MONTREAL — Some big names in Quebec cinema were celebrating Friday after SODEC announced funding for 12 features, including six that were given the green light by Telefilm Canada on Thursday.

Both SODEC and Telefilm are now behind writer/director Philippe Falardeau’s C’est pas moi je le jure, which recounts the story of a depressed 12-year-old boy searching for love, now in the works at Productions micro_scope.

‘It’s been quite a week for micro_scope films,’ says producer Luc Déry, referring to the five-award sweep by its Congorama at the Prix Jutra. ‘Now I can go ahead and make the next one. It’s wonderful.’

Déry – who says Falardeau’s upcoming feature is perhaps his most personal – is impressed with the films on SODEC’s list. ‘It’s always good to debate what kinds of films we are making and funding, but I think things seem to be pretty balanced right now. It’s a good mix of auteur and more popular.’

Actor Michel Côté’s Cruising Bar 2, the sequel to the 1989 hit comedy by Les Productions Vidéofilms, and the France/Switzerland/Canada coproduction La Cité des ombres by writer/director Kim Nguyen (Le Marais) also scored funding, along with Pieds nus from Les Productions Équinoxe and Palomar’s Un été sans point ni coup sur.

Other projects on the list:

-Roger Frappier’s story of the late founder of the Quebec band Les Colocs, Dédé, à travers les brumes

-Veteran TV director Patrice Sauvé’s film Grande ourse, la clé des possibles, based on the hit TV series, from Productions Point de Mire

–A vos marques, Party!, SODEC funding will permit the completion of this romantic comedy, a first feature by helmer Frédérik D’Amours at Gaeä Films

–Comme une flamme, a story about the anti-globalization movement, directed by Sébastien Rose and produced by Pierre Even

–Le fils de Joseph, about an army deserter, marks the feature film debut of Simon Lavoie and is produced by Films du Boulevard

–Timekeeper from COOP Video – an adventure directed by Louis Bélanger

–Funkytown from Remstar Productions, about the disco scene in 1970s Montreal, directed by Daniel Roby and written by Steve Gallucio