11/07/2013 - An advance on receipts also goes to Christine Carrière, Alix Delaporte, Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, Mathieu Amalric, Abderrahmane Sissako and Alexandre Sokourov

Seven feature film projects were selected for the third 2013 session of the second college of the advance on receipts from the CNC. Amongst them,Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello (photo) stands out. A regular in Cannes where he won the Grand Prix of the Critics’ Week with Le Pornographer in 2001, was selected at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2008 with On War [+see also:
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film profile] in 2011, the filmmaker should be shooting in the autumn his film inspired by the life of the famous designer from 1965 to 1976 (with a screenplay co-signed by Thomas Bidegain) with Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Rénier and Léa Seydoux in the cast. The project, which will be managed by Mandarin Cinéma, coproduced by EuropaCorp (which will handle the French distribution and international sales) and pre-purchased by Canal +, is in competition in the media with Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert, currently in filming (read the news).

An advance on receipts also went to Une mère [+see also:
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film profile] by Christine Carrière (an Agat Films production), who received several awards in Locarno in 1994 with Rosine, was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight in 1999 with Qui plume la lune? and whose last film, Darling [+see also:
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Another director will benefit from an advance: Alix Delaporte for Le dernier coup de marteau (a Lionceau Films production). The filmmaker successfully began her career with Angèle and Tony [+see also:
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film profile] (Critics’ Week in Venice in 2010 and César 2012 for Best Female and Male Newcomers).

The CNC will also back La chambre bleue by Mathieu Amalric (article - an Alfama Films production),Histoire de Judas Iscariote by Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche (coproduced by Arte France Cinéma – read the news)

and Le chagrin des oiseaux by Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako (Les Films du Worso production), selected four times in Cannes including once in 2006 with Bamako [+see also:
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Finally, an advance on receipts also went to the documentary Francofonia, le Louvre sous l'occupation [+see also:
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(Translated from French)