21/03/2014 - L’ombre des femmes, Fatima and La femme de la plaque argentique are being co-produced by the film branch of the Franco-German channel

Arte France Cinéma (headed by Olivier Père) has conducted its second selection committee of 2014, choosing to commit to co-producing and pre-purchasing three projects, including L’ombre des femmes [+see also:
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Arte France Cinéma will also be backing Fatima [+see also:
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Lastly, the Franco-German channel will be supporting La femme de la plaque argentique by Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a fantasy film that is due to be shot in France at the end of 2014 and which is being produced by Film-In-Evolution, Les Productions Balthazar and Bitters End.

For the record, Arte France Cinéma’s first session of 2014 selected Louder Than Bombs [+see also:
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(Translated from French)