Seven projects have been accepted during the third 2019 session of the CNC’s second advance on receipts committee. Standing out among them is Nobody’s Hero [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
scheda film] by Alain Guiraudie, which will be produced by CG Cinéma and which is slated to begin principal photography at the end of the year. This will be the sixth feature by the filmmaker, following No Rest for the Brave [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
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A young female filmmaker is also among the batch of directors selected, as the CNC will also be throwing its weight behind Titane by Julia Ducournau, which will be staged by Kazak and will be the second feature by the helmer, who provided the star attraction of the Critics’ Week at Cannes in 2016 with Raw [+leggi anche:
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Another advance on receipts will go to Peaceful [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Emmanuelle Bercot (co-written by Marcia Romano), which will be the sixth feature by a filmmaker who is a familiar face at all the big festivals, such as Cannes (Standing Tall [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuelle Bercot
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Also among the titles lucky enough to be selected is Drift Away [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Beauvois
scheda film] by Xavier Beauvois (co-written by Frédérique Moreau, Marie-Julie Maille and Laurent Macé), which will be the director’s eighth feature, following North (nominated for the César Award for Best First Film in 1993), Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (Jury Prize at Cannes in 1995), To Matthieu (in competition at Venice in 2000), The Young Lieutenant [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Beauvois
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intervista: Xavier Beauvois
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intervista: Xavier Beauvois
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Yet another advance on receipts has gone to Les Années 10 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thierry de Peretti
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The CNC is also backing Une femme de notre temps by Jean-Paul Civeyrac. Produced by Moby Dick Films, this will be the tenth feature by the filmmaker, who rose to fame at Venice in 1996 with Neither Eve Nor Adam, was selected in the Berlinale Panorama in 2018 (with A Paris Education [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
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Lastly, one documentary feature is also benefiting from an advance on receipts: Mon pire ennemi [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mehran Tamadon
scheda film] by Mehran Tamadon (produced by L’atelier documentaire), a director who turned heads with movies such as Bassidji in 2009 and Iranian [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which took part in the Berlinale Forum in 2014 before scooping the Grand Prize at the Cinéma du Réel festival.