On Monday 28 July 2025, Film Fund Luxembourg reported that its Selection Committee (of the National Fund for Supporting Audiovisual Production) met on 21-25 July 2025 for the third session of 2025.
During the session, Film Fund Luxembourg confirmed a total of fourteen projects submitted out of 27 are to be supported for Selective Financial Aid (AFS) for writing and/or development (pre-production) and production. These include nine films by Luxembourgish directors, consisting of two live-action films, three live-action series, one animated film and three short films.
The fourteen projects received Selective Financial Support (AFS) for writing and/or development and production consist of four live-action feature films, two animated feature films, three live-action series, one animated series, one live-action short film, two animated short films and one XR (extended reality) project.
Live-Action Feature Films
• SOAP GIRL: Writer-Director: Laurent Prim; Co-writer: Chantal Schaul; Production Company: Cohacy Studio (€60,000)
• ON SE RETROUVE TOUJOURS: Writer-Director: Cyrus Neshvad; Production Company: Cynefilms (€60,000)
Fiction Series
• POMERHIN: Showrunner-Writer: Julie Schroell; Co-writers: Barbara Bonzi, Annabelle Dapoz, Jennifer Quoirin; Production Company: Les Films Fauves (€60,000)
• CAPITANI - 3: Writer: Thierry Faber; Production Company: Samsa Film (€60,000)
Animated Feature Film
• THE WILD INSIDE: Writer-Director: Patrick Imbert; Co-writer: Johanna Goldschmidt; Production Company: Mélusine Productions (€30,000)
XR Project
• LES GENS DE LA PLUIE: Co-writer-Directors: Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies; Production Company: a_BAHN (€150,000)
Live-Action Feature Films
• THE MAN IN THE STOREROOM: Genre: Comedy; Writer-Director: María Sólrún; Production Company: Red Lion; Co-production: Luxembourg, Iceland, Germany (€1,125,000 (31.29% of the total budget of €3,594,963)); Start of shooting: March 2026; Logline: A drug addict ends up hiding in the storeroom of a couple’s apartment and decides to stay there to detox. When the woman discovers him, she chooses to keep him hidden from her boyfriend.
• MONSTRE: Genre: Fantasy, Horror; Writer-Director: Franck Victor; Co-writers: Tom Bouvier, Thomas Lajon; Production Company: Skill Lab; Co-production: Luxembourg, France, Belgium (€1,105,000 (46.13% of the total budget of €2,395,288)); Start of shooting: November 2025; Logline: In a remote village, a young woman with secret powers must confront a cruel group of teenagers and fight to control her destructive abilities before losing her humanity.
Live-Action Series
• MARGINAL - 2: Genre: Crime; Director-Showrunner: Loïc Tanson; Co-writers: Frédéric Zeimet, Jonathan Becker, Katia Lanero Zamora, Joshua Thil, Nina Bodry; Production Company: Samsa Film; Luxembourg production, co-produced with Belgium (€3,000,000 (73.51% of the total budget of €4,081,000)); Start of shooting: February 2026; Logline: Now both serving as examining magistrates, Albert (Jules Werner) and Léon (Timo Wagner) try to correct past failings of the criminal brigade by investigating complex criminal cases. With global tensions rising, they are forced to work with their greatest enemies for the common good.
Animated Feature Film
• SUZANNE: Genre: Biopic, Drama; Writer-Directors: Anaïs Caura, Joëlle Oosterlinck; Co-writer: Loïc Barrère; Production Company: a_BAHN; Co-production: Luxembourg, France, Czech Republic, Belgium; (€490,000 (25.77% of the total budget of €1,901,096)); Start of production: October 2025; Logline: Through a blend of animation and historical archive footage, this film explores the life of Suzanne Noël, an early 20th-century surgeon and pioneering feminist who viewed aesthetic surgery as a path to self-determination.
Animated Series
• DONJONS & CHATONS: Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family and Fantasy; Writer-Directors: Clément De Ruyter, Jérémy Guiter; Co-director: Stéphane Nedez; Co-writer: Mélanie Duval; Production Company: Mélusine Productions; Co-production: Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Bulgaria (€932,000 (15.27% of the total budget of €6,103,896)); Start of production: October 2025; Logline: In the Kingdom of Cats, King Walter rules with a sensitive ego. When four kittens are banished for upsetting him, they must find a treasure grand enough to win their way back. Along the way, they learn that unity and perseverance can triumph - even with grumpy royalty.
Live-Action Short Film
• MASKING ROSA: Genre: Drama; Writer-Director: Nina Bodry; Production Company: Joli Rideau Media; Luxembourg production (€120,000 (94.94% of the total budget of €126,400)); Start of shooting: August 2025; Logline: When her only son leaves home, a crime scene cleaner spirals into a surreal day where order unravels, grief wears a monkey mask and letting go means embracing chaos.
Animated Short Films
• L'ÉTOILE: Genre: Drama; Director: Jiyun Jeong; Writer: Amélie Vrla; Production Company: Doghouse Films; Luxembourg production; (€120,000 (65.29% of the total budget of €183,789)); Start of production: November 2025; Logline: Five-year-old Joséphine does not know her baby sister died during pregnancy. She struggles with her mother Angelika's sudden distance, until a symbolic act brings them closer again under a starry sky.
• STUFFED COMPANION: Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family; Writer-Director: Ken Barthelmey; Production Company: Samsa Film; Luxembourg production (€120,000 (82.33% of the total budget of €145,750)); Start of production: August 2025; Logline: A dark, whimsical tale about an eight-eyed dog facing the arrival of something that shakes the foundation of everything he has learned to fear.
The Selection Committee of the Film Fund Luxembourg meets four times a year. The next session will take place in November 2025.
