Luxembourg will be represented with 2 co-productions at the Berlinale 2024

Black Teafeature film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako and co-produced by Red Lion (Jeanne Geiben and Vincent Quénault) has been selected. in official competition at 74^e Berlin International Film Festival, which runs from 15 to 25 February.

Fox & Hare Save the Forest, an animated feature directed by Mascha Halberstad and co-produced by Doghouse Films (David Mouraire, Pierre Urbain and Emmanuelle Vincent) has been selected. in competition in the "Generation Kplus" sectiona competitive programme showcasing cutting-edge international cinema for young audiences.

• Black Tea is the 5^e feature film by Abderrahmane Sissako, 10 years after the international success of Timbuktu (winner of 7 Césars, including Best Film, and nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film). It is a co-production between Luxembourg, France, Mauritania and Taiwan. A large Luxembourg team worked on the film, which was shot in Taiwan, Côte d'Ivoire and Cape Verde. Luxembourg technicians included Véronique Sacrez (sets), Carlo Thoss (sound engineer), Nicolas Leroy and Loïc Collignon from Studios Philophon (sound editing and mixing), Helder Loureiro Alves Da Silva (lighting), Jean-François Roqueplo (machinery) Kim El Ouardi (DIT) and Alain Goniva (boom operator). Special effects were produced by Lux Digital, and laboratory work by Espera Productions. 

The film will be released in Luxembourg cinemas on 6 March 2024. International sales are handled by Gaumont.

• Fox & Hare Save the Forest is a Benelux co-production produced a.o. at the Doghouse studios in Differdange, involving some fifty animation professionals at various stages of production (modelling, texture, 3D layout, 3D animation) over a period of almost 2 years. The film's music was composed by André Dziezuk and part of the sound post-production was handled by Philophon Studios, including the mixing (Michel Schillings). The Luxembourg version of the film is currently being produced at the Jang Linster studios and will be shown at the Luxembourg City Film Festival in March. International sales are handled by Urban Distribution International.