Film Fund Luxembourg launched a funding mechanism to encourage majority and minority co-productions between foreign filmmakers and producers based in Luxembourg, and to incentivize Luxembourg’s audiovisual professionals to look beyond the country’s traditional co-production partners.

Cineworld is a production funding scheme for feature-length fiction, animation and documentary projects. The director attached to the project must have demonstrated experience with at least one produced feature film to their credit. Priority is given to films with strong international festival potential, in particular at “A”-Festivals. Other European co-producers may be attached to the project.

The participation of the Luxembourg co-producer in the total co-production budget must not be lower than 10%. To qualify for Cineworld support, the total production budget of the film may not exceed 1.25 million €. Cineworld support is capped at 200.000 € per project. For documentaries with a production budget of 350.000 € or less, Cineworld support is capped at 55.000 €.

No territorial spending obligations apply if the amount requested is 50.000 € or less for fiction and animation projects, or 17.000 € for documentaries. However, all eligible costs must be billed to and disbursed by the applicant company. All expenditure items must be recorded in the final account of the project.

For applicants requesting support in excess of those amounts, a Luxembourg territory spend amounting to at least 50% of the support granted by Film Fund Luxembourg is required.

Companies can apply for Cineworld support at pre- or post-production stages. Cineworld support is also suitable for applicants seeking finishing funds for their feature films based on shot footage and existing visual material.

No specific list of eligible countries has been compiled for the scheme. However, for a project to qualify for Cineworld support, the country of origin of the director and/or the project must differ substantially from the co-productions usually submitted to and traditionally supported by Film Fund Luxembourg. Priority is given to countries with no or limited film funding resources, or where film production is hampered by geopolitical or economic factors.