he International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will be starting on 23 January with four Filmstiftung-backed productions in its programme that have already have a remarkable festival journey behind them. ... more
The European Film Promotion (EFP) announced the names of the 10 young European acting talents who are to be honored as European Shooting Stars 2020 at the Berlinale. The German actor Jonas Dassler was selected as one of Europe's best talents. ... more
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will be presenting the International Emmy Awards to the world's best TV programmes for the 47th time following on from the International Emmy World Television Festival which is being held in New York from 23 - 24 November. ... more
the European Film Academy (EFA) announced on Saturday in Seville, the Filmstiftung-backed mafia drama „The Traitor“ by Marco Bellocchio has received four nominations and the biopic „Gundermann“ (dir: Andreas Dresen) one nomination to participate in the race for this year's European Film Awards. ... more
For the film makers behind the 28 projects as well as the attending industry experts, two exhilarating and very successful days full of pitching-sessions and one-to-one meetings at the second edition of European Work in Progress Cologne are almost coming to an end. ... more
In only a couple of days, the wait for the people behind the 28 carefully chosen projects is finally over and the second edition of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) will start on October 14 during the Film Festival Cologne. ... more
Today, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the Wim Wenders Stiftung presented the winners of the Wim Wenders Grant for the sixth time in a row at Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf. ... more
After last year‘s success of the initial edition, European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) is receiving great resonance again in 2019: More projects were submitted and numerous prestigious world sales companies, film distributors as well as festival representatives have already confirmed their attendance. ... more
Roy Andersson wins Silver Lion for Best Direction for „About Endlessness“ / Leone del Futuro – „Luigi De Laurentiis Award“ for Best Debut Film goes to „You will Die at Twenty“ by Amjad Abu Alala ... more
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
