Six projects have been selected within the CNC’s second advance on receipts session for 2025.

One work stealing focus among the four titles chosen by the third committee (dedicated to fourth feature films and beyond) is The Diary of a Chambermaid by Romania’s Radu Jude, which is due to be produced by Saïd Ben Saïd on behalf of SBS Productions in minority co-production with Romania. Awarded the 2021 Golden Bear for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+leggi anche:
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The CNC is also throwing its weight behind Ulysse by Laetitia Masson (who directed À vendre and Summer Frost [+leggi anche:
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As for the CNC’s second advance on receipts committee (dedicated to second and third feature films), Un détour par Diane by the duo composed of Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni (revealed via Madly in Life [+leggi anche:
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