The Wallonia Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre has just announced the results of the Film Commission’s first 2022 session, which is supporting 57 new projects, of which 4 are fiction feature films in production.

These include A Man of the World, which is the new film by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich (Working Girls [+leggi anche:
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Olivier Meys is likewise set for support in the production phase as he returns with his second feature film after the highly acclaimed Bitter Flowers [+leggi anche:
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The Commission is also awarding aid in the production phase to filmmaker Jawad Rhalib who is making his return to fiction after dedicating himself to the documentary form in recent years (notably via Fadma: Even Ants Have Wings [+leggi anche:
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In terms of films in the development phase, the Commission is wagering on the expert genre cinema duo composed of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears [+leggi anche:
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Three first films are likewise receiving support in the development phase: L’Âge mûr by Jean-Benoît Ugeux (Wrong Men), L’Eveil de la Mangouste dorée by Fanny Desmares (Panique) and Brûleurs by Barney Frydman (Take Five).

Memorable works awarded writing aids, meanwhile, include new projects by Géraldine Doignon (Un homme à la mer [+leggi anche:
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