05/07/2018 - The Walloon regional investment fund is due to finance two Belgian feature films and seven international co-productions as part of its 90th session

Wallimage has allocated funding to nine feature film projects as part of its 90^th selection session, including two Belgian projects and seven international projects.

In terms of Belgian projects, the fund will be financing the filming of Into Dad's Woods [+see also:
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The second Belgian director to receive funding is Marion Hänsel, who returns with There Was a Little Ship [+see also:
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Wallimage will also be funding various international co-productions, including the new film by Michel Hazanavicius (Redoutable [+see also:
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Nexus Factory, which usually produces co-productions with France, presented the new project by Nicolas Boukhrief, Three Days and a Life [+see also:
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Wallimage will also supporting four other films, including Simon's Got a Gift [+see also:
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(Translated from French)