On Monday 20 November 2023, Film Fund Luxembourg confirmed that a total of 23 projects will be financially supported in the fourth and last session of the selection committee this year.

The selection committee analysed 33 projects in this session, of which 23 are to receive €9,984,879 in financial support from the Film Fund. In total, twelve feature films, five animated films, one documentary, one TV series, one short film and two VR projects are to be financially supported.

Pre-Production

Feature Films:

  • Alpha Amen, written/directed by Gintaré Parulyte for Red Lion (€60,000)
  • Arjin, written/directed by Christophe Wagner for Samsa Film (€60,000)
  • Boy Underground, written by Isabelle Marinov and Simon Farmakas for Deal Productions (€60,000)
  • Echos, written by Julien Becker and Jonathan Becker, directed by Julien Becker for Skill Lab (€60,000)
  • Headless, written by Govinda Van Maele and Doruntina Basha, directed by Govinda Van Maele for Les Films Fauves (€60,000)
  • E Lëtzebuerger Mann, written by Myriam Muller and Loïc Barrère, directed by Myriam Muller for Samsa Film (€90,000)
  • Mortal Beings, written/directed by Emile V Schlesser for 35M Films  (€51,879)
  • On Se Retrouve Toujours, written by Cyrus Neshvad and Guillaume Levil, directed by Cyrus Nevad for Cygne Films (€60,000)

Animated Film: 

  • The Sad Goddess, co-written and directed by Alexandre Espigares, written by Stéphane Cabel for Bidibul Productions (€60,000)
  • Dudley and the Invasion of the Space Slugs, directed by Chérifa Bakhti, written by Graham Ralph for Fabrique d’images (€60,000)
  • Red Zone, written/directed by Iryna Tsylik for a_Bahn (€45,000)

Animated Series

  • Mission Magique à Mexico, co-written and produced by Hefang Wei, written by Héloïse Capoccia, Patricia Mortagne for Mélusine Productions (€30,000)

Documentary

  • Capitales Europe - La Bataille des Sièges, written/directed by Donato Rotunno for Tarantula Luxembourg (€120,000)

VR project

  • Les Animaux Parlent, written/directed by Thierry (aka Gordon) Guernet for a_Bahn (€45,000)

Production

TV Series:

  • Marginal (historical detective film), directed by Loïc Tanson, written by : Frédéric Zeimet, Jonathan Becker, Katia Lanero Zamora for Samsa Film (€3,000,000 out of a total budget of €3,990,000), a co-production with Belgium

Feature films:

  • AMA (historical drama), co-written/directed by Yuki Kawamura, written by Raphaelle Desplechin for Les Films Fauves, co-production with Japan and France (€1,210,000 out of a total budget of €2,613, 221)
  • Baronnes (dramatic comedy), co-written/directed by Nabil Ben Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui, written by Stéphane Malandrin for Wady Films (€1,140,000 out of a total budget of €3,924,810), a co-production with Belgium
  • Kohinoor (drama; Cinéworld), co-written/produced by Udita Bhargava for Amour Fou Luxembourg (€200,000 out of a total budget of €1,406,500), a co-production with Germany
  • The Excursion (drama; Cinéworld), directed by Miroslav Terzic, written by Vladimir Arsenijevic for Paul Thiltges Distributions (€200,000 out of a total budget of €1,307,082), a co-production with Serbia, Italy, Bulgaria and Croatia

Animation feature film:

  • Go with the Floh (family adventure), co-written/directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi, written by Arne Nolting for Amour Fou Luxembourg (€1,500,000 out of a total budget of €9,138,788), a co-production with Austria and Germany
  • Les Enfants de la Liberté (family adventure), co-written/directed by Rémy Schaepman, Directed by Léahn Vivier-Chapas, written by Robert H Lieberman, Marie Eynard, Olivier Legrand for Mélusine Productions (€1,500,000 out of a total budget of €7,610,899), a co-production with France

Short Film:

  • Mia Mio (drama), written/directed by Roxanne Péguet for Red Lion (€120,000 out of a total budget of €126,500)

VR Project:

  • The Time of a Moment, written/directed by Kate Voet and Victor Maes for Tarantula Luxembourg (€253,000 out of a total budget of €598,550), a co-production with Belgium and the Netherlands