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From Auteur Docs to Immersive Innovation, Luxembourg Makes Big Impact

Starting from scratch, Luxembourg has built a film industry with big reach.

Pursuant to those ends, the country’s royal family and culture minister will take the Lido alongside a delegation of nearly 30 local producers, all looking to seize the attention offered by this year’s Venice Production Bridge focus on Luxembourg and Francophone Belgium. That another Venice Immersive selected title — “Ito Meikyu,” co-produced by Gilles Chanial of Les Films Fauves — shares a similar team with “Youth (Homecoming)” also reflects the wider industry’s transmedia remit. With an output of 30 projects per year, and a single, all-encompassing support fund, endowed with an annual budget of $35 million split between all forms of production, the local sector’s future growth is tied to further investment.

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