The Locarno Film Festival has just announced that the Filmstiftung-backed productions „7500“, the feature-length debut of Patrick Vollrath, „Space Dogs“ by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter as well as „Baghdad in my Shadow“ by Samir have been selected for the 72nd edition of the festival. ... more
The Venice International Film Festival announced today that the Swedish director Roy Andersson will be represented in this year's Competition with the international co-production „About Endlessness“. Andersson had previously been awarded the Golden Lion in 2014 for the Filmstiftung-backed film „A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence“. ... more
European Work In Progress Cologne 2019 is now supported by the City of Cologne, ARRI Media, LAVAlabs and Zoom Medienfabrik are ... more
Germany is the „Country of Honour“ of the 30th edition of the European documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc, which begins today (Monday) and will be running in La Rochelle, France, until 27 June. ... more
A jury of film and television professionals will meet for the 13th time on Wednesday, 19 June, for the Semi-Final Round of Judgings in Cologne to determine the international nomination candidates in four categories. The nominations in all 20 categories will be announced at MIPCOM in the autumn. ... more
Deutsche Welle is hosting the 12th edition of the Global Media Forum at the World Conference Center in Bonn. Around 2,000 participants are expected to attend on 27 and 28 May, 2019. ... more
Today the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW invited to its annual press conference. CEO Petra Müller presented the results and highlights of 2018 and gave an outlook for 2019. ... more
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports 17 projects with 2.05 million Euros The results of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW‘s first games funding session are now available: a total of 17 video games and VR experiences could be supported, of which eight received production support, six prototype funding and three concept funding with a total of ... more
The evening's big winner with 6 Lolas was „Gundermann“ by Andreas Dresen, the largest number of awards won by one film this year, 4 Lolas were presented to „Styx“ by Wolfgang Fischer and 3 Lolas went to „All About Me“ by Caroline Link. ... more
The Festival de Cannes announced at today's programme press conference that „The Traitor“, a biopic supported by the Filmstiftung, has been selected for the festival's Official Competition. ... more
This Friday, April 5, will see the start of the second edition of the Cannes International Series Festival. „Bauhaus – A New Era“ is among ten international series being shown in the competition where it will also have its world premiere. ... more
