The selection committee of the Film Fund Luxembourg met on 8-10 and 29-30 June and on 1, 4 and 5 July 2020 for its second session of 2020; these meetings combined the two sessions initially scheduled for April and June.
Following these meetings, the selection committee has announced its approval of the following funding for 21 film projects (out of 57 submissions) in the Grand Duchy, totalling €11,003,985
Selective financial support for projects in development (total €471,000):
Live-action feature films
- LE REFUGE – allocated amount: €50,000 – thriller – writer/director: Cyrus Neshvad – writer: Guillaume Levil – production: Cynefilms
- THE BELIEVERS – allocated amount: €30,000 – drama– writer/director: Christophe Wagner – production: Samsa Film
- STARGAZER – allocated amount: €31,000 – drama, horror – writer/director: Christian Neuman – writer: Ian Long – production: Wild Fang Films
- BACHMANN & FRISCH – allocated amount: €30,000 – drama, biography– writer/director: Margarethe Von Trotta – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg
- QUARTET – allocated amount: €30,000 – drama – writer/director: Massoud Bakhshi – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg
Live-action series
- CAPITANI – Season 2 – allocated amount: €120,000 – drama – director: Christophe Wagner – writer: Thierry Faber – production: Samsa Film
- FINDING ROSA – allocated amount: €60,000 – comedy – writer/director: Adolf El Assal – writers: Dennis Foon, Shayan Mehr, Daniel Moutinho, Stefan Milovic – production: Wady Films
Docufiction series
- 41 – DIE SPALTUNG DER WELT – allocated amount: €120,000 – drama – writer/showrunner: Donato Rotunno – writers: Jan Peter, Laurent Eyquem – production: Iris Productions
Selective financial support for projects in production (total €10,532,985):
Live-action feature films
- MARET – allocated amount: €2,880,000 (overall project budget: €3,985,000 – 72.27% financial support) – drama – writer/director: Laura Schroeder – writer: Judith Angerbauer – production: Red Lion (Luxembourg-German co-production) – filming to commence in January 2021
- KAWASAKI – allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €8,342,500 – 17.98% financial support) – action– writers/directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah – writer: Jan Van Dyck – production: Calach Films (Luxembourg-Belgian co-production) – filming to commence in October 2020
- MISTER – allocated amount: €1,050,000 (overall project budget: €5,015,647 – 20.93% financial support) – drama – writer/director: Emily Atef – writer: Lars Hubrich – production: Samsa Film (Luxembourg co-production with France, Germany and Norway) – filming to commence in September 2020
- PAN DE LIMÓN – allocated amount: €888,000 (overall project budget: €3,954,975 – 22.45% financial support) – drama – writer/director: Benito Zambrano – writer: Cristina Campos – production: Deal Productions (Luxembourg-Spanish co-production) – filming to commence in September 2020
- BLANQUITA (Cineworld) – allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €825.942 – 24.21% financial support) – drama – writer/director: Fernando Guzzoni – production: Tarantula Luxembourg (Luxembourg co-production with Chile, France, Poland and Brazil)
- EMBODIED CHORUS (Cineworld) – allocated amount: €50,000 (overall project budget: €234,641– 21.31% financial support) – drama – writers/directors: Danielle Davie, Mohamed Sabbah – production: Wild Fang Films (Luxembourg co-production with Germany and Lebanon)
- SLEEPWALKERS (Cineworld) – allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €1,047,262 – 19.10% financial support) – drama – writer/director: Jude Radu – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg co-production with Romania and Croatia)
Feature-length documentary
- MONK, PANNONICA ET LES JAZZMEN – allocated amount: €270,000 (overall project budget: €507,872 – 53.16% financial support) – writer/director: Jacques Goldstein – production: a_Bahn (Luxembourg-French co-production) – filming to commence in October 2020
Transmedia documentary
- A COLÔNIA LUXEMBURGUESA – allocated amount: €250,000 (overall project budget: €660,000 – 37.88% financial support) – writer/director: Dominique Santana – production: Samsa Film (Luxembourg production) – filming to commence in September 2020
Animated feature films
- ERNEST ET CELESTINE, LE VOYAGE EN CHARABIE – allocated amount: €1,224,633 (overall project budget: €7,711,332 – 15.88% financial support) – adventure –writers/directors: Julien Chheng, Jean-Christophe Roger – writers: Sébastien Oursel, Guillaume Mautalent, Jean Regnaud – production: Mélusine Productions (Luxmebourg-French co-production) – production to commence in November 2020
- MY LOVE AFFAIRE WITH MARRIAGE (Cineworld) – allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €1,464,720 – 13.65% financial support) – dramedy, musical –writer/director: Signe Baumane – production: Antevita Films (Luxembourg co-production with Latvia and the US)
Animated series
- LE FOND DU BOCAL – allocated amount: €1,612,420 (overall project budget: €3,344,194 – 48.22% financial support) – comedy –writers/directors: Julien Renault, Ghayth Chegaar – writers: Cyril Bossmann, Ciaran Murtagh, Andrew Barnett Jones, Boris Dolivet, Nicolas Poupon, Nicolas Robin, Hervé Benedetti – production: Zeilt Productions (Luxembourg co-production with France and China) – production to commence in November 2020
Virtual reality
- LE BAL DE PARIS – allocated amount: €207,932 (overall project budget: €2,083,277 – 9.98% financial support) – romance –writer/director: Blanca Li – production: Fabrique d’Images (Luxembourg co-production with France and Germany) – production to commence in July 2020.
