AMOUR FOU
Luxembourg
CONTACT
ALEXANDER DUMREICHER-IVANCEANU
Producer - Associate
BADY MINCK
Producer - Associate
+35 28116810 (Luxembourg)
Company Profile
Founded in Luxembourg in 1995 and in Vienna in 2001, AMOUR FOU realises artistically exceptional feature, documentary and short films for the international market with international and, most frequently, European partners. Throughout the process AMOUR FOU stands for vision and pushing the envelope, whether in regard to aesthetics, production or distribution strategies. The focus is on European independent auteur cinema and the distinctive “handwriting” of the directors who work with AMOUR FOU.
The company produced and coproduced feature films like TAXIDERMIA by Györgi Pálfi, AMOUR FOU by Jessica Hausner, HANNAH ARENDT by Margarethe von Trotta, CASANOVA VARIATIONS by Michael Sturminger, EGON SCHIELE by Dieter Berner, MAPPA MUNDI by Bady Minck, NIGHT OF A 1000 HOURS by Virgil Widrich and FEVER by Elfi Mikesch, films that were invited to festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Busan, Sundance and San Sebastian. The drama STYX by Wolfgang Fischer was the opening film of the Panorama Special at the Berlinale 2018. In 2020 YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVNESS by Massoud Bakhshi won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival. In post-production are HINTERLAND by Stefan Ruzowitzky and WHY NOT YOU by Evi Romen and GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze and Anna Khazaradze.
Bady Minck and Alexander Dumreicher-Ivancean are both members of the EFA (European Film Academy), the Austrian Film Academy and the Luxembourg Film Academy. Alexander is the chairman of the Film Board of the Film & Music Department at the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. AMOUR FOU Luxembourg is member of the ULPA (Union Luxembourgeoise de la production Audiovisuelle), AMOUR FOU Vienna is member of the AAFP (Austrian Association of Film Producers).
Alexander Dumreicher- Ivanceanu
Bady Minck
Company Highlights
YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS 2020
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Director: Massoud Bakhshi
Screenplay: Massoud Bakhshi
Cast: Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari and Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Arman Darvish, Forough Ghojabagli, Fereshteh Hosseini
In Iran today: Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona (37), Nasser’s daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam. This TV show does exist in Iran, it has inspired this fiction.
Sundance Film Festival, 2020 : Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema Dramatic Competition 2020 Berlin Film Festival - Generation 14plus Competition
FIFDH Geneva IFF
Luxembourg International Film Festival
Sofia International Film Festival In competition
GLORY TO THE QUEEN 2020
Format: Documentary film
Genre: Historical, Society & People
Director: Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
Screenplay: Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
Cast: Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani
During the Cold War, the four legendary female chess players from Georgia revolutionized women’s chess across the globe, and became Soviet icons of female emancipation. Glory to the Queen reveals their interwoven biographies and is both - a rare look into the present lives of chess stars Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani, as well as a chronicle of their lasting legacy.
STYX 2018
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Director: Wolfgang Fischer
Screenplay: Wolfgang Fischer, Ika Künzel
Cast: Susanne Wolff, Gideon Uduor Wekesa
The transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip. Rike - 40, a doctor from Europe - embodies a typical Western model of happiness and success. She is educated, confident, determined and committed. We see Rike‘s everyday life, as an emergency doctor, before she fulfils a long-held dream and sails out to sea alone in her sailing boat. Her goal: Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. But her dream holiday is quickly broken off on the high seas, when, after a storm, she finds herself near a stricken fishing boat. Around a hundred people are about to drown. Rike follows maritime law and radios for help. As her request is going nowhere, she is forced to make a fatal decision.
Berlinale 2018: Panorama Special - Opening Film
International Film Festival Berlin, Germany -
February 2018 - Opening Panorama Special
2nd place at Audience Award @ Berlinale 2018
Heiner-Carow-Award @ Berlinale 2018
Award of the Ecumenical Jury @ Berlinale 2018
Europe Cinemas Label Award @ Berlinale 2018
Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey - April 2018
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong - April 2018
Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey - April 2018
Filmkunstfest MV Schwerin, Germany - May 2018
Oslo Pix, Norway - June 2018
Valetta Film Festival, Malta - June 2018
Shanghai International Film Festival - June 2018
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic - June 2018
Emden Norderney International, Deutschland - June 2018
Odessa International Film Festival, Ukraine - July 2018
New Horizons Film Festival, Germany - July 2018
Palic European Film Festival, Serbia - July 2018
Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland - July 2018
Motovun Film Festival, Croatia - July 2018
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel - July 2018
Film By The Sea International Film, Netherlands - September 2018
Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Germany - September 2018
Festival of German Films, New Zealand - September 2018
Cinematik Film Festival Piestany, Slovakia - September 2018
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - September 2018
Batumi International Art House Film Festival, Georgia - September 2018
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland - September 2018
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland - September 2018
CPH:PIX Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2018
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, Canada - September 2018
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada - September 2018
BFI London Film Festival, UK - October 2018
RAVAC International Film Festival, Moldova - October 2018
Film Fest Gent, Belgium - October 2018
La Roche sur Yon International Film Festival, France - October 2018
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria - October 2018
Goethe-Institut Hong Kong KINO!, China - October 2018
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia - October 2018
German Film Week Goethe Institut, Philippines - November 2018
WHY NOT YOU 2016
Format: Feature film
Genre: Drama
Director: Evi Romen
Screenplay: Evi Romen
Cast: Thomas Prenn, Noah Saavedra, Josef Mohamed
Mario, a young dancer living in a small village has to face the loss of his beloved best friend Lenz, victim of an attack in a gay club in Rome.
Winner: Golden Eye of the Focus competition @Zurich Film Festival 2020