16/10/2024 - The French film centre will also be throwing its weight behind the animated project Fleur by Rémi Chayé and Confidences by Saphia Azzeddine

Directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh (© YanRB)

Three projects have been selected following the fourth 2024 session of the CNC’s second advance on receipts committee (dedicated to first and second features).

Standing out among them is Les Yeux Verts, which will be the sophomore feature by duo Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, following their head-turner Gagarin [+see also:
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Another advance on receipts will go to Fleur (see the news), the third animated feature by Rémi Chayé, on the heels of Long Way North [+see also:
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film profile] (Crystal for Best Feature at Annecy in 2020, nominated for the César Award for Best Animated Film in 2021). The story, written by the director together with Sandra Tosello and Fabrice de Costil, is set in the early 20th century. It revolves around a young girl who lives in a slum in the Parisian suburbs, and who has a chance encounter with a rich cabaret owner who senses her talent as a singer-songwriter. The movie is being staged by Henri Magalon for Maybe Movie, is being co-produced by 2 Minutes and will be distributed in France by KMBO. It will enter production in the first half of 2025.

Lastly, the CNC’s advance on receipts will also support Confidences, the third feature by Saphia Azzeddine, following Mon père est femme de ménage [+see also:
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(Translated from French)