Following its 5-day meeting on 5-9 February, the Director of Film Fund Luxembourg, Guy Daleiden, has announced that the first selection meeting of the year has approved the following funding for film projects in the Grand Duchy, totalling €14.263 million for 19 different projects.
Projects in development/writing (total €160.00):
• Fanon – €30,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Philippe Bernard – writer-director: Jean-Claude Barny – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions
• Mir géint d’Welt – €10,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Rae Lyn Lee – writer-director: Eric Lamhène – production: Samsa Film.
• My Fairy Troublemaker and Me – €90,000 – feature-length animation – writers: Reza Memari, Silja Clemens & Michael Hülse – writer-director: Caroline Origer – production: Fabrique d’Images
• L’insondable Madame M. – €30,000 – feature-length documentary – writers: Nathalie Ronvaux & Germaine Goetzinger – writer-director: Françoise Levie – production: Nowhere Land Productions
• Mir géint d’Welt – €10,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Rae Lyn Lee – writer-director: Eric Lamhène – production: Samsa Film.
• My Fairy Troublemaker and Me – €90,000 – feature-length animation – writers: Reza Memari, Silja Clemens & Michael Hülse – writer-director: Caroline Origer – production: Fabrique d’Images
• L’insondable Madame M. – €30,000 – feature-length documentary – writers: Nathalie Ronvaux & Germaine Goetzinger – writer-director: Françoise Levie – production: Nowhere Land Productions
Projects in production (total €13,833,000):
• Le petit Nicolas, parfum d’enfance – €1,700,000 – feature-length animation – writers: Michel Fessler, René Goscinny, Anne Goscinny & Jean-Jacques Sempe – writer-director: Hefang Wei – directors: Cédric Klapisch & Nicolas Debray – production: Bidibul Productions.
• Hope Gap – €1,200,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: William Nicholson – production: Bac Cinema.
• Nächst Statioun, Staffel 1 – €1,125,000 – series, animation – writers: Samir Oubechou, Hervé Benedetti, Nicolas Robin, Cyril Bossmann, Pascal Stervinou, Fanny Meeschaert, Cherif Sais, Laurent Witz – writer-director: Sarah Sutter – production: Zeilt Productions.
• De Bësch – €2,100,000 – series, fiction – writers: Thierry Faber & Eric Lamhène – writer-director: Christophe Wagner – production: Samsa Film.
• The Brownie and the Witch – €140,000 – short animation – writer-director: David Burns – production: Bac Cinema.
• The Domestique – €1,200,000 – feature-length fiction – writers: Ciaran Cassidy & Sean Cook – writer-director: Kieron J. Walsh – production: Calach Films.
• 7 Lives – €380,000 – medium-length fiction in VR – writers: Charles Ayats et David Calvo – writer-director: Jan Kounen – production: a_Bahn.
• My Identity is this Expanse! – €250,000 – short, fiction in VR – writer-directors: Karolina Markiewicz & Pascal Piron – production: a_Bahn.
• Where is Anne Frank – €1,500,000 – feature-length animation – writer-director: Ari Folman – production: Samsa Film.
• Die Perle der Giganten aka Filz – €2,300,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Anja Kömmerling – director: Pol Cruchten – production: Iris Productions.
• Luxembourg: année zéro – €1,000,000 – feature-length documentary – writer-directors: Jean Huot, Nima Azarmgin & Thomas Tomschak – production: Skill Lab.
• Le voyage du prince – €900,000 – feature-length animation – writer: Anik Le Ray – writer-director: Jean-François Laguionie – production: Melusine Productions.
• Alice – €38,000 – short, fiction – writer: Elodie Malanda – writer-director: Eileen Byrne – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions.
• Hope Gap – €1,200,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: William Nicholson – production: Bac Cinema.
• Nächst Statioun, Staffel 1 – €1,125,000 – series, animation – writers: Samir Oubechou, Hervé Benedetti, Nicolas Robin, Cyril Bossmann, Pascal Stervinou, Fanny Meeschaert, Cherif Sais, Laurent Witz – writer-director: Sarah Sutter – production: Zeilt Productions.
• De Bësch – €2,100,000 – series, fiction – writers: Thierry Faber & Eric Lamhène – writer-director: Christophe Wagner – production: Samsa Film.
• The Brownie and the Witch – €140,000 – short animation – writer-director: David Burns – production: Bac Cinema.
• The Domestique – €1,200,000 – feature-length fiction – writers: Ciaran Cassidy & Sean Cook – writer-director: Kieron J. Walsh – production: Calach Films.
• 7 Lives – €380,000 – medium-length fiction in VR – writers: Charles Ayats et David Calvo – writer-director: Jan Kounen – production: a_Bahn.
• My Identity is this Expanse! – €250,000 – short, fiction in VR – writer-directors: Karolina Markiewicz & Pascal Piron – production: a_Bahn.
• Where is Anne Frank – €1,500,000 – feature-length animation – writer-director: Ari Folman – production: Samsa Film.
• Die Perle der Giganten aka Filz – €2,300,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Anja Kömmerling – director: Pol Cruchten – production: Iris Productions.
• Luxembourg: année zéro – €1,000,000 – feature-length documentary – writer-directors: Jean Huot, Nima Azarmgin & Thomas Tomschak – production: Skill Lab.
• Le voyage du prince – €900,000 – feature-length animation – writer: Anik Le Ray – writer-director: Jean-François Laguionie – production: Melusine Productions.
• Alice – €38,000 – short, fiction – writer: Elodie Malanda – writer-director: Eileen Byrne – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions.
Also, Cinéworld grants were approved dfor a total of €270,000. as follows:
• Yalda – €120,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: Massoud Bakhshi – production: Amour Fou Luxembourg.
• The Orphanage – €150,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: Shahrbanoo Sadat – production: Samsa Film.
• The Orphanage – €150,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: Shahrbanoo Sadat – production: Samsa Film.
The selection committee had revieved a total of 38 project applications for a total cost of €26,044,098. due to the large number of applications received, plus the higher-than-average total funding committed, the selection committee will cancel one of its future meetings scheduled for later in the year.
The selection committee comprises Jean-Louis Scheffen, president, Guy Daleiden, Boyd van Hoeij, Karin Schockweiler, Gabriele Röthemeyer and Sébastien Tasch, secretary.
