03/11/2021 - The French film centre will also lend its support to first fiction features by Léa Todorov and Stephan Castang, as well as the animated project Le Noël des animaux

Four debut feature film projects have been selected for support during the fourth 2021 session of the CNC’s first advance on receipts committee.

Standing tall among these is Le dernier des Juifs, which will be the first feature film directed by screenwriter Noé Debré. Nominated for 2016’s Best Screenplay César by way of Dheepan [+see also:
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An advance on receipts has also been granted to the French-Italian co-production La nouvelle femme [+see also:
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The CNC will also be throwing its weight behind Vincent Must Die [+see also:
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Last but not least, an advance on receipts is also winging its way to the animated film Le Noël des animaux, which will be composed of five chapters based around a Christmas theme. Six women directors from all over the world (Camille Alméras, Caroline Attia, Ceylan Beyoglu, Oleysha Shchukina, Haruna Kishi and Natalia Chernysheva) are set to work on this production steered by Les Valseurs.

(Translated from French)