MONTREAL — Telefilm Canada announced Thursday it is funding 10 French-language features helmed by some of the biggest names in Quebec cinema, including auteur directors Philippe Falardeau and Léa Pool and stars Michel Côté and Luc Picard.

The federal funder gave the nod to Falardeau’s C’est pas moi je le jure, which recounts the tale of an imaginative but depressed young man and is in the works at Productions micro_scope. Cruising Bar 2, the sequel to the 1989 hit film about four men on the prowl, also got the green light. Produced by Les Productions Vidéofilms, it will be directed by Côté (C.R.A.Z.Y. ) and Robert Ménard.

Also on the list is the France/Switzerland/Canada coproduction La Cité des ombres by writer/director Kim Nguyen (Le Marais). ‘It’s good. Now we just need money from SODEC so we can start shooting in the fall,’ says producer Yves Fortin of Productions Thalie. It’s the third time Fortin asked Telefilm to support the film, which he describes as a fantasy period drama which takes place in 19th century Africa.

Un dimanche à Kigali star Luc Picard, meanwhile, will direct Il faut prendre le taureau par les contes — a comedy penned by Quebec storyteller Fred Pellerin and produced by Cité-Amérique. Pieds nus, a film about a 12-year-old girl directed by Léa Pool (The Blue Butterfly) for Les Productions Équinoxe, also got approval.

Other films on Telefilm’s list:

-Les Doigts croches, from Remstar Productions, a tale about a gang of crooks.

-Le Grand départ, the story of a 53-year-old man who leaves his family for a young woman, produced by Denise Robert and Daniel Louis at Cinémaginaire.

-Trifecta, a romantic thriller from La Coop Vidéo.

-Un été sans point ni coup sur, from Palomar, tells the tale of an 11-year-old obsessed with baseball.

-Dédé, à travers les brumes, the story of the late Dédé Fortin, the founder of the Quebec band Les Colocs, from Studio Max Films