28/04/2003

France’s National Film Centre CNC is celebrating the fact that 22 features and one short film it helped produce, were selected for screening in the various sections of the 56th Cannes Film Festival.
The money was assigned under a variety of schemes that include box office advance of receipts, support for foreign language films, South Funds, support for French-Canadian productions, support for screenwriting development and selective support for distribution.

The beneficiaries include five films selected for the official competition : Franco-British Les Egarés by André Téchiné (pre-production box office advance), Tirésia by Bertrand Bonello (pre-production box office advance and support for Franco-Canadian films), La petite Lili by Claude Miller (support for Franco-Canadian films), Franco-German co-production Father and Son by Alexandre Sokourov (support for foreign language films) and Les invasions barbares [+see also:
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film profile] by Denys Arcand (support for Franco-Canadian films).

Four CNC productions will screen out of competition : Franco-Austrian-German co-production, Wolfzeit by Michaël Haneke (pre-production box office advance), Qui a tué Bambi? by Gilles Marchand (first film box office advance and development support), Franco-Portuguese co-production, Va et vient by João César Monteiro (support for foreign language films) and an animated feature entitled Les triplettes de Belleville [+see also:
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film profile] by Sylvain Chomet (first film box office advance and support for Franco-Canadian films).

The list also includes two titles that were selected for Un Certain Regard : Belgian-Franco-Maroccan co-production, Mille mois by Faouzi Bensaïdi and Franco-Spanish co-production, Les mains vides by Marc Recha, 9 films selected for screening in Directors’ Fortnight (including Franco-Austrian co-production Pas de repos pour les braves [+see also:
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film profile] by Alain Guiraudie, Franco-Belgian feature film, Des plumes dans la tête [+see also:
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film profile] by Thomas de Thier and Nicky, colonel de réserve by Lucian Pintilie, a Frano-Romenian co-production, three features in International Critics’ Week and a British short film that was co-funded by the CNC and the British Film Council that will screen in the official competition.

Furthermore, four of the nine films that will premiere in the official selection in Cannes, namely Dogville [+see also:
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film profile] by Lars von Trier, Ce jour-là by Raul Ruiz, Les côtelettes by Bertrand Blier and Swimming pool [+see also:
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film profile] by François Ozon, and Fanfan la tulipe [+see also:
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film profile] by Gérard Krawczyk which is screening out of competition; three titles selected for Un Certain Regard: Stormy Weather [+see also:
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film profile] by Solveig Anspach, Kiss of Life by Emily Young and Young Adam by David McKenzie, and one film selected for Directors’ Fortnight: Sansa by Siegfried, all received automatic CNC funding.
An excellent result, and, in the words of CNC director-general, David Kessler, that "confirms French links to and support of the promotion of cultural diversity. "

(Translated from French)