Discoveries from Luxembourg World Cinema

The story of Johnny Chicago's brother, Ray, and his friend Chuck Moreno, both petty criminals. The latter wants to take the ashes of Johnny, who was fatally wounded by the police after a bank heist, to Chicago.

Dudley is a teenage frog who lives a peaceful life by the edge of his pond with his friends, meanwhile his parents are worried about his future. But when aliens land on Earth, Dudley's world is thrown into chaos. What if he has what it takes to become a hero and save the whole of humanity?

“It Came from the Tap” is a 4-minute film made with a group of friends for a local 48-hour horror film competition called “Lost Weekend”. For this challenge we were given three rules: we had to include a mask as a prop, the following line of dialogue: “Is this politically correct?”, and lastly, we had to pull a horror sub-genre out of a hat to allow for a different sub-genre for every team. We pulled “Creature-Feature”. The film was eventually screened in one of our local cinema’s.

On National Day, a woman neglected for too long by those around her decides to desperately draw attention to herself.

When Mila arrives at the asylum center, Jahia's life changes dramatically. Jahia has previously kept to herself, spending her evenings in the kitchen where she cooks for her mother, who is haunted by memories of their escape from Burkina Faso. Alongside a stern directive that she must go to school, a new girl appears at the center. Mila's forced but genuine optimism breaks through Jahia's barrier, but the wait for the life-altering asylum decision remains terrifying. And one day, Mila and her family receive their verdict. In this deeply unsettling but still hopeful drama, we follow two vulnerable friends who try to navigate an unstable and artificial everyday life, where life has an expiration date. Or a new beginning.

A daughter grapples with dual inheritances from her birth family and marriage. The film examines the transmission of care, discipline, labor and faith through women’s daily work spanning different geographies and generations.

Yuki lost his mother after a long illness, when he and his sister were still children. For loved ones, she is now only a distant voice, a foreign face on photos, a ghost who visits them in their dreams, an increasingly blurred memory. Munemitsu, his father, has done all he could to fill this unfathomable emptiness, even forgetting. But to no avail, given that Norie is still there, like a latent and sprawling presence, entwining the invisible bonds of the family. But who really was Norie?

Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Raphaël Jerusalmy.

This project is developing around Japanese art history and literature references (The Fukinuki Yatai, The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book) and unfolds as a great sensory fresco with strong emotional potential. A heterogeneous collection of drawn, animated and sound scenes are taken from the digital material; they recreate a sort of subjective world (inner and outer world) in the form of a labyrinth composed of fractal architectures.

When participants at a climate conference in 2033 fail to agree on anything, chief negotiator GERTA (not Greta!) explodes and suggests, "The only thing you could agree on is to go back in time and get the people THEN to fix the problem." The sarcastic outburst is accepted as a rather wonderful idea, only for Gerta to reveal that they actually have access to a time machine.

Luxembourg, October 1830. Unrest spreads in the region in the wake of the Belgian Revolution. Fed up with the domination of the Dutch, most of the people want to become Belgian. Those who want an independent Luxembourg are few. Among them a town clerk obstinately refuses to accept the Belgian nationality. Considered as a traitor, he is forced to go into exile. A few years later, in 1839, Luxembourg finally becomes independent.

An unnamed man narrates the downward trajectory of his life from beyond the grave, from delinquency to the string of fateful decisions and foolhardy moves that tied him inextricably to the opiate that was the elusive love of his life.

A teenage girl, Norah (Marie Kremer), living with her depressed father, Jean-Michel (Thierry Lefevre), in Luxembourg, obsesses over the whereabouts of her missing mother, who left them both when Norah was still a newborn. Norah is a misfit and devotes her energy to helping others and conversing with an imaginary friend. But, when she receives information pertaining to the possible location of her mother, Norah has to seriously think about inviting the woman back into her life.

Katharina Bintz's family owns a box that is handed down from generation to generation, of which the content is kept a secret. A secret of which no one dares to speak. This box safe keeps a chapter of Luxembourgish history that is yet to be processes

The relationship between a French journalist and his girlfriend is tested during the ORTF strike of television workers in this half documentary half fiction feature.

During a unplanned solo night out in Berlin, Esra is haunted by his memories of the loss of his former best friend.

Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's Minister of Foreign Affairs, attempts to make the voice of his small country heard in a world marked by major political crises that challenge both international relations and world peace. FOREIGN AFFAIRS takes us both straight into the heart of global politics and the everyday life of "Jang". We share his engagement with diplomacy and hope that he carries in his function as a politician, but also in the intimate moments of solitude that he experiences during his unrestrained race around the world.

On the set of a film in the making, four actresses take turns guiding us. They unknowingly drag us into their damnation.

The untold story of a Royal "propagandist in pearls" whose wartime friendship with President Roosevelt became a vital catalyst to win back freedom for her tiny occupied country.

Mireille watches her husband, Tom, undergo a radical change after being struck by lightning. As his behaviour grows increasingly strange, she is torn between clinging to her daily life and trying to understand what’s happening to him.

Go behind the scenes of Luxembourg Song Contest as the final 8 contestants prepare for the big finale.

Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a white British aristocrat, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, writer and jazz patron, and a talented black pianist, Thelonious Monk, one of the best bebop jazz musicians of all time; a prodigious union of wills that overcame the most extreme prejudices of the very conservative US society.

Jean V., a forty-year-old bailiff, practises his profession with talent, but without humanity. He is married to Nicole, a 35-year-old consumer in crisis. Jean regularly calls on the services of George, a chronic debtor and folkloric character, who helps him with his "little tricks". Incidentally, George restores Nicole's taste for buying. One day, Jean meets Eddy, a policeman who accompanies him on his round of seizures. But a dispute between them escalates out of all proportion. Pushed to the limit, Jean decides to work with George on a dark plot to teach the cop a lesson.

In an ancient forest, the thousand-year-old ritual of Balance, designed to preserve the fragile barrier between the human world and the spirit world, is brutally interrupted by an attack from mysterious masked individuals. The synchronisation fails and the host of the ritual, a young girl, dies before the eyes of her mother, Makena. Devastated, Makena sets fire to the Tree-Universe and seizes the Artefact of Time, determined and convinced that she can defy the forbidden to bring her child back to life. Faced with this senseless act that threatens to tear the universes apart, the Baka Elders awaken Kokum, an ancient tracker who has been asleep for centuries. Accompanied by his symbiote Tauto, he embarks on a race against time, a perilous quest to find Makena and restore balance.

The year is 1977. Mary is a young a young girl stuck in a toxic relationship with her father, a revered scientist who is working on NASA’s most human mission to date.

The year 2067. A spaceship travels through the menacing emptiness of space carrying thousands of plants and seeds from a dying Earth in search of an uncertain and very distant future.

A clumsy Elvis-imitator and an unsuccessful russian dancing-master save a banker from the attempted murder of the Mafia.

A neuroscientist invents an experimental drug that brings him closer to his disabled child, but further away from reality.

Full-length performance of Belgian electronic music producer Mathieu Moës playing an exclusive live set surrounded by his friends and family at one of Luxembourg's favorite nightlife venue, Melusina. The performance was recorded live on May 20 2023.

After the of premiere of his film Terrestrial Verses (co-directed by Alireza Khatami) in Cannes, Ali Asgari was banned from traveling by the Iranian authorities. But filmmakers like Asgari are not easily deterred from practicing their art, despite unceasing repressive government interference.

An intern confronts a sex offender all alone who can't wait to meet her - with dangerous consequences.

In a small village, xenophobic sentiment spreads against an innocent family after the village mascot, a wild dog, is beaten to death.

Immersed in the spiritual ancestral world, you and two other guides are chosen to accompany Nana Lou on her final journey. On the day her granddaughter Charlotte gives birth in a maternity hospital in Tokyo, Nana Lou has a stroke at home in France. She is in the hospital, marooned between life and death... With your luminous presence at her side, you help her revisit her memories and to pass away in peace.

A pyramid, by no means static, is instead brought to ever-increasing movement by the use of camera motion, cuts and fades. The cinematic illusion jumbles the individual elements and unites them in a symbolic sketch of Adolf Loos' dynamic thought processes. A High Speed Journey through the spinal cord of this revolutionary architect.

An aspiring young actress appearing in a play called Stargazer must lay to rest the ghost of its deceased playwright, which has been haunting her since she took on the lead role.

Gaston Rollinger, an elderly poet and film-maker, lives alone in his childhood home in the astonishing landscape of Esch-sur-Alzette, a very special place where industrial relics meet wild nature. He draws all his inspiration from this place, and tells Fränz Hausemer many of his secrets, even though some of his landmarks are gradually beginning to disappear. This portrait of a singular man is interspersed with spellbinding pieces, the contours of which are drawn from Rollinger’s own poetry.

A witty comedy about Ramune, an aspiring Lithuanian actress in Luxembourg, enduring a series of humiliating encounters at the hands of an industry that benefits from making her feel insignificant.

Two artists perform in an elephant costume together, bringing it to life. Luzi is affected by an insidious disease. Nevertheless, she strives to express herself artistically in the form of performance dance. She finds herself in a constant fight with her own body which keeps her from living her dream. On some days the pain gets unbearable and Luzi begins to believe that there is a demon living inside of her,embodying her disease.Her very close and loving friendship to Magda seems to give her energy and room for imagination. Driven by love and care for Luzi, Magda builds the elephant. When Luzi meets Mika, the girls' friendship is put to the test and Luzi is forced to decide what's right for her.

A condescending politician and his chauffeur discuss banalities when things come to a head.

Emma's night takes a dark turn when a seemingly innocent outing with her best friend leaves her traumatized and vulnerable.

STAGE is an emotionally charged story of passion, sacrifice and the search for perfection, where personal and professional ambitions intertwine in an endless web of intrigue, love and betrayal in the unforgiving world of ballet.

Nina struggles with dating as a woman who loves women until a chance encounter with an intriguing stranger by the reservoir sparks an unexpected connection.

Paul, a solitary record dealer attempts to approach a woman he's fascinated by. This situation will soon make him lose control.

In the community of Saint-Louis in Senegal, the installation of a Chinese merchant is causing a stir. Souleymane, a young Senegalese employee in the store, tries to calm the situation, which becomes increasingly explosive as the red dust invades the neighborhood, exacerbating resentments and unfounded accusations.

The Dollhouse is an unfolding paper world where 9-year-old Juniper begins to untangle feelings of guilt about how her family treated Magnolia, a woman who came from far away to work as a cleaner in their house. This animated interactive VR tale explores how power dynamics are born within the intimacy of our homes. While reenacting memories with her dolls, Juniper becomes ashamed of her actions and finds the courage to stand up to her parents and follow her heart. Will you help her ask for forgiveness?

Pierre (Nicolas Lech) is madly in love with the "Gëlle Fra". But when fate intervenes, his unconventional love story suddenly teeters on the brink of collapse.

Mariama, an asylum-seeker from Senegal, has just turned 18. Stella, at first glance a withdrawn woman in her 40s, has recently decided to break free from the clutches of addiction and to give her life a fresh start. In their attempt at finding their place in a world where nothing comes for free, the two women meet and form an unexpectedly strong bond.

On March 29, 1990, Belgium passed its abortion law. At last! On the same day, King Baudouin informed the Prime Minister of his refusal to sign the law, which he considered a serious matter of conscience, preventing it from being published in the Official Journal. What followed was a six-day black hole during which, in the greatest secrecy, the government's key ministers, and they alone, attempted to find a way out of this constitutional crisis.

Thelma is a little penguin who is not like the others. She doesn’t like snow very much, or freezing water, and she wishes she could fly. Was that because she was born in the Great Forest, and partially raised by her best friends, Cat Vilhelm and Mouse Sophia? Living in the Land of Ice again, Thelma also worries about her upcoming birthday. What if Birthday doesn’t find her snow-covered house - will she have to stay for forever? When Thelma tries to organize a Birthday Party for her forest friends, she tumbles into a great adventure that will teach her all she needs to know to become a proper penguin.

Mohamed, a steelworker shattered by the death of his friend in a tragic accident, lives with a piece of rusted metal lodged in his head. As the rust spreads through his body, he rises against corruption, becoming a symbol of resistance and sacrifice.

Two childhood friends reunite after a year of silence for a movie night. But as secrets unfold, they have to confront the messy truths behind growing up.

After being together for a year, Klaus introduces his girlfriend Anna to his family, but something seems strange about the whole family gathering. Reunited with his family, Klaus acts distant and cold and soon Anna begins to question what she has gotten herself into.

A small cat journeys into the garden of the afterlife in search of a magical flower.

Theater actor Lukas becomes entangled in a toxic relationship with his influential director Cosima. What begins as a harmless flirtation between the two increasingly develops into a perfidious game of seduction, power, and manipulation. When Philippe, a charismatic actor from Cosima's past, appears, the situation begins to escalate.

A young woman seeks a stage inside. This short essay-fiction explores the complexities of a relationship to someone close who might be dealing with mental illness. Following a sensual relationship to space and image, it challenges viewers’ perceptions of the film’s reality and the directionality of the voice.