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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Piazza Grande in Locarno in 2011) and Paul Sanchez is back! [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (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 [+leggi anche:
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Also granted an advance on receipts are Je voudrais parler de Duras [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Simon
scheda film], 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Cas…
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ainara Vera
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