NRW offers optimum conditions for every film production – whether it is for international cinema with star casts or ambitious auteur cinema, large-scale narrative cinema as well as for documentaries and animated films. Specialised, modern infrastructures and strong creative networks guarantee every film project in NRW the right partners for the complete whole production process. The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is on hand as a reliable partner for the filmmakers when it comes to financing and strategic collaboration.
Facts and figures
- one of the financially strongest regional film funds with an average funding volume of over 35 million euros
- Corona support programmes of the State of NRW: 15 million euros for NRW cinema operators, 21 million euros for cross-state default funds for film and television productions
- first-class service providers for production and postproduction
- highly qualified personnel
- one of the largest, state-of-the-art film and TV studios in Europe
- large variety of unusual shooting locations
- award-winning and commercially successful productions for the cinema
- the largest number of cinema screens in Germany
- Film Festival Cologne, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Cologne Film Tradeshow, Film & Cinema Conference NRW, Duisburg Film Week, International Women‘s Film Festival, KinoFilmFest Lünen, Documentary Day NRW, German Camera Award
More information:
Film in NRW
Funding of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW