Film Fund Luxembourg Awards €8m to 11 Film Projects

Following the meeting of the National Support Fund for Audiovisual Production selection committee on 14-16 November 2017, they decided to grant selective financial aid for a total of €8,165,411 to a total of 11 film production projects.

Pre-production projects / script-writing (total €235,000):

– Le refuge – €30,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Guillaume Levil – writer-director: Cyrus Neshvad – production: Cyne Films.

– Maret – €60,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: Laura Schroeder – production: Red Lion.

– Lost in the ‘80s – €25,000 – feature-length documentary – writer-director: Andy Bausch – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions.

– Sara, Sara – €60,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: Donato Rotunno – production: Tarantula Luxembourg.

– Voyagers of the Enchanted Forest – €60,000 – feature-length animation – writer-director: Alê Abreu – production: Melusine Productions.

Production projects (total €7,655,411):

– The Room – 1,203,514 – feature-length fiction – writers: Vincent Ravalec, Eric Forestier, Gaia Guasti and Sabrina Karine – writer-director: Christian Volckman – production: Bidibul Productions.

– Icare – €3,120,000 – feature-length animation – writer: Isabelle Andrivet – writer-director: Carlo Vogele – production: Iris Productions.

– A Greyhound of a Girl – €3,200,000 – feature-length animation – writer: Dave Ingham – writer-director: Enzo d’Alò – production: Paul Thiltges Distributions.

– Do you also feel a tingle? – €131,897 – short fiction – writer-director: Lucía Valverde – production: Red Lion.

Cineworld projects (total €275,000):

– Jeunesse de Shanghai – €75,000 – feature-length fiction – writer-director: Bing Wang – production: Les Films Fauves.

– Todo Lo Que Arde – €200,000 – feature-length fiction – writer: Santiago Fillol – writer-director: Oliver Laxe – production: Tarantula Luxembourg.

The selection committee had reviewed a total of 23 projects submitted for a total of €13,736,329. The next selection committee dates are in 2018.