La Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) has selected 14 features in the latest round of its production aid program.

The films were selected out of 84 submissions to the program, according to a news release.

Eight of the 14 films have a budget of $3.5 million or greater, including two international coproductions: Canada/Poland/Belgium drama Devenir un monstre (Films du Boulevard, Apple Film Production, Gapbusters), written by Simon Lavoie and directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud; and Canada/Belgium/Spain youth animation Les bottanïx (CarpeDiem Film & TV, Stacka, Animar Media Studio), written by Marie-France Landry and Anastasia Michailidis, and directed by Benoît Godbout. Maison 4:3 is the distributor for both films.

Three of the selected films are distributed by Les Films Opale. They include fantasy drama Eleo et Nova (Max Films), written and directed by Jérémy Comte; dramedy Mille secrets, mille dangers (micro_scope), written by Philippe Falardeau and Alain Farah and directed by Falardeau; and the drama Violences (Christal Films), written and directed by Luc Picard.

Rounding out the larger-budget features are three distributed by Immina Films, including the Ontario/Quebec rom-com Adam (Metafilms, Sphere Media Toronto), written and directed by Anne Émond.

The other two are the comedies Furies (Echo Média), written by Gabrielle Côté and directed by Mélanie Charbonneau; and Menteur spinoff film Menteuse (Amalga Créations Médias, Les Films du Lac), written by Émile Gaudreault, Éric K. Boulianne and Sébastien Savary, and directed by Gaudreault.

The other six selected films have a budget of less than $3.5 million, including the drama En Scène! (Bel Ange Moon + Oshun Productions), written by Ayana O’Shun, Bianca Bellange and Matt Holland and directed by O’Shun.

Three films are distributed by H264, including police/gangster film Faux gun (Autres histoires), written and directed by Rémi St-Michel; drama Labrador ou l’anatomie du silence (Transmar Films), written and directed by Rodrigue Jean; and English-language comedy Superluminal (Art et essai), written and directed by Kristina Wagenbauer.

Rounding out the features are two distributed by Entract Films: the thriller Capitaine (Kassiwi Média), written by William Mazzoleni Valin and Sylvain Raymond and directed by Mazzoleni Valin; and English-language drama L’anglophone (Banner House Productions, Zapruder Films), written and directed by Chandler Levack.

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