Film Fund Luxembourg’s selection committee has announced the recipients of its latest slate of funding. The panel evaluated 57 applications, and greenlit development and production support for 21 new projects. On this occasion, the agency will invest a total of €11,003,985 in the making of 12 fiction features, two animated features, one documentary feature, two TV series, one transmedia documentary, one docufiction series, one animated series and one VR project.

In detail, the projects in receipt of development grants are Cyrus Neshvad’s thriller Le refuge (€50,000, produced by Cynefilms), Christophe Wagner’s drama The Believers (€30,000, a Samsa Film presentation), Christian Neuman’s horror Stargazer (€31,000, staged by Wild Fang Films), Margarethe Von Trotta’s drama Bachmann & Frisch (€30,000, produced by Amour Fou Luxembourg), Massoud Bakhshi’s drama Quartet (€30,000, also produced by Amour Fou Luxembourg), Christophe Wagner’s second season of Capitani (€120,000, staged by Samsa Film), Adolf El Assal’s new comedy series Finding Rosa (€60,000, produced by Wady Films) and Donato Rotunno’s docufiction series 41 – Die Spaltung Der Welt (€120,000, produced by Iris Productions).

The project in receipt of the production grant of the biggest magnitude is Laura Schroeder’s drama Maret [+lee también:
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Meanwhile, the other fiction and non-fiction projects backed by the agency with production bursaries are Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s action flick Kawasaki (€1,500,000, produced by Calach Films in co-operation with Belgian partners), Emily Atef’s drama More Than Ever [+lee también:
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Finally, the animated productions in receipt of support are Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger’s adventure flick Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia [+lee también:
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