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FUNDING Belgium

Eurimages backs two Belgian coproductions

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Eurimages have just announced the results of their 112th session, at which funding was pledged for two much-awaited Belgian co-productions.

This backing comes at just the right time for Oscar et la Dame Rose (“Oscar and the Pink Lady”), which has just started shooting. This is the second film by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt after the successful Odette Toulemonde [+see also:
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. The French-born Belgian-based director has once again adapted one of his best-selling books, which sold over 1m copies.

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The €9m film is co-produced by France’s Pan Européenne (66% investment) and newly-founded Wallonian company, Oscar Films, founded by Olivier Rausin and Bruno Metzger. The latter two collaborated on the film Odette Toulemonde, one as a producer for Climax Films (Brussels), the other as artistic director and loyal assistant to Schmitt.

Oscar et la Dame Rose has also received support from Wallimage, the RTBF and the Tax Shelter fund. The cast is headed by Michèle Laroque.

Another project attracting attention in the field of manga is the film adaptation of Japanese author Jiro Tanigushi’s masterpiece A Faraway Neighbourhood. This is Sam Garbarski’s third feature after The Rashevski Tango and Irina Palm [+see also:
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. The film is written and adapted by Philippe Blasband and Jérôme Tonnerre.

The film centres on a father who is projected into the body of his teenage self in order to better understand his childhood conflicts. This timeless and universal story is set in Paris in May 1968.

A little more is known about the ambitious financing plan for the project. Produced by Belgium’s Entre Chien et Loup (33% investment), A Faraway Neighbourhood is co-produced by Luxembourg’s Samsa (27%), Germany’s Pallas Films (20%) and France’s Archipel 35 (20%), who have produced works by the Dardenne brothers. The title has a budget of just over €9m.

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(Translated from French)

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