The selection committee of Film Fund Luxembourg met for its first session of the year from 20 to 24 March 2023.
Following these meetings, the selection committee has announced its approval of selective financial support for sixteen film projects (out of 27 submissions), totalling more than €7 million.
Film Fund Luxembourg has decided to financially support the writing and / or development and production of four live-action feature films, three animated feature films, two feature-length documentaries, one feature-length docufiction films, two live-action series, one animated series, one live-action short film and two virtual reality (VR) projects.
Selective financial support for writing and / or development
Animated feature films
- LES DEUX FRERES – allocated amount: €60,000 – writers / directors: Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies – production: a_BAHN
- WELCOME TO EARTH – allocated amount: €45,000 – writer / director: Sarah Sutter, writer: Cyril Bossmann – production: Zeilt Productions
Live-action feature films
- E LËTZEBUERGER MANN – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Myriam Muller – production: Samsa Film
- MON GRAND RESET – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Marc Recchia – production: Wady Films
Feature-length documentaries
- ORA ET LABORA – allocated amount: €83,314 – writer / director: Dzhovani Gospodinov – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg
- LE CAS NORBERT JACQUES - allocated amount: €60,000 – writer / director: Claude Lahr / writer: Jean-Louis Schlesser – production: Iris Productions
Animated series
- THE NEWTONS - allocated amount: €30,000 – writer: John Chambers / director: Cherifa Bakhti – production: La Fabrique d’images
Live-action series
- XAVIER KIEFFER - allocated amount: €60,000 – showrunner: Thierry Faber / writers: Sandra Buchta, Pierre Majerus / director: Donato Rotunno – production: Iris Productions
VR projects
- L’ETANG - allocated amount: €25,000 – writer / directors: Antoine Morières and Lucas Leonarduzzi – production: Les Films Fauves
Selective financial support for production
Live-action series
- THE SECOND ATTACK - allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €9,687,577 –15.48% financial support) – drama, thriller – writer: Oliver Bottini / director: Christina Kallas – production: Deal Productions (co-production with Germany) – filming to commence in August 2023
Live-action feature films
- GOULD LOVER – allocated amount: €1,100,000 (overall project budget: €3,811,775 – 28.86% financial support) – biopic – writer / director: Andy Sommer / writers: Thom Richards, Hélène Zimmer, Gilles Taurant – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg (co-production with Germany and France) – filming to commence in September 2023
- LA CACHE – allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €5,634,142 – 26.62% financial support) – comedy – writer: Lionel Baier / director: Catherine Charrier – production: Red Lion (co-production with Switzerland and France) – filming to commence in July 2023
Docufiction feature film
- IN ABSENTIA – allocated amount: €734,565 (overall project budget: €1,865,054 – 39.39% financial support) – crime, documentary – writers / directors: Jim Sheridan / David Merriman – production: Joli Rideau Media (co-production with Ireland and France) – filming to commence in October 2023
Animated feature film
- SIDI KABA ET LA PORTE DU RETOUR – allocated amount: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €7,571,737 – 19.81% financial support) – family – writer / director: Rony Hotin – writer: Jérôme Piot – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions (co-production with France, Belgium and Germany) – production to commence in December 2023
Short film
- BIRTH – allocated amount: €134,197 (overall project budget: €141,272 – 94.99% financial support) – dramatic comedy – writer / director: Larisa Faber – production: Poulpe Bleu Productions (Luxembourgish production) – production to commence in June 2023
VR Project
- OTO’S PLANET – allocated amount: €280,000 (overall project budget: €853,315 – 32.81% financial support) – writer / director: Gwenael François – production: Skill Lab (co-production with Canada) – production to commence in April 2023
The Film Fund Luxembourg selection committee meets four times a year, with the next session scheduled to take place in May 2023.
