The selection of the first 2018 session of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre’s Film Selection Committee has granted €3.659 million to 18 feature films, eight short films, 18 creative documentaries and three experimental films, including the new projects by Solange Cicurel, Stephan Streker, Jan Bucquoy and Thierry Michel.

After her Magritte Award for Best Debut Film for Don’t Tell Her [+leggi anche:
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The committee also decided to throw its weight behind the new project by Stephan Streker, which we know very little about, save for its enigmatic title, …Et le héros s’évanouit (lit. “...And the Hero Vanished”). As was the case for A Wedding [+leggi anche:
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We should mention that other names chosen to receive production support include François Pirot (Mobile Home [+leggi anche:
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Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth have received CCA-Flanders Audiovisual Fund production support for The Barefoot Emperor [+leggi anche:
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Lastly, Thierry Michel (Children of Chance [+leggi anche:
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