For its 84^th session, Wallimage, the Walloon regional investment fund, has just handed out support to the tune of €1.67 million to nine Belgian and international projects.

One of the most prominent projects receiving backing is Annette [+leggi anche:
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Wallimage is also earmarking support for two genre films: Kandisha [+leggi anche:
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The fund is also throwing its weight behind two series projects. The first is La Patrouille, the new series to come out of the RTBF/Wallonia Brussels Federation Fund, directed by Indra Siera, who was also at the helm of some of the episodes of another series from the fund, Unité 42, season 2 of which is currently being shot. The main characters are a scout patrol who are terrorised by the enigmatic Koen de Bouw (De Premier [+leggi anche:
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Versus, which we have to thank for the recent titles Mothers’ Instinct [+leggi anche:
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Lastly, Wallimage will be supporting two animated children’s series adapted from cult books (Le Petit Nicolas, produced by Belvision, and Chien Pourri, co-produced by Taka and Panique), as well as two Belgian documentaries, Hypercitoyen, produced by Domino, and Brigades des mineurs Molenbeek, staged by Prod à la demande.