The Oscar race and Fall theater releases

"Réfractaire" selected for the Oscar race

The National Selection Commission* for the Oscars has chosen the Luxembourg film "Réfractaire" (Draft Dodgers) by Nicolas Steil, to represent the Grand-Duchy for the 82nd edition of the Academy Awards in the Best foreign Language category. The movie is directed by Nicolas Steil and is a coproduction between Luxembourg (Iris Productions) and Switzerland (Cab Productions). The movie was shot entirely in Luxembourg with a great number of local technicians such as Carlo Thoss (sound), Christina Schaffer (production design), Uli Simon (costumes), Katja Reinert (hair and make-up) as well as André Mergenthaler et Michel Wintsch (music). Many local actors had parts as well: Luc Feit, Patrick Hastert, André Jung, Charles Muller, Marc Olinger and Thierry van Werveke who passed away early this year. *The Selection Commission consists of representatives from the Audiovisual sector including the the Luxembourg Union of Audiovisual Production (ULPA), the Association of Directors and Scriptwriters (L’ARS), the Luxembourg Association of Audiovisual Technicians (ALTA), Film Fund Luxembourg and National Audiovisual Center (CNA). www.refractaire.lu

Fall Theater releases:

Flawless, directed by Michael Radford and coproduced by Delux Productions, released on 18 September 2009.

Universalove, directed by Thomas Woschitz and coproduced by Red Lion, released on 25 September 2009.

Brideflight, directed by Ben Sombogaart and coproduced by Samsa Film, released on 2 October 2009.

Panique au Village (A town called Panic), directed by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier and coproduced by Melusine Productions, to be released on 16 October 2009.

House of Boys, directed by Jean-Claude Schlim and produced by Delux Productions, Premiere on 17 November 2009.

Dust, directed by Max Jacoby and produced by Red Lion, to be released on 27 November 2009.

Tour of Duty, a documentary by Fränk Grötz and produced by Lucil, to be released at the end of October 2009.

Contact High, directed by Michael Glawogger and coproduced by Iris Productions, to be released at the end of October 2009.

L’Amour Caché, directed by Alessandro Capone and coproduced by Tarantula Luxembourg, to be released early November 2009.

NOUS trois, directed by Renaud Bertrand and coproduced by Paul Thiltges Distributions, to be released early December 2009.