IRIS PRODUCTIONS
LUXEmBOURG
Company Profile
IRIS GROUP, headed by Nicolas Steil and Katarzyna Ozga, includes production and distribution companies in Luxembourg, France, Germany and Belgium. Today, thanks to its reputation in terms of production and distribution, the group is a key strategic
player in the European film market.
The group dates back to 1986, when Nicolas Steil founded IRIS PRODUCTIONS, one of the first production companies in Luxembourg. The Iris Group includes IRIS PRODUCTIONS
DEUTSCHLAND in Berlin and IRIS FILMS in Brussels.
IRIS GROUP has co-produced with partners from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Austria, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, England and Ireland. In recent years, the group has also focused on the production of TV series.
To date, IRIS GROUP has produced and co-produced over a hundred works, sold more than 250 films internationally and distributed over 300 films in France.
Company Hightlighs
BAD BANKS 2018
Format: TV Series
Genre: Thriller
Director: Christian Schwochow
Screenplay: Based on an original idea by Lisa Blumenberg
Cast: Paula Beer, Barry Atsma, Désirée Nosbusch, Marc Limpach
After being wrongfully dismissed from Crédit International, a prestigious Luxembourg investment bank, Jana Liekam, a young and talented investment banker, is offered her dream job in Frankfurt, working under Gabriel Fenger at Deutsche Global.
Jana not only had to give up her job, but also her boyfriend and her five-year-old daughter. While Jana quickly impresses Fenger and his team with her passion and ambition, she realizes too late that Christelle Leblanc, her former boss, has secretly manipulated the young woman to her advantage.
Soon, Jana finds herself torn between her new obligations and Lebanc's relentless blackmail... Will her career and she survive this ruthless power game?
ROMY - 2019: ROMY in the category “Best TV Fiction Book” (Oliver Kienle)
GRIMME PRIZE - 2019: Award in the “Fiction” category with special mention for Oliver Kienle (head writer, deputy head of the writing team), Christian Schwochow (director), Lisa Blumenberg (producer), Paula Beer (represented by Jana Liekam) and Désirée Nosbusch (represented by Christelle LeBlanc)
Deutscher Fernsehpreis - 2019: Best TV Series and Best Director (Christian Schwochow)
New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards - 2019: World Gold Medal in the “Feature Films” category
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis - 2018: Best TV Production
Metropolis - 2018: Best Director (Christian Schwochow)
Bambi 2018: Best National Actress (Paula Beer)
Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen - 2018:
International Emmy Awards - 2019: Nomination in the category “Best Drama Series”
ICARE 2022
Format: Feature film
Genre: Animation
Director: Carlo Vogele
Screenplay: Carlo Vogele
Cast: with the voices of Camille Cottin & Niels Schneider
Icarus is the young apprentice of his father, the illustrious inventor Daedalus, in his sculpture workshop in Knossos. His life is turned upside down by the discovery of a mysterious boy with a bull's head who lives hidden in the Royal Palace. A secret friendship unites the two teenagers until King Minos locks the “Monster” in the labyrinth built by Daedalus. In one fell swoop, Icarus loses his only friend and the trust he had in his father.
When Prince Theseus arrives in Crete to kill the Minotaur, Icarus is willing to do anything to save his childhood friend. Alas, the infernal machine is set in motion, and the young dreamer's disillusionment culminates in a tragic choice between darkness and light.
41 2024
Format: TV Series
Genre: War
Director: Olga Chajdas
Screenplay: Jasmin Wind
Cast: Moussa Sylla, Mériel Hinsching
The series traces the journey of Europe, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China, as well as the beginning of the dissolution of Western colonial empires between 1939 and 1962. The wartime and postwar periods are interconnected to form a new transnational narrative.
It is the hopes, attitudes, and perceptions of the six main characters that reflect the era being depicted and its major challenges.