SODEC Coin for Bertrand Bonello, Maxime Giroux, RKSS & Delphine Girard

Quebec’s SODEC (the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) are giving some coin to future international co-productions with Bertrand Bonello‘s La Bête leading the pack. Xavier Dolan is among the producers for this project which was supposed to star Léa Seydoux and Gaspard Ulliel — project is nonetheless moving forward. Belgian filmmakers Delphine Girard (directorial debut to watch out for — production began last month) and David Lambert (Beyond the Walls – Critics’ Week) are among the have dozen filmmakers who receive support and will likely be shooting for a festival presence next year.

Sodec are also giving coin to two Quebec-based film projects that are in the English language. Maxime Giroux (who domestically just launched the stellar follow-the-money Norbourg) will be filming In Cold Light while the Sundance kids RKSS are currently shooting their next project – listed here as The Z Word but will likely work with what the trades reported as The Zombies That Ate the World. Here are the funded proejcts:

FICTION FEATURE FILMS – MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS

Allah n’est pas obligé
Screenwriter: Karine Winczura et Zaven Najjar, d’après le roman d’Ahmadou Kourouma
Director: Zaven Najjar
Production: Yzanakio (10620114 Canada inc.) (Québec), Special Touch Studios (France), Lunanime (Belgique), Paul Thiltges Distribution (Luxembourg)
Distribution et diffusion : Maison 4:3, MK2 Mile End inc., Paul Thiltges Distribution, Lumière Distribution, Canal+, TV5 Monde

Elli
Screenwriter/Director: Jesper Moller, Piet De Rycker, Paul Risacher
Production: Productions Carpediem (V) inc. (Québec), Zooper Film GmbH (Allemagne), Belga Productions (Belgique)
Distribution: Pink Parrot Media, Maison 4:3, Level Films, Wild Bunch

La Bête
Screenwriters: Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Breaud
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Production: Productions Sons of Manual inc. (Québec), Les Films du Bélier (France)
Distribution: Maison 4:3, Wild Bunch, Anton, Arte, Canal+, Cine+

Le plus vivant possible
Screenwriter/Director: Delphine Girard
Production: Colonelle Films inc. (Québec), Versus production (Belgique), Haut et Court (France)
Distribution: Entract Films inc., Playtime, Haut et Court

Les Tortues
Screenwriter/Director: David Lambert
Production : Christal Films Productions inc. (Québec), Artémis Productions (Belgique), TS Productions (France)
Distribution : Les Films Opale inc.

The Braid (La tresse)
Screenwriters: Laetitia Colombani, Sarah Kaminski
Director: Laetitia Colombani
Production : Forum Films 2005 inc. (Québec), Moana Films (France), Curiosa Films (France)
Distribution : MK2 Mile End inc., Société Nationale de Distribution (France)

FEATURE FICTION FILMS – MOSTLY QUEBEC AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE WITH A ESTIMATE EQUAL TO OR OVER $2.5M

In Cold Light
Screenwriter: Patrick Whistler
Director: Maxime Giroux
Production: Productions Périphéria inc. (Québec), Lithium Studio (Ontario), Deadpan Pictures (Irlande), Gapbusters SA (Belgique)
Distribution: Entract Films inc., Elevation Pictures

The Z Word
Screenwrtiers/Directors: RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell)
Production: Christal Films Productions inc. (Québec), Full House (France)
Distribution: Les Films Opale inc.