The Screen Flanders regional economic fund will invest a total of €1,985,000 in ten new audiovisual productions, including the upcoming movies by Stijn Coninx, Jan Verheyen and Eran Riklis.

Verheyen is currently shooting De Collega’s 2.0, a “teambuilding” comedy based on a successful 1970s series, which is being staged by Fobic Films. Coninx, whose new, eagerly awaited event movie, Don't Shoot [+leggi anche:
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The other Belgian projects being backed are Patrick [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adil El Arbi e Bilall Fallah
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The most prominent of the international co-productions is Spider in the Web by Israeli director Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride, Lemon Tree [+leggi anche:
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Also set to receive support are the BBC series Baptiste (a spin-off of The Missing), the German children’s film Immenhof - Das Abenteuer eines Sommers [+leggi anche:
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