The selection committee of Film Fund Luxembourg will grant financial assistance to 13 audiovisual projects, for a total amount of €6,672,030. 

At the end of the decision-making sessions held on 26, 27, 28 February and 1 March 2019, the Film Fund Luxembourg selection committee decided to grant financial assistance to the following audiovisual projects.

Projects in development (total €220,000):

  • Shock the Monkey – €60,000 – virtual reality animated feature film – writers-directors: Nicolas Blies and Stéphan Hueber-Blies – production: a_BAHN;
  • On the Edge of Tourism – €120,000  – documentary feature film – writer: Jacques Schmitz – writer-director: Chris Poulles – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg;
  • Es sieht dich – €20,000 – feature film – writer-director: Jeff Desom – production: Samsa Film;
  • Hooped – €20,000 – feature film – writers: Adolf El Assal and Dennis Foon – production: Wady Films.

Projects in production (total €6,452,030):

  • Himbeeren mit Senf – €1,142,081 – fiction feature film  – writer: Heike Fink – writer-director: Ruth Olshan – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg;
  • Enfant Terrible – €1,050,000 – feature film – writer-director: Stephan Streker – production: Bac Cinema;
  • Faleminderit – €129,949 – short fiction film – writer-director: Nicolas Neuhold – production: Calach Films;
  • Les Témoins Vivants – €280,000 – documentary feature film – writers-directors: Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions;
  • Visage(s) d’Afrique – €200,000 – feature-length documentary – writer-director: Pol Cruchten – production: Red Lion;
  • Playboy Priest – €1,200,000 – fiction feature film – writers: Thomas van der Ree, Joost Reijmers, Michel Sluysmans and Jan Eilander – director: Arne Toonen – production: Samsa Film;
  • Lupus – €130,000 – short fiction film – writer-director: Laurent Prim – production: Skill Lab;
  • La Sirène – €1,195,000 – animated feature film – writer: Djavad Djavahery – writer-director: Sepideh Farsi – production: Bac Cinema;
  • Nächst Statioun Staffel 1 – €1,125,000 – animated series – writers: Laurent Witz, Hervé Benedetti, Nicolas Robin, Cyril Bossmann, Pascal Stervinou, Fanny Meeschaert and Chérif Saïs – writers-directors: Sarah Sutter and Frédéric Wedeux –  production: Zeilt Productions.

The selection committee analysed 25 projects for a total amount of requested assistance of €19,511,056.