02/02/2021 - The institution’s Film Selection Committee is supporting 109 new projects following its two final sessions of 2020

The Dardenne brothers, whose project Tori et Lokita is selected by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre (© Aurore Engelen)

The Film Selection Committee of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre has just announced the results of its last two sessions of 2020, with 41 feature films, 20 short films, 44 creative documentaries and 4 Lab Films set to benefit from the institute’s support.

Among these films, 10 full-length works have been awarded a production grant, including Tori et Lokita, the new film by the Dardenne brothers who are returning after their recent offering Young Ahmed [+see also:
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film profile] (which won them the Best Director trophy in Cannes 2019). The film will look back on the friendship uniting two youngsters who have travelled alone from Africa and find themselves contending with the cruel conditions of their exile in Belgium. Shooting should unfold in the summer while auditions for the two main roles are currently underway, with the filmmakers expected to showcase new faces once again. The film will be produced by the company owned by the brothers together with their producer Delphine Tomson, Les Films du Fleuve, alongside Archipel 35 in France.

Another two duos are set to receive support: Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (Lost in Paris [+see also:
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interview: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
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interview: Charles Gillibert
interview: Dominique Abel and Fiona Go…
film profile]) are preparing their latest film The Falling Star [+see also:
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interview: Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon
film profile], produced by Courage mon amour (Belgium) and Moteur S’il Vous Plait Production (France), while Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jimenez (By the Name of Tania [+see also:
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Vanja D’Alcantara (Beyond the Steppes, Kokoro [+see also:
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Having previously revisited the past in Bye Bye Germany [+see also:
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Last but not least on the list of the lucky few are two debut feature films: Quitter la nuit [+see also:
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film profile] by Emmanuelle Nicot (A l’arraché), produced by Hélicotronc.

(Translated from French)