Film Fund Luxembourg Awards €10m Funding for 16 New Film Projects

The selection committee of the Film Fund Luxembourg met for its fourth and final session of the year from 16 to 20 November 2021. 

Following these meetings, the selection committee has announced its approval of the following funding for sixteen film projects (out of 27 submissions) in the Grand Duchy, totalling €10,245,150.

Selective financial support for projects in development (total €230,000):

Live-action series

- DE BURGO – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer: Marteinn Thorisson – director: Félix Koch – production: Deal Productions

- SECRETS DE FAMILLE – allocated amount: €30,000 – writers: Tullio Forgiarini, Emanuela Ponzano, Simone Riccardini – production: Tarantula Luxembourg

Animated feature film

- INCROYABLE! – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Benjamin Massoubre – writer: Vincent Zabus – production: Bidibul Productions

Feature-length documentary

- AUX ORIGINES DE L'EUROPE – allocated amount: €15,000 – writer / director: Willy Perelsztejn – production: Nowhere Land Productions

Virtual reality works

- MELANCHOLIA – allocated amount: €60,000 – writers / directors: Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies – production: a_Bahn

- THE CROW OF WHITECHAPEL – allocated amount: €65,000 – writer / director: Matthieu Van Eeckhout – production: Skill Lab

Selective financial support for projects in production (total €10,015,150):

Live-action feature films

- LITTLE DUKE – allocated amount: €2,727,757 (overall project budget: €2,871,323 – 95.00% financial support) – comedy-drama – writer / director: Andy Bausch – writer: Frank Feitler – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg production) – filming to commence in April 2022

- LE REFUGE – allocated amount: €2,419,469 (overall project budget: €3,225,811 – 75.00% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Cyrus Neshvad – writer: Guillaume Levil – production: Cynefilms (Luxembourg-Belgium co-production) – filming to commence in April 2022

- LE FILS DE LA LOI – allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €5,271,480 – 28.46% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Joachim Lafosse – writers: Thomas Van Zuylen, Matthieu Reynaert, Sarah Chiche, Pablo Guarise – production: Samsa Film (co-production with Belgium and France) – filming to commence in April 2022

- JAKOBS ROSS – allocated amount: €1,303,155 (overall project budget: €5,459,883 – 23.87% financial support) – drama – writers: Urs Bühler, Ulrike Hund – director: Katalin Gödrös – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg (co-production with Switzerland) – filming to commence in March 2022

- DAYAO NAGE À CONTRE-COURANT (Cineworld) – allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €1,159,246 – 17.25% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Zhang Tao – writer: Jérémie Dubois – production: Les Films Fauves (co-production with France and China) – filming to commence in May 2022

Feature-length documentary

- THE AMAZING AFTERLIFE OF ARSENIE BOCA (Cineworld) – allocated amount: €55,000 (overall project budget: €280,971 – 19.57% financial support) – writer / director: Alexandru Solomon – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (co-production with Romania) – filming to commence in January 2022

Documentary series

- LA DIPLOMATIE DU POISON – allocated amount: €165,000 (overall project budget: €647,299 – 25.49% financial support) – writer / director: Jennifer Deschamps – production: Calach Films (co-production with France) – filming to commence in December 2021

Live-action feature film

- DANS LA FORÊT SOMBRE ET MYSTÉRIEUSE – allocated amount: €1,417,428 (overall project budget: €9,168,752 – 15.46% financial support) – adventure, comedy, family – writers / directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord – production: Zeilt Productions (co-production with France) – production to commence in April 2022

Live-action short film

- DE LÄSCHTE PABEIER – allocated amount: €118,341 (overall project budget: €131.490 – 90.00% financial support) – drama, fantasy – writer / director: Romain Gierenz – production: Calach Films (Luxembourg production) – filming to commence in January 2022

Animated short film

- L’OMBRE D’UNE SECONDE – allocated amount: €109,000 (overall project budget: €115,045 – 94.75% financial support) – comedy – writer: Théo Marchal –  director: Fabien Weibel – production: Zeilt Productions (Luxembourg production) – production to commence in January 2022