Wallimage is investing €1.35 million in 11 new audiovisual projects, which should generate more than €8 million in spending in Wallonia, and contribute to strengthening the local audiovisual sector.

Standing out among these 11 projects are four new feature films starting with the Belgian film The Other Laurens [+lee también:
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In an entirely different genre, we find Toto se met au vert, the follow-up to the adventures of the cheeky, clumsy child, whose first chapter was very successful (and already received the fund’s support). Pascal Bourdiaux returns to directing for this sequel, a co-production between France (SND and Superprod), Luxembourg (Bidibul) and Belgium (Frakas Productions).

For several years now, Wallimage has regularly thrown its weight behind co-productions between Italy and Belgium, a country which in fact welcomes a strong Italian community, notably in Liège, where the company Tarantula continues its collaboration with the Italian producers of Vivo Film for Superluna by Federico Bondi, who has already directed two feature films: Black Sea [+lee también:
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The final feature film to receive support is a French comedy. Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan [+lee también:
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Wallimage also supports documentaries and animation. It throws its weight behind A l’ombre des héros de la résistance, co-directed by Anne-Cécile Howard and Tristan Bourlard, and produced by Les Gens for the RTBF, as well as the new project from Films de la Passerelle (which produce, among others, films by Thierry Michel). E-sport, world of gamers by Bastien Martin centres on the mysterious world of e-sports, the online battles between video game pros. 

In terms of animation, the fund has selected an “old fashioned” 2D project titled Valemon: The Polar Bear King, inspired by an old legend, produced by Norwegian company Maipo Film, and co-produced in Belgium by Belga Productions and Vivi Film (already co-producers on other animated films such as The Secret of Kells [+lee también:
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Finally, Wallimage also works towards the development of series, and at this 11th session supports Beyond Black Beauty, a Canadian family series for Amazon prime, co-produced in Belgium by Saga Film, as well as the German mini-series Night in Paradise, adapted from a graphic novel by Frank Schmolke for the streaming platform Starzplay, produced in Germany by Windlight Studios, and co-produced in Belgium by Belga Productions. The fund also lends its support to a project of comic sketches by Baba Nezar, titled Les Chroniques du charbon, for Belgian channel Tipik (RTBF), produced by Big Trouble in Little Belgium.