The selection committee of the Film Fund Luxembourg met for its second session of the year from 25 to 29 April 2022.
Following these meetings, the selection committee (composed of Chairman Boyd van Hoeij, Gabriele Röthemeyer, Sarah Bamberg, Meinolf Zurhorst, Guy Daleiden) has announced its approval of the following funding for fourteen film projects (out of 31 submissions) in the Grand Duchy, totalling €8,326,891.
Selective financial support for projects in writing and/or in development
Live-action series
- XAVIER KIEFFER - allocated amount: €60,000 – writer: Carolin Otterbach – director: Donato Rotunno – production: Iris Productions
Animated feature film
- LA PART DU LION - allocated amount: €30,000 - Writer / director: Carlo Vogele - writer: Isabelle Anddrivet - production: Iris Productions
Live-action feature films
- RUBY - allocated amount: €30,000 - Writer / director: Silvana Santamaria - writer: Author: Christopher Rubino - production: Wady Films
Selective financial support for projects in production
Live-action feature films
- HOOPED - allocated amount: €3,000,000 (overall project budget: €5,618,786 - 53.39% financial support) - drama - witer / director: Adolf El Assal - writer: Dennis Foon - production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (Co-production with Canada and Germany) - filming to commence in September 2022
- THE LECTURE - allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €3,293,215 - 45.55% financial support) - drama, history, thriller - writer / director: Kasia Adamik - writer: Sandra Buchta - production: Iris Productions (Co-production with Poland and the Czech Republic) - filming to commence in November 2022
- A CASE HISTORY - allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €1,175,386 - 17.02% financial support) - drama - writer / director: Radu Jude - production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (Co-production with Romania and Croatia) - filming to commence in August 2022
- ON RÊVAIT D’UN AUTRE MONDE - allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €845,312 - 23.66% financial support) - drama - writer / director: Luàna Bajrami - production: Les Films Fauves (Co-production with France and Kosovo) - filming to commence in September 2022
- HORIZONTE - allocated amount: €200,000 (overall project budget: €1,038,277 - 19.26% financial support) - drama - writer / director: César Acevedo - production: Tarantula Luxembourg (Co-production with France and Colombia) - filming to commence in October 2022
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT - allocated amount: €50,000 (overall project budget: €478,403 - 10.45% financial support) - drama - writer / director: Payal Kapadia - production: Les Films Fauves (Co-production with France and India) - filming to commence in September 2022
Fiction series
- PROJECTO GLOBAL - allocated amount: €1,485,000 (overall project budget: €4,516,190 - 32.88% financial support) - action, drama, history - writer / director: Ivo Marques Ferreira - writer: Helder Beja - production: Tarantula Luxembourg (Co-production with Portugal) - filming to commence in September 2022
Animated series
- MÈRES ANONYMES - allocated amount: €371,891 (overall project budget: €1,595,295 - 23.31% financial support) - comedy, education, family - writer / director: Hélène Friren - writer: Gwendoline Raisson, François Bierry - production: Melusine Productions (Co-production with France) - filming to commence in June 2022
Live-action short films
- FAIRY FISH - allocated amount: €120,000 (overall project budget: €145,362 - 82.55% financial support) - mystery - writer / director: Baptiste Ménage - production: Deal Productions - filming to commence in July 2022
Virtual reality (VR) work
- WINTEROVER - allocated amount: €590,000 (overall project budget: €1,832,372 - 32.20% financial support) - drama, family, science fiction - writer / director: Ido Mizrahy, Nir Sa'ar - production: a_Bahn (Co-production with Canada and Israel) - filming to commence in June 2022
- CHAMP DE BATAILLE - allocated amount: €490,000 (overall project budget: €1,209,711 - 40.51% financial support) - story - writer / director: François Vautier - writer: Geoffrey Grison - production: Skill Lab (Co-production with France and Belgium) - filming to commence in September 2022
