Berlinale 2019: Luxembourg co-productions galore
06/02/2019 - 16/02/2019
La Berlinale 2019The Berlin International Film Festival, Europe's first major competitive film festival, will feature 2 productions made in Luxembourg. From 7 to 17 February, the 69th Berlin International Film Festival will be held in the German capital, with a host of professionals from the audiovisual sector taking the opportunity to discover the best film productions currently on the market.
Two Luxembourg co-productions selected as world premieres in the "Panorama" section will represent the Grand Duchy:
– Tembloresthe second feature film by director Jayro Bustamante (winner of the 2015 Silver Bear), a co-production ofIris Productions
The film follows the life of Pablo, an evangelical Christian and father of two in Guatemala City. But when he suddenly falls in love with a man, his world begins to fall apart when his family decides to "cure" him through therapy with the help of the church.
– Flatlanda feature film directed by Jenna Bass and co-produced by Deal Productions
A road movie about friendship, female self-determination and the social structures of a divided nation.
In addition, the feature film Hinterland (Amour Fou Luxembourg) directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, is one of 22 projects selected for the 16e edition of the Berlinale co-production market and will be presented to a panel of co-producers, experts, distributors and international financial partners. The volume of purchases negotiated at the market makes Berlin the second-largest film market after Cannes.
List of Luxembourg co-productions showing at the European Film Market:
Sawah by Adolf El Assal (Deal Productions, Wady Films), Superjhemp retörns by Félix Koch (Samsa Film), The Beast in the Jungle by Clara van Gool (Amour Fou Luxembourg), My Grandpa is an Alien by Dražen Žarković & Marina Andree Škop (Wady Films), Never Grow Old by Ivan Kavanagh (Iris Productions), Zero Impunity by Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies (a_BAHN), Temblores by Jayro Bustamante (Iris Productions) and Flatland by Jenna Bass (Deal Productions).
