The selection committee of Film Fund Luxembourg met for its third session of the year from 30 June to 4 July 2022.
Following these meetings, the selection committee has announced its approval of selective financial support for fifteen film projects (out of 29 submissions) in the Grand Duchy, totalling €7,870,377. This includes funding for writing and / or development and production for six live-action feature films, one animated feature film, one feature-length documentary, one live-action series, one animated series, one documentary and animated series, two live-action short films and two animated short films.
Selective financial support for writing and / or development
Live-action feature films
- JULIAN – allocated amount: €15,000 – writer / director: Luc Feit – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions
- MARIANENGRABEN – allocated amount: €60,000 – writer / director: Eileen Byrne – production: Samsa Film
- AMA – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Yuki Kawamura – writer: Raphaelle Desplechin – production: Les Films Fauves
Live-action series
- BROTHERS – allocated amount: €90,000 – writer / director: Simon Farmakas – writer: Donna Sharpe – production: Deal Productions
Animated short film
- LEO & THE OCTOPUS – allocated amount: €7,500 – writers: Isabelle Marinov, Chris Nixon – director: Pascal Gérard – production: Deal Productions
Selective financial support for production
Animated feature film
- TALLY HO! – allocated amount: €3,000,000 (overall project budget: €7,294,142 – 41.13% financial support) – family – writer / director: Sean McCormack – writers: David Freedman, Jules de Jongh – production: Fabrique d’Images (co-production with the United Kingdom and France) – production to commence in September 2022
Live-action feature films
- FANON – allocated amount: €1,270,000 (overall project budget: €3,284,000 – 38.67% financial support) – biography, drama – writer / director: Jean-Claude Barny – writer: Philippe Bernard – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (co-production with France and Belgium) – filming to commence in October 2022
- LA HONTE – allocated amount: €365,000 (overall project budget: €1,060,126 – 34.43% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Vladimir Perišić – writer: Alice Winocour – production: Red Lion (co-production with France, Serbia and Croatia) – filming to commence in September 2022
- AUS DEM LEBEN DER ECHSEN / DE LA VIE DES LEZARDS – allocated amount: €1,310,559 (overall project budget: € 4,735,000 – 27.68% financial support) – action, film noir, thriller – writer / director: Christophe Hochhäusler – writer: Ulrich Peltzer – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg (co-production with Germany and Belgium) – filming to commence in February 2023
Feature-length documentary
- TEMPS NOUVEAUX – allocated amount: €130,000 (overall project budget: €472,268 – 27.53% financial support) – writer / director: François Caillat – writer: Cristina Comencini – production: Samsa Film (co-production with France) – filming to commence in September 2022
Animated series
- LES QUIQUOI – allocated amount: €827,260 (overall project budget: €5,450,499 – 15.18% financial support) – adventure, education – writers: Olivier Tallec, Laurent Rivelaygue, Philippe Traversat – director: Eugène Boitsov – production: Mélusine Productions (co-production with France and Belgium) – production to commence in September 2022
Documentary and animated series
- OPÉRATION BARBAROSSA: AU CŒUR DES TÉNÈBRES – allocated amount: €350,000 (overall project budget: €1,019,500– 34.33% financial support) – history – writer / director: Thomas Sipp – writers: Jean Lopez, Anaïs Caura, Lasha Otkhmezuri – production: a_BAHN (co-production with France) – production to commence in September 2022
Live-action short films
- LA BÊTE QUI SOMMEILLE EN NOUS – allocated amount: €145,081 (overall project budget: €152,718– 95.00% financial support) – film noir, thriller – writer / director: Jonathan Becker – production: Skill Lab (Luxembourgish production) – filming to commence in September 2022
- CRACKLE – allocated amount: €149,977 (overall project budget: €158,009 – 94.92% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Frank Grotz – production: Six Letters (Luxembourgish production) – filming to commence in October 2022
Animated short film
- PLOP – allocated amount: €120,000 (overall project budget: €127,622 – 94.03% financial support) – drama – writer / director: Camille Haumont – production: Zeilt Productions (Luxembourgish production) – production to commence in October 2022
The Film Fund Luxembourg selection committee meets four times a year, with the next session scheduled to take place in November 2022.
