13/07/2022 - On this occasion, the country’s film agency has granted its support to 15 new projects, including those by Sean McCormack and Vladimir Perišić

Director Vladimir Perišić, who has received €365,000 for his drama Lost Country

Film Fund Luxembourg has announced the recipients of its second round of funding for 2022. On this occasion, the body has awarded a total of €7,870,377 to 15 new projects. In detail, three fiction features, one series and one animated short have received development funding, whilst one animated feature, three fiction features, one documentary feature, one animated series, one animated documentary series, two fiction shorts and one animated short will benefit from the body’s production bursaries.

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The production grant of the biggest magnitude (€3 million) went to Sean McCormack’s animated, family-orientated feature Tally Ho! (also known as Spiked), a co-production staged by Luxembourg’s Fabrique d’images with French and British partners. Penned by David Freedman and Jules de Jongh, it revolves around Holly, a young and courageous hedgehog, woefully sheltered by her overprotective dad. The picture is budgeted at around €7.3 million.

The three fiction features awarded production bursaries are Jean-Claude Barny’s biopic drama Fanon (€1,270,000, staged by Paul Thiltges Distributions with French and Belgian outfits), Vladimir Perišić’s drama Lost Country [+see also:
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Finally, development bursaries were awarded to Luc Feit’s fiction feature Julian (€15,000, produced by Paul Thiltges Distributions), Eileen Byrne’s fiction feature Marianengraben (€60,000, staged by Samsa Film), Yuki Kawamura’s fiction feature Ama (€30,000, produced by Les Films Fauves), Simon Farmakas’ series Brothers (€90,000, a Deal Productions presentation) and Pascal Gérard’s animated short Leo & the Octopus (€7,500, also staged by Deal Productions).