Film Fund Luxembourg recently reported that its selection committee met for its fourth and final session of the year from 4 to 8 December 2024.
The selection committee granted financial support (amounting to over €11.1 million) to nineteen out of 37 projects analysed. Thirteen live-action feature films, three animated feature films, one documentary feature film, one animated series and one live-action short film will receive financial support for writing and/or development and production.
Financial support for writing and / or development:
Live-action feature films
MAMAN SOPRA - allocated amount: €60,000 - writers/directors: Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies - co-writer: Jennifer Molinaro- production: a_BAHN.
STREIK - allocated amount: €30,000 - writer/director: Lukas Grevis - production: Amour Fou Luxembourg.
D'KOPPEL - allocated amount: €52,800 - writer/director: Frédéric Zeimet - production: Six Letters.
Animated feature films
ARVIL, THE LITTLE FALCON - allocated amount: €60,000 – writer/director: Marco Serafini – co-director: Aline Salvi – co-writer: Villani Vince - production Cinetel.
THE SAD GODDESS - allocated amount: €60,000 – writer/director Alexandre Espigares - co- writer: Stéphane Cabel - production: Bidibul Productions.
LEO, HENRI, & LUKA - allocated amount: €142,500 - writer/director: Nicolas Debray - co- writer: Isabelle Marinov - production: Deal Productions.
Financial support for production:
Live-action feature films
E LËTZEBUERGER MANN - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €2,500,000 (overall project budget: €3,007,000 -
83.14% financial support) – genre: drama – writer-director: Myriam Muller - co-writer: Loïc Barrère - production: Samsa Film (co-produced with Belgium) - start of filming: September 2025.
CHER PERE NOËL – allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €1,500,000 (overall project budget: €8,606,682 - 17.43% financial support)- genre: comedy, family - writer-director: James Huth - co-writers: Laurent Tirard, Benjamin Dupas - production: Bidibul Productions (co-production with France) - start of filming: February 2025.
ROULER DES MECANIQUES – allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €805,000 (overall project budget €2,524,761 -
31.88% financial support) - genre: comedy - writer-director: Mehdi Pierret - production: Skill Lab (co-production with Belgium) - start of filming: May 2025.
DIVORCE DURING THE WAR – allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €700,000 (overall project budget €2,294,339 - 30.51% financial support) - genre: drama - writer-director: Andrius Blaževičius -production: Red Lion (co-production with Lithuania and the Czech Republic) - start of filming: March 2025.
FOUR LOVES - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €1,500,000 (overall project budget €4,882,387- 30.72% financial support) - genre: biopic, drama - writer-director: Jorge Dorado
- co-writers: Natxo Lopez, Teresa De Pelegrí - production: Deal Productions -
(co-production with Spain and Belgium) - start of filming: March 2025.
OBJET A - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €1,500,000 000 (overall project budget €3,842,570 - 39.04% financial support) - genre: enigma - writer-director: Ann Oren - production: Tarantula Luxembourg (co-production with Germany and Austria) - start of filming: May 2025.
LES SIGNES DE LA PLANETE (Cinéworld) - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €50,000 (overall project budget €880,925 - 5.68% financial support) - genre: drama, documentary - writer-director: Valérie Midwer - production: Bidibul Productions – (co-production with Tunisia and France) - start of filming: October 2025.
NALA AND STELLA (Cinéworld) - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €200,000 (overall project budget €1,160,000- 17.24% financial support) - genre: drama - writer-director: Tonia Mishiali -
writers: Dianne Jones, Nobile Simona - production: Iris Productions – (co-production with Cyprus and Greece) - start of filming: March 2025.
LA LIBERTAD DOBLE (Cinéworld) - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €50,000 (overall project budget of €466,000 - 10.73% financial support) - genre: adventure, drama - writer-director: Lisandro Alonso - production: Les Films Fauves – (co-production with Argentina and Chile) - start of filming: January 2025.
DENGUE (Cinéworld) – allocated amount according to the expenditure invested the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €200,000 (overall project budget of €909,500
- 21.99% financial support) - genre: drama - writer-director: Prantik Basu - co-writer: Angelo Tijssens - production: Samsa Film – (co-production with India, France and the Netherlands) - start of filming: July 2025.
Animated series
TALES OF TERROR - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the economy of the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €1,500,000 000 (overall project budget of €3,187,109 - 47.06% financial support) - genre: adventure, comedy, educational content, fantasy, horror/thriller - writer-director: Kealan O' Rourke - co-director: Léa Busché - co-writer: Stéphan Roelants - production: Melusine Studio – (co-production with Ireland) - start of production: April 2025.
Feature-length documentary
TIMESTAMP (Cinéworld) - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €55,000 (overall project budget of €263,715
- 20.86% financial support) - writer-director: Kateryna Gornostai - production: a_BAHN -
(co-production with Ukraine, the Netherlands and France) - start of filming: March 2024.
Live-action short film
MEN IN TOWELS - allocated amount according to the expenditure invested in the economy of the Luxembourg audiovisual sector: €150,000 (overall project budget of €158,000 - 94.94% financial support - genre: comedy, drama - writer-director: Kiyan Agadjani - production company: Red Lion - start of filming: February 2025.
