13/09/2013 - Regulars on the Croisette, promising first films and enticing adaptations are all on the programme of the last session of the Film Selection Commission

Luc Dardenne, Jean Pierre Dardenne, Fiona Gordon & Dominique Abel

The Film Selection Commission of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation just announced the results of its last commission, which handed out over 3.5 million euros to 44 audiovisual projects, including 15 feature films. 

Two major duos of Belgian cinema received backing for their new projects. Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon’s new offbeat comedy, Lost In Paris [+see also:
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We also find Fabrizio Rongione starring in Une part d’ombre, Samuel Tilman and Eklektik Productions’ first feature, funded for production. In terms of first films, the CCA will also back the production of Marcheuses by Olivier Meys, a singular project at the heart of a Chinese neighbourhood of Paris, produced by Tarantula. As for production funding, it is worth mentioning the return of Martine Doyen with No Fun!, a comedy about the loss of sense of humour, produced by Hélicotronc, as well as the funding given to Vanja d’Alcantara for Le Cœur Régulier [+see also:
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Finally, it is worth noting that Olivier Masset-Depasse is back to business, as he will be filming Le Sanctuaire next month, a historical television film produced by Canal Plus, Haut et Court and Versus Productions, and dedicated to the struggle between the ETA and the GAL in the 80’s. 

(Translated from French)