The CCA (Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre) has decided to award production support to eight feature-film projects, most notably the feature debuts by two talents hailing from very different domains, Emmanuel Marre and Eve Duchemin. The former is making the leap to feature-length territory with Zero Fucks Given [+lee también:
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Two other filmmakers are making their first features: Ivan Goldschmidt (nominated for an Oscar a few years ago for his short film Na Wewe), with Chaleur sans frontières, which is being produced, like The Restless [+lee también:
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Among the other feature-length projects that have received production support are those by seasoned filmmakers such as Joachim Lafosse, who is being backed for The Restless, a project he has been developing with his new producer, Anton Iffland Stettner (of Stenola Productions), with a cast including Jasmine Trinca; and David Lambert, who will direct Les Tortues [+lee también:
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In total, during these two sessions of 2019, the CCA has supported 93 productions with a total sum of €6,239,400, split among 35 features, 15 short films, 40 creative documentaries and two experimental films.