A total of five Filmstiftung-backed films will be screened in the programme at the 74th Festival de Cannes (July 6-17, 2021). „Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle“, which was also backed by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, has just been announced as the opening film of Un Certain Regard. ... more
The Festival de Cannes has just announced that another three Filmstiftung-backed productions have been selected to screen in the festival's Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard sections. It had already been announced in April that the drama „Annette“ by the exceptional director Leos Carax would be opening the festival. ... more
The Berlinale Summer Special (June 9-20, 2021) will take place as an outdoor event. Open-air cinema can be experienced at 16 venues in total at the Summer Special, the festival announced on May, 10th. ... more
The shareholders of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, WDR, ZDF and RTL, decided at their recent general meeting to continue the collaboration with CEO Petra Müller and extend her contract until the end of 2023. ... more
The Filmstiftungs-backed documentary „Ringside“ by André Hörmann is nominated for the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The award ceremony will be live-streamed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT. ... more
The Filmstiftung-backed international co-production „Annette“ by Leos Carax with Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard will celebrate its world premiere as the opening film on 6 July, 2021 and also be in competition at the 74th Festival de Cannes. The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supported the musical with a total of Euros 500,000. ... more
ANGA COM DIGITAL - the virtual event launched by the Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online - will take place from 8 to 10 June 2021 on a new, AI-supported digital event platform which, enables online-optimized company presences and various networking options. ... more
European Games Coproduction Market programme by SpielFabrique aims to foster coproduction projects between indie game studios in Europe. The market is composed of several milestones’ events and activities, such as pitching training and mentoring. A call for applications is open for German Indie Game Studios until the 5th April 2021. ... more
Sunny Side of the Doc will take place from 21 to 24 June in La Rochelle (France) and online. The hybrid edition's central theme is #StorytellingMatters. The projects submissions to the 32nd edition of the international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences are open and accepting proposals with international potential until 22 April. ... more
gamescom 2021 is going to be staged as a hybrid event. The concept encompasses an entertainment area, an event arena for eSport and a business area expanded. The devcom and the gamescom congress are also planned both on-site and with digital elements in 2021. ... more
On February 27, 1991, North Rhine-Westphalia joined forces with WDR to become the first German state to establish the Filmstiftung NRW. The Filmstiftung has supported 9,555 projects with more than 930 million Euros, including 2,600 feature films and TV movies and series with around 775 million Euros. ... more
