MARGUERITE AND THE DUKE SELECTED TO THE FRANCOPHONE CO-PRODUCTION MEETINGS

Friday September 12 2025

Presentation of the 25 Selected Feature Film Projects

Luxembourg, September 12, 2025 – The Film Fund Luxembourg is preparing to host the 21st edition of the Francophone co-production meetings, which will take place in the capital from October 28 to 31, 2025.

This major event will bring together more than a hundred film professionals — producers, financial partners, international sales agents, and representatives from distribution and broadcasting companies — to foster exchanges, financing, and coproduction of French-language films around the world.

Hosting the Francophone co-production meetings in Luxembourg highlights the creativity and talent of francophone filmmakers while offering participants a unique platform to discover new projects and forge international collaborations.

This year’s selection of feature films showcases the richness and diversity of francophone cinema. It includes five animated films and three documentaries alongside fiction projects. Notably, the selection features a fiction project from Burkina Faso, an animated film from Lebanon, and a documentary from the Democratic Republic of the Congo — reflecting the global reach of the RCF and its role in promoting the diversity of francophone cinema.

BELGIUM

WALKING… by Philippe VAN LEEUW – Velvet Films
THE PURPLE ORDER by Thomas ANCORA – LG Studio
THE KINGDOM by Samira HMOUDA – Iota Production (Documentary)
RETURN by Olivier RINGER – Ring Prod

BURKINA FASO

THE GUARDIAN OF THE GREEN OCEAN by Apolline TRAORE – Araucania Films

CANADA / QUEBEC

THE TEACHER by Evangéline KABUYA – Metafilms
COMPLICATED LIFEBY LÉA OLIVIER by Rachel Cardillo & Martin Cadotte – Slalom Productions, Encore
THE ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD by Renée BLANCHAR – Ça Tourne Productions, Productions Avenida
MARGUERITE AND THE DUKE by Philippe ARSENEAU BUSSIÈRES & Pierre GRECO – 10th Ave Productions (Animation)

FRANCE

MAKING IT BEAUTIFUL by Caroline OPHELIE – The four hundred films
FOOD by Mathieu MÉGEMONT – Insolence Productions
IRAN MY LOVE by Aurélie CHESNE – La Luna Productions
JO & WALTER by Julien RIBOT – Poetik Films (Animation)
MY EMPIRE by Pouria HOSSEINPOUR – Les Films de la Butte (Documentary)
SAIGON SONG by Stéphane LY-CUONG – Respiro Productions
TANGER IN SPRING by Jacques MARTINEAU & Olivier DUCASTEL – Remora Films
THE REAL LIFE by Marie MONGE – Cinenovo, Sailor Films
WEATHERING THE STORM by Raphaël JACOULOT – TS Productions

LEBANON

THE WORLD GOES TO WAR AND I COME BACK FROM IT by Khaled MOUZANAR & Nadine LABAKI – Moos Films (Animation)

LUXEMBOURG

LYRA & ARMIN by Nicolas BLIES & Stéphane HUEBER-BLIES – a_BAHN (Animation)
THE DEFECTS by Federico MILELLA – Image factory (Animation)
THE LION QUEEN by Carlo VOGELE – Iris Productions (Animation)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO