Located in France’s north westernmost region of Brittany, Le Groupe Ouest have selected eight projects (ten participants) with notable Belgian filmmakers Laura Wandel and Valéry Carnoy among the selected folks. Heading to one of the world’s top screenwriting labs, Wandel who gave us Cannes preemed 2021’s Playground (2021) and 2025’s Adam’s Sake heads to the lab with Le soleil tombe sans un bruit. Carnoy who was also on the Croisette last year with Wild Foxes is quickly moving into his sophomore feature with Amour chèvre. Meanwhile, Maria Montessori helmer Léa Todorov will work on the blueprint for Rien ne ressemble à maintenant. The majority of these projects end up playing at the A list fests – Pauline Loquès’ Nino and Louise Hémon’s L’Engloutie were former lab projects that also premiered in Cannes last year. We’ll be tracking these projects beyond the financing stages. Here are the eight film items below.
Diala Al Hindaoui – Dans mon pays de tomates (1st work)
Valéry Carnoy – Amour chèvre (2nd work)
Ilias El Faris – IMI (1st work)
Mathias & Colas Rifkiss – Monsieur le président (2nd work)
Melissa Silveira & Tommy Baron – Diego (1st work)
Léa Todorov – Rien ne ressemble à maintenant (2nd work)
Jean-Benoit Ugeux – Magoa (3rd work)
Laura Wandel – Le soleil tombe sans un bruit (3rd work)
