The Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) has allocated production funding to four feature fiction films.

The projects were chosen as part of the second round of SODEC’s production assistance program, which saw a total of nine films submitted. The first round of funding was announced in April.

Jean-François Asselin’s (Plan B) dramedy, Transpositions (KOTV), was the lone film selected with a budget equal or greater than $3.5 million. Written by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves) and Jean-François Léger (The Guide to the Perfect Family), the film focuses on a man who pretends to be transgender. Les Films Opale and KO Distribution will distribute the film.

The lower-budget films include the drama La dame blanche (Mia Productions), written and directed by Maryanne Zéhil (The Sticky Side of Baklava). Set for distribution by Axia Films, La dame blanche follows a woman in the years and decades after she leaves Lebanon for Montreal in 1975.

Joëlle Desjardins-Paquette’s (Rodeo) children’s film Ma belle-mère est une sorcière (Attraction, Productions La Fête) focuses on a teenager who, set on reuniting her family, suspects her new stepmother is a real evil witch. The film is written by Christine Doyon (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person) and Dominic James Bergeron (Mlle Bottine), with Attraction Distribution, TVA Films and Club illico on board.

Last is the drama Donde Comienza el Río, written and directed by Juan Andrés Arango (La Playa DC). The Canada/Colombia coproduction hails from Midi La Nuit and Inercia Peliculas, with distribution from Montreal-based H264. The film focuses on a young woman and her daughter in Bogotá who decide to return to the Andagueda River accompanied by a cartel member. The film also received Telefilm funding earlier in June.

Other films that have received SODEC funding this year include Anne Émond’s romantic comedy Adam (Metafilms) and Philippe Falardeau’s dramedy Mille secrets mille dangers (micro_scope), both of which wrapped production earlier this month.

In September, SODEC selected 23 films for development funding.

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