Director Luc Picard (Les rois mongols) also plays the film’s lead role.
The drama, Tu te souviendras de moi, is directed by Junior Majeur‘s Eric Tessier.
A new project from the director of De pere en flic 2 (pictured), last year’s highest-grossing Canadian film, will receive funding through the Film Production Assistance Program.
New works from Denys Arcand and Les 3 P’Tits Cochons 2 producer Christian Larouche are among those to received coin.
Director Jean-Francois Pouliot makes it two in a row, after La Guerre des Tuques 3D won the award last year.
The deal for the FLQ drama from director Mathieu Denis comes ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
Louis Morissette, who also wrote the film’s script, snagged the main role for the Montreal-shot comedy from Christal Films.
The producer of Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies wants to capitalize on the film’s considerable international buzz to try to sell the critically acclaimed flick to one of the toughest audiences for art films on the planet: English Canada.
Denis Villeneuve’s award-winning Incendies will start the New Year with a bang. It’s set to open across France on 80 screens Jan. 12 and is one of six Canadian films picked to screen at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
Distributor Christian Larouche says a child could have released the film version of the long-running Quebec TV hockey saga Lance et Compte – which came in number two behind Harry Potter at the Quebec box office this past weekend.