Seven projects have been singled out by the CNC’s third advance on receipts committee of 2024.

Among the four titles selected by the 3rd committee (dedicated to 4th feature films and beyond), Jean et Corinne Luchaire by Xavier Giannoli steals main focus. This will be the 9th feature film by the director who has been selected three times in competition in Venice (Superstar [+leggi anche:
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The CNC will also be backing Vie privée, the 6th feature film by Rebecca Zlotowski, who has travelled to Cannes three times (Belle épine [+leggi anche:
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A documentary project has also been honoured by the 3rd advance on receipts committee: Réparation(s) by Jacques Maillot, set to be produced by What’s Up Films. The director has previously put forth three fiction feature films: Nos vies heureuses (in competition in Cannes in 1999), Les liens du sang [+leggi anche:
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For its part, the CNC’s first advance on receipts committee, dedicated to first feature films, has selected four projects for support: a work of fiction (49 jours by Chinese director Hu Wei, who graduated from The School of Fine Art in Paris and from Fresnoy, and who was nominated for the Best Short Film Oscar thanks to Butter Lamp – produced by Les Films du Worso), an animated work (La petite cavale by Julien Bisaro – produced by Picolo Pictures) and two documentaries (Trois contes cruels by Sylvie Meyer, which will be produced by Les Films d’Ici, and Le cordon, steered by Grande Ourse Films).