BYD and Mediawan continue their strategic partnership: electric mobility at the heart of major new productions
17th September 2026 A few months after announcing their strategic partnership, BYD and Mediawan are taking their collaboration to a new level: BYD and DENZA feature in Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent), the film directed by Émilie Noblet and adapted from the iconic French series of the same name. Available on Netflix, the film, like the original series, is produced by Mediawan – Mon Voisin Productions and Mother Production.
Highly awaited by fans of the series, six years after it ended, this feature film stars Camille Cottin, Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert and Nicolas Maury, offering the BYD and DENZA brands fresh exposure at the heart of a French production with international reach.
Three BYD and DENZA models appear on screen alongside the film’s stars
In the film, the BYD and DENZA vehicles are naturally integrated into the characters’ daily lives and feature in several scenes throughout the plot. Three models with distinct personalities appear on screen: the BYD DOLPHIN SURF, a 100 per cent electric city car with a dynamic and contemporary design; the BYD SEALION 7, a 100 per cent electric SUV combining technology and performance; and the DENZA Z9GT, a large GT with shooting brake styling where elegant design meets the most advanced technologies.
Through this integration, the BYD Group highlights how its brands and models complement one another, ranging from urban electric mobility, embodied by the DOLPHIN SURF, to the premium, technology-driven experience offered by the DENZA Z9GT. With this new collaboration, BYD and DENZA reaffirm their commitment to partnering with unifying cultural projects and offering new ways for the general public to discover their technologies and vehicles, whilst supporting creativity and talent.
A new milestone for the BYD x Mediawan partnership
Announced last January, the strategic partnership between BYD and Mediawan is based on shared values of innovation, sustainability and international openness, and aims to combine their expertise to support the financing and development of premium content.
Since its launch, this collaboration has taken shape through several initiatives. Created by BYD and Mediawan to support emerging film talent, the Build Your Dream Award, in its first edition held in Cannes in May 2026, honoured Honeymoon by Ukrainian director Zhanna Ozirna with a prize of 40,000 euros.
The partnership has also been rolled out within the Miraculous Chibi universe, where Marinette gets behind the wheel of the BYD DOLPHIN SURF in an attempt to arrive on time for her date with Adrien. This marks the brand’s first integration into a Mediawan production, within the international and intergenerational world of Miraculous.
With the integration of BYD and DENZA in Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent), the film, the partnership is now taking a new step forward by integrating three of the group’s models into the heart of a Mediawan production with significant international exposure. New projects will further enhance this momentum from 2027 onwards, confirming the two groups’ commitment to a long-term collaboration.
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About BYD and BYD Auto:
BYD is a multinational high-tech company devoted to leveraging technological innovations for a better life. Founded in 1994 as a rechargeable battery maker, BYD now boasts a diverse business scope covering automobiles, rail transit, new energy, and electronics, with over 30 industrial parks in China, the United States, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Hungary, and India. From power acquisition and storage to its applications, BYD is dedicated to providing zero-emission energy solutions that reduce global reliance on fossil fuels. Its new energy vehicle footprint now covers 6 continents, over 120 countries and regions, and more than 400 cities. Listed in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the company is known to be a Fortune Global 500 enterprise that furnishes innovations in pursuit of a greener world. For more information, please visit www.bydglobal.com.
Founded in 2003, BYD Auto is the automotive subsidiary of BYD, a multinational high-tech company devoted to leveraging technological innovations for a better life. Aiming to accelerate the green transition of the global transportation sector, BYD Auto focuses on developing pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The company has mastered the core technologies of the entire industrial chain of new energy vehicles, such as batteries, electric motors, electronic controllers, and automotive-grade semiconductors. It has witnessed in recent years significant technological advancements, including the Blade Battery, the DM-iand DM-p hybrid technology, the e-Platform 3.0, the CTB and iTAC technologies, the DiSus Intelligent Body Control System, the XUANJI Architecture, and the Super e-Platform. The company is the world's first carmaker to stop the production of fossil-fuelled vehicles on EV shift and has remained top of new energy passenger vehicle sales in China for 13 years in a row.
About BYD Europe :
BYD Europe is headquartered in the Netherlands and is the BYD Group’s first overseas subsidiary. The group is committed to providing sustainable, safe and efficient solutions in the field of new energy vehicles through world-leading technological innovations. For further information, please visit www.byd.com
About Mediawan:
Created in late 2015 in France by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel, and Matthieu Pigasse, Mediawan is one of Europe's leading independent studios producing audiovisual content. The Group brings together top talent in audiovisual creation and operates across the entire value chain, notably producing more than 400 titles each year across drama, unscripted, documentary, cinema and animated original content - including major successes such as 'F1' (Plan B), the multi-Emmy Award-winning series 'Adolescence' (Plan B), 'Slow Horses' (See-Saw Films), 'Miraculous', and one of the most adapted series worldwide 'Call My Agent!' - thanks to over 80 production labels operating in 13 countries, including award-winning Plan B Entertainment (US/UK), Miraculous Corp (US/France), See-Saw Films (UK/Australia), Drama Republic and Misfits (UK), Palomar and Our Films (Italy), LEONINE Studios (Germany), Boomerang and Good Mood (Spain), Submarine (Netherlands/US), Chapter 2 and Chi-Fou-Mi (France). Mediawan is also a major player in the distribution of audiovisual content, with a catalogue of over 30,000 hours of programming across all genres (Mediawan Rights), as well as publishing channels and digital services (Mediawan Thematics), and developing and producing digital content (Mediawan Digital).
Press Contacts:
Mediawan:
Clara Devoret, cdevoret@mediawan.com
Maïwenn Dautzenber, mdautzenberg@mediawan.eu
BYD UK:
Mike Gale
Head of PR, BYD UK
E: michael.gale@byd.com
M: +44 7908 905678
Rachel Goodwin
PR Manager, BYD UK
E: rachel.goodwin@byd.com
M: +44 7399 678373
Alex Ingram
Press Officer, BYD UK
E: alex.ingram@byd.com
M: +44 7539 534571
