Ten projects were selected at the 4^th 2020 session of the CNC’s advance on receipts: seven at the second committee, and three at the first. Standing out among them is Les jeunes filles à la peau blanche dans la nuit by Patricia Mazuy. This will be the 5^th fiction feature from the director, after Peaux de vaches (Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 1989, nominated for the Best Feature Debut César award in 1990), The King's Daughters (Un Certain Regard in 2000, eight nominations at the 2001 Césars), Of Women and Horses [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Piazza Grande in Locarno in 2011) and Paul Sanchez is back! [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (2018). The pitch for this new film, co-written by the director with Yves Thomas, goes as follows: One night, in a big city, some young girls with white skin and a serial killer… Vincent Macaigne is set to head the cast of the film, produced by Patrick Sobelman for Ex Nihilo and distributed in France by ARP Sélection.

The CNC will also support Le vampire du soleil levant, which will be the 4^th feature film by Antonin Peretjatko, after The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Directors’ Fortnight 2013), Struggle for Life [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (2016) and Old Fashioned [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (released in France on 10 February 2021). The film will centre on a vampire, afraid of women and of blood, sent to Japan and tasked to return with a wife, so as to ensure the continuation of the family lineage. To assert himself, he will have to fight against the dogmas and traditions of vampires. In this world of violence, he finds his salvation thanks to poetry… Production is handled by Masa Sawada for Comme des cinémas.

Also granted an advance on receipts are Je voudrais parler de Duras [+lee también:
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entrevista: Claire Simon
ficha de la película], which will mark a great return to fiction for prolific filmmaker Claire Simon (produced by François d’Artemare for Les Films de l’après-midi); Cinq hectares [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Émilie Deleuze (produced by Ex Nihilo); animation project Robot Dreams [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] from Spanish director Pablo Berger (produced on the French side by Jérôme Vidal for Noodles Production and Sylvie Pialat for Les Films du Worso); and two documentaries: En nous by Régis Sauder (produced by Thomas Ordonneau for Shellac Sud) and De humani corporis fabrica [+lee también:
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entrevista: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Cas…
ficha de la película] from the duo Verena Paravel - Lucien Castaing-Taylor (handled by Valentina Novati for Norte Productions).

Finally, three feature debut projects will benefit from an advance on receipts: Jean-Baptiste Durand’s Chien de la casse [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (produced by Anaïs Bertrand for Insolence Productions), Maxime Rappaz’s Laissez-moi [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ainara Vera
ficha de la película] by Ainara Vera (handled by Clara Vuillermoz for Point du jour and Les Films du Balibari).