a grading site in Hauteville as “previously MPC Post-Production”. In June 2026 TransPerfect announced that MPC and The Mill would operate as one studio under The Mill brand.

Do Paris grading studios use Baselight or Resolve?

Both. Color grades on Baselight, as do Le Labo’s colourists according to FilmLight. La Coloristory and Circle Time Studio work in Resolve, and TransPerfect Media lists Resolve, Baselight and Daylight across its sites.

Can I grade remotely with a Paris studio?

Yes, in many cases. La Coloristory offers remote sessions worldwide, and Circle Time Studio runs suites in both Paris and London. Ask any studio how it streams sessions and what monitoring it expects on the client side.

Where can I find post-production and VFX houses in Paris?

Grading is often booked alongside online, VFX and final mastering, and some of the houses above belong to larger post groups. See our lists of post-production houses in Paris and VFX studios in Paris.

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