Film Funding Committee

The Film Funding Committee consists of nine members who are appointed by the shareholders—WDR, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, RTL, and ZDF—for a term of three years each.

Members: The Jury of the Film Funding Committee

Walid Nakschbandi

Chair, Executive Director of the Film and Media Foundation NRW
Frank Zervos

Vice Chair, Deputy Program Director, Head of ZDF Main Editorial Department, TV Movies/Series I
Hauke Bartel

Head of Fiction, RTL Media Group
Alexander Bickel

Head of Fiction Programming, WDR
Christiane Hinz

Head of the Documentaries/Culture and History Programming Group, WDR
Andreas Lautz

Head of the MN Media and Internet Policy Group, State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia
Mareike Lueg

Production Manager, solis film + content productions
Elisa May

Managing Director, Kern des Ganzen, Film Communication Agency
Petra Rockenfeller

Manager, Lichtburg Filmpalast Oberhausen

Grant Types: The jury decides on these grants

Pre-Production Funding / Feature Film Pre-Production → Feature Film Production Funding → Production Funding for Series & TV Movies → Production Funding for International Feature Film Co-productions → Production Funding for International Co-productions → Post-Production Funding for Feature Films → Distribution Funding → International Distribution Funding → Festival Presentation Grant for International Co-productions → Show & Entertainment Development → Show & Entertainment Pre-Production → Serial Pilot Funding → Production Funding for Series & TV Documentaries → Pre-Production Funding / Pre-Production Documentary → Documentary Production Funding → Post-Production Funding for Documentaries → Animation Production Funding → Production Funding for Children's Films → Innovative Marketing for Movie Theaters → Modernization and New Construction of a Movie Theater →

Submission Deadlines: The next three submission deadlines for the Film Funding Committee

for applicants

Feature Film

Series

Documentary

Animation

Children's Film

International Co-production

Show & Entertainment

Movie Theater

Grant Notices: These projects were most recently funded