11 feature films have been selected for aid (€3.1m in total), as granted today, 19 November, by the Ile-de-France region.

Stealing focus among these works is Consent [+leggi anche:
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Jostling among the other six fiction feature films selected for support are two projects previously awarded aid by the CNC’s genre films fund (read our news): Incarnation by Mael Le Mée (a first feature film produced by Bobi Lux which will receive 357,500 euros) and Acide [+leggi anche:
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Likewise gracing the list of the lucky few fictitious works, we find Le parfum vert [+leggi anche:
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Of note among the three documentaries selected by the region is Trois femmes puissantes, which is directed by Sébastien Lifshitz (who won an array of awards for Adolescentes [+leggi anche:
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Last but not least, and rounding off the list of supported movies is the animated feature Dans la forêt sombre et mystérieuse by Vincent Paronnaud and Alexis Ducord (produced by Je Suis Bien Content – 331,500 euros).

The Ile-de-France region has also awarded 22 subsidies within the framework of its Audiovisual Support Fund (to the overall tune of €2.8m), notably to Xavier Giannoli’s fictitious series project Tikoun (6x52 mins - produced by Curiosa Films for Canal + and backed to the tune of 455,000 euros), in addition to ten subsidies for finished films, five of which going to feature-length documentaries, including Jane Campion, la femme cinéma by Julie Bertuccelli (produced by Les Films du Poisson).