Today, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Prof. Monika Grütters signed a declaration on sustainable film and series production in the Federal Chancellery together with representatives of all federal and state sponsors, the major German private and public broadcasters, producer associations, SPIO, VFFT, MPA, Deutsche Filmakademie, Berlinale, EFM and Deutsche Welle. ... more
The committee of the German-French Development Programme for the co-production of fictional TV series recommended the project ‘The Flame/La Flamme’ to receive funding of 50,000 euros. ... more
Shortly before the 70th Berlinale, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is pleased to report a recordbreaking result for 2019. For the first time, it was able to invest around 40.3 million Euros in the funding of films, series, TV films, games, festivals and regional promotion as well as training and further education. ... more
The ifs international filmschool cologne is getting a new director. As of 1 May, 2020, Nadja Radojevic, a renowned industry expert, will succeed Simone Stewens, who is retiring at the end of April after 18 years of successful management. ... more
The programme for all the important sections and sidebars was announced at today's press conference of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. The Filmstiftung NRW will be represented with a total of 28 films, two of which are in the Competition. ... more
The 35th Sundance Film Festival, which was initiated by Robert Redford, will open on Wednesday, 23 January. Visar Morina's Filmstiftung-backed drama ¨Exile¨ has been invited to screen in the World Dramatic Competition. ... more
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
