Four projects have been selected during the first 2022 session of the CNC’s second advance on receipts committee (for second and third feature films).

Stealing focus among them is Le Règne animal [+leggi anche:
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Starring in the cast of his latest opus - on which filming is due to begin in May – we find Adèle Exarchopoulos (hitting cinemas on 2 March in Zero Fucks Given [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michel Hazanavicius
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An advance on receipts has likewise been awarded to Pendant ce temps sur Terre [+leggi anche:
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The CNC will also be throwing its weight behind Temps Mort by Jonas d’Adesky, co-produced by French firm Tact Production, Belgium’s Neon Rouge and Rwanda’s Karekezi Film Production. This second feature by the filmmaker who was revealed in Toronto 2012 by way of Twa Timoun [+leggi anche:
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Last but not least, a feature-length documentary project is likewise one of the lucky few to receive CNC support: Bonne nuit Boganda by Edie Laconi (notably well-received in the Cinéma du Réel Festival’s French competition in 2019 via Here, I Won’t Die [+leggi anche:
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