PRODUCTION / FUNDING France / Belgium / Sweden
Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh currently shooting Les Yeux Verts
- Anamaria Vartolomei and Sayyid El Alami lead the cast of the second feature film by the directors of Gagarine, a June Films and Haut et Court production sold by Kinology
Since 26 May, Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh have been shooting Les Yeux Verts, their second feature film after the highly acclaimed Gagarine [+see also:
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Stand-out names in the cast include Anamaria Vartolomei (named Best Actress at the Lumière Awards and Best Newcomer at the 2022 Césars thanks to Happening [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Palud
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interview: Laura Wandel
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Written by the filmmaking duo in league with Guillaume Laurant (nominated for the 2002 Best Original Screenplay Oscar via Amélie [+see also:
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Les Yeux Verts is being produced by Julie Billy on behalf of June Films and by Carole Scotta for Haut et Court, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma, Belgian firm Les Films du Fleuve and Swedish outfit Hobab Films. The feature film has been pre-purchased by Canal+, Amazon Prime Video, France Télévisions and RTBF, and notably enjoys support from the CNC (via an advance on receipts, selective aid for digital visual effects, and the Images de la Diversité Fund), the Swedish Film Institute, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the French department of Landes, the Sud region, the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence, Eurimages and from the SOFICA companies Indéfilms, La Banque Postale Image and Cinécap. Filming will proceed until 16 July in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Sud region, while distribution in French cinemas will fall to Haut et Court, and to Cinéart in Belgium. World sales are steered by Kinology.
For the record, June Films recently produced The Little Sister [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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