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Apply now: Gaming Area @NRW BOOTH 2025

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW will once again bring five exciting NRW games companies to the Indie Arena Booth in 2025 - and you can be part of it! Apply now for one of the ‘NRW@Indie Arena Booth packages’ and present your games for free on the world's largest indie platform! gamescom, the biggest event fpr computer and video games, will take place in Cologne from August 20-24! We are looking forward to sseing you there again, because we will be part of gamescom with a booth in the Business Area (Hall 4.1) representing the games and creative industry of NRW. In addition to our stage and the numerous networking options, we also offer you the opportunity to present your playable prototypes in our "Gaming Area" at the booth. ... more

Cannes Beach Soirèe 2025

For the first time, the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the Production Alliance jointly organised an official reception at the renowned Festival de Cannes. ... more

Open call for the 10th Baumi Script Development Award

The Baumi Script Development Award, endowed with a grant of 20,000 Euros for the development of outstanding stories for the cinema, is now entering its 10th round. German and international authors are invited to submit applications for the script award at www.baumi-award.com up until 20 December, 2024. ... more