The selection committee of the Film Fund Luxembourg met for its first session of the year from 22 to 27 February 2022.
Following these meetings, the selection committee (composed of Chairman Boyd van Hoeij, Gabriele Röthemeyer, Karin Schockweiler, Meinolf Zurhorst and Guy Daleiden) has announced its approval of the following funding for eighteen film projects (out of 38 submissions) in the Grand Duchy, totalling €9,545,796.
Selective financial support for projects in development
Live-action feature films
- JOSY – allocated amount: €60,000 – writer / director: Loïc Tanson – writer: Frédéric Zeimet – production: Six Letters
- LES SAISONS DE JANNET – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Medhi Hmili – production: Tarantula Luxembourg
Live-action series
- GHOST SOCIETY – allocated amount: €30,000 – writers: Fred Castadot, Maud Carpentier, Christophe Beaujean – director: Gary Seghers – production: Wild Fang Films
Animated feature film
- GO WITH THE FLOH – allocated amount: €60,000 – writer / director: Ali Samadi Ahadi – writer: Arne Nolting – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg
Feature-length documentaries
- AU-DELÀ DES MURS – allocated amount: €120,000 – writer / director: Julie Schroell – production: a_Bahn
- LE MONSTRE, LE MIROIR BRISÉ – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Stéphan Roelants – production: Mélusine Productions
- BLUE – allocated amount: €51,850 – writer / director: Fabrizio Maltese – writer: Stéphan Roelants, Qutaiba Barhamji – production: Joli Rideau Media
Documentary series
- BOXING STORIES – allocated amount: €60,000 – writer / director: Alain Tshinza – production: Wady Films
Virtual reality (VR) work
- YOU CAN CALL ME MAX – allocated amount: €60,000 – showrunners : Sandra Rodriguez, Samuel Greffe, Maude Huysmans, Annabelle Fiset – production: a_Bahn
Selective financial support for projects in production
Live-action feature films
- AUSSER OTEM – allocated amount: €2,225,000 (overall project budget: €2,709,001 – 82.13% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Eric Lahmène – writer: Rae Lyn Lee – production: Samsa Film (Luxembourg-Belgium co-production) – filming to commence in August 2022
- DOGBOY – allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €9,073,566 – 16.53% financial support) – adventure, western – writer / director: Jaco Van Dormael – writer: Joe Sangre – production: Bac Cinema (co-production between Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Spain and France) – filming to commence in August 2022
- HOLLY – allocated amount: €762,500 (overall project budget: €2,833,797 – 26.91% financial support) – comedy-drama – writer / director: Fien Troch – production: Tarantula Luxembourg (co-production between Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands) – filming to commence in April 2022
- KANAVAL – allocated amount: €825,000 (overall project budget: €2,763,096 – 29.86% financial support) – drama, family, fantasy – writer / director: Henri Pardo – production: Wady Films (Luxembourg-Canada co-production) – filming to commence in May 2022
Docufiction series
- DIE SPALTUNG DER WELT, 1939-1956 – allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €7,369,404 – 20.35% financial support) – directors: Frank Devos, Olga Chajdas – writers: Jan Peter, Jasmin Wind – production: Iris Productions (co-production between Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium) – filming to commence in August 2022
Animated feature film
