4 Luxembourg Co-productions Screening in Toronto

The Luxembourg Film Fund has announced that a record of four Luxembourg co-productions are being screened at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one of the world’s largest and most influential film festivals, which is running from 6-16 September.

Sameh Zoabi’s comedy Tel Aviv on Fire (Luxembourg co-producer Samsa Film), whose main actor Kais Nashif has just won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at Venice Film Festival, is screening in TIFF’s Discovery section. Black 47 by Irish director Lance Daly (Luxembourg co-producer Samsa Film) and Sibel by writer-director duo Guillaume Giovanetti and Çağla Zencirci (Luxembourg co-producer Bidibul Productions) screen in the festival’s Contemporary World Cinema section, while Markus Schleinzer’s period drama Angelo (Luxembourg co-producer Amour Fou Luxembourg) celebrates its world premiere in TIFF’s competitive Platform section.