Steered by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre, the Belgian Film Commission has just announced the results of its second session for 2021, which will see it lend support for the production of Joachim Lafosse’s new film Le Fils de la Loi, Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni’s second feature film (after Madly in Life [+lee también:
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After the resounding success of The Restless [+lee también:
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Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni are continuing their collaboration with Hélicotronc by way of their new film and its tantalising pitch: Rémy and Sandra can’t have children on account of their suffering from “Past Lovers Syndrome”. There’s only one road to recovery: they must sleep with all of their exes one more time.

Michiel Blanchart, who has just signed a contract with Tristar to make an American remake of his short film You’re Dead, Hélène (read our news), is also in line for a production grant to help out with his first feature film, La nuit se traîne, which is produced by Daylight Films in Belgium and by Formosa Productions in France.

In addition to production subsidies, the Commission are also supporting development on 7 feature film projects, including the much-anticipated new film by the category-defying pair Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Let the Corpses Tan [+lee también:
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Last but not least, on the writing side of things, Zoé Wittock (Jumbo [+lee también:
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