Feature films

DEAD MAN'S COVE

Based on the bestselling novels by Lauren St John

Orphan Laura moves to Cornwall with her uncle. She befriends Tariq, who works at the local store. After noticing signs of abuse, Laura investigates. Both are kidnapped by child traffickers using the Mukhtars' shop as cover. At Dead Man's Cove, they help trapped children escape a flooding tunnel, but face sacrificing one of themselves to save the others.

Year: 2016

Director: Tom Reeve

Director of Photography: Olivier Koos

Production Company : C | Television

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

An exploration of how the American Dream has changed through the story of Quebec-born blue-collar worker Jean-Paul LeBlanc, who has settled in California City, now a low-income community but originally imagined as a new metropolis to rival L.A.

Year: 2018

Director: Fabrizo Maltese

DOP: Olivier Koos

Camera: iphone 6/8

Production: Samsa Film

RED DIRT ON 66

A band of veteran Oklahoma musicians tours Red Dirt Country during a scorching summer. Songwriter Lata Gouveia, a fugitive and the band’s lead singer, convinces a Luxembourg film crew, led by Felix Sorger, to document their search for the soul of Red Dirt Music. But no gigs are booked.

In "Red Dirt on 66 - Director's Cut," legendary musician Rocky Frisco—baptized in a church turned recording studio—returns 70 years later to play his original song, "The Blues for You," on the grand piano. A tribute long overdue. Search "Rocky Frisco" for more on this Oklahoma icon, still performing live.

Year: 2011

Director: Felix Sorger

DP/Grading: Olivier Koos

Story: Felix Sorger and Lata Gouveia

Production: Furioso Film Luxembourg

GARDEN STORIES

"Garden Stories" is a documentary about allotment gardens in southern Luxembourg, reflecting the region's industrial past and evolving multicultural society. These gardens, once tied to the steel industry, now host a diverse mix of retirees, Portuguese workers, and immigrants from former Yugoslavia, each bringing their own gardening traditions.

Filmed over four seasons, the film blends humor with social insight, portraying these gardens as spaces of cultural exchange and resilience. In times of economic strain, subsistence gardening gains new relevance.

Released in Luxembourg in September 2011, Schrebergaart has screened at international festivals, including Big Sky (USA), ETNOFILM (Croatia), Fruhlingskino (Austria), Taiwan European Film Festival, and Cine Europeo (Nicaragua, El Salvador).

Format: XDCAM-HD

Year: 2009

Length: 53m

Director: Yann Tonnar

Produced by: Anne Schroeder (Samsa)

DP: Olivier Koos

Website: Samsa

HEEMWÉI

Northern France, Fall 1944:

All signs point to a quick end of World War II as the allied troops move ever closer to Berlin.

In the light of this progress two Luxembourgish forced recruits decide to lay down arms. This is the story of their long and arduous journey home.

Format: DvcPro100 (Ultra Primes /35-Adapter)

Year: Shot in 2008 released in 2014

Length: ca 130min

Genre: War/Drama

Director: Sacha Bachim

Produced by: Feierblumm