25/11/2014 - Also featuring among the films selected are those by Christophe Honoré, Vincent Garenq, Emma Luchini, Thomas Desagnat and Lidia Terki

In the midst of a fairly strained funding situation for the seventh art in France (read the news), the commitment of the Ile-de-France Region’s Support Fund for Film and Audiovisual Technical Industries is now all the more important. Seven feature-film projects are among the successful candidates for the fourth session for 2014, including Petit Vampire by Joann Sfar, which will be backed to the tune of €515,000. This will be the second animated feature by the director, following The Rabbi’s Cat [+see also:
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€515,000 will also go to Les malheurs de Sophie [+see also:
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The Ile-de-France region will also be supporting Bamberski [+see also:
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Among the other selected titles are Un début prometteur, the second feature by Emma Luchini, following Sweet Valentine [+see also:
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Lastly of note is Logement partage by Thomas Desagnat (Nac Films – backed by €405,000), Paris blanche by Lidia Terki (produced by Praxis – backed by €221,000), and the documentary project Dérive d'un été by Magali Bragard and Séverine Enjolras (produced by Survivance – backed by €51,000).

As previously reported, the September session of the Ile-de-France Region’s Support Fund chose to back Rien ne sert de courir by Maïwenn (see the news), Marguerite et Julien by Valérie Donzelli (read the article), Comme un avion [+see also:
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film profile] by Rachida Brakni (read the news) and Le grand jeu [+see also:
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(Translated from French)