Film financing institute's $14,600 purse for most promising young independent production company goes to Les Films du Poisson.

IFCIC, France's film financing institute, has given its annual prize to Les Films du Poisson. The award comes with a $14,600 (Euros 10,000) purse and is given for the most promising young independent production company.

Les Films du Poisson was created by Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez.

In 1999, it produced Emmanuel Finkiel's Voyages and has gone on to work on such films as Mathieu Amalric's La Chose Publique and Julie Bertuccelli's award-winning Since Otar Left.

It currently has Jean-Christophe Klotz's Les Zones Turquoises in production. The latter film will be released by France's Bac Films which is also handling international sales.

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