On Monday 22 July 2024, Film Fund Luxembourg reported that its selection committee met for its third session of the year from 15 to 19 July 2024.
The selection committee analysed a total of 27 film projects, of which sixteen will receive financial support from Film Fund Luxembourg, amounting to over €9.5 million.
A total of three live-action feature films, three animated feature films, two feature-length documentaries, four live-action series, one animated series, one live-action short film, one documentary short film and one virtual reality (VR) project will receive financial support for writing and/or development and production.
A total of nine film projects by Luxembourg directors will receive such support. This includes funding for the production of the following five projects: the animated feature film The Lion Queen by Carlo Vogele; the animated feature film The Last Dinosaur by Federico Milella; the documentary Capitales Europe - La Bataille des Sièges by Donato Rotunno; the short film Fade to Black by Anne Simon and Céline Camara; the short film La Forêt qui Murmure by Katarzyna Kot.
Financial support for writing and / or development:
Live-action series
Am Déïwen Daischteren – allocated amount: €120,000 – writer / showrunner: Eric Lamhène – co-writer: Rae Lyn Lee – production: Samsa Film
Plus One – allocated amount: €60,000 – writer / director: Emile V. Schlesser – co-writer: Jonas Brand – production: 35M Films
Marginal 2 – allocated amount: €120,000 – director: Loïc Tanson – co-writer: Frédéric Zeimet – production: Samsa Film
Live-action feature films
Miracle – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Sacha Wolff – production: Les Films Fauves
Mon Traitre – allocated amount: €30,000 – writer / director: Santiago Amigorena – co-writer: Marion Quantin – production: Red Lion
Animated series
Les Krostons – allocated amount: €30,000 – director / showrunner: Fred Neuen – co-director: Kiyan Agadjani – co-writer: Joe Vitale – production: Digital Voodooh
Animated feature film
La Ligne – allocated amount: €45,000 – writer / director: Philippe Rolland – co-writers: Franck Salomé and Stéphane Arteta – production: Melusine Productions
Feature-length documentary
Lost and Found – allocated amount: €109,966 – writer / director: Fabrizio Maltese – production: Joli Rideau Media
VR project
The Eiffel Tower – allocated amount: €45,000 – co-writers: Mathieu Chartier and Thomas Recayte – production: Skill Lab
Financial support for production:
Animated feature films
The Lion Queen – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €3,000,000 (overall project budget: €8,060,060 – 37.22% financial support) – genre: comedy – writer / director: Carlo Vogele – writer: Isabelle Andrivet – production: Iris Productions (co-production with Belgium and France) – production to commence in March 2025
The Last Dinosaur – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €3,000,000 (overall project budget: €7,453,593 – 40.25% financial support) – genre: adventure / comedy – director: Federico Milella – writer: Ben Smith – production: Fabrique d’images (co-production with Belgium, France, UK and India) – production to commence in September 2024
Live-action series
De Burgo – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €10,979,067 – 13.66% financial support) – genre: action / police / thriller – co-directors: Julien Becker, Jyri Kähönen and Samira Radsi – writers: Matt Harvey, Marteinn Thorisson and Kat Rose-Martin – production: Deal Productions (co-production with Germany) – filming to commence in October 2024
Live-action feature film
Recrucified – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €737,000 (overall project budget: €3,168,083 – 23.26% financial support) – genre: action / drama – writer / director: Theo Papadoulakis – co-writer: Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg (co-production with Greece, Italy and Cyrus) – filming to commence in February 2025
Feature-length documentary
Capitales Europe - La Bataille des Sièges – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €500,000 (overall project budget: €872,143 – 57.33% financial support) – writer / director: Donato Rotunno – co-writer: Alexis Metzinger – production: Tarantula Luxembourg (co-production with France) – filming to commence in October 2024
Live-action short film
Fade to Black – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €130,000 (overall project budget: €136,843 – 95.00% financial support) – genre: drama – writer / director: Anne Simon – co-writer: Céline Camara – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg (Luxembourgish production) – filming to commence in September 2024
Documentary short film
La Forêt qui Murmure – allocated amount according to expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €120,000 (overall project budget: €195,000 – 61.54% financial support) – writer / director: Katarzyna Kot – co-writer: Stéphane Guiran – production: Iris Productions (Luxembourgish production, co-produced with France) – filming to commence in September 2024
