The world's best TV programs have just been awarded the International Emmys in New York City. Among them was a delegation of film and television professionals from North Rhine-Westphalia. The successful German Netflix series ‘Liebes Kind’ won in the ‘TV Movie / Mini-Series’ category. ... more
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
At the 52nd edition of the International Emmy Awards, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York will present awards to the world's best TV programs. In the run-up to the awards ceremony, the International Emmy World Television Festival will take place on the weekend of November 23-24. ... more
Not only series fans, but also professionals worldwide, are looking forward to this continuation. After celebrating its tenth anniversary in Cologne last year, Germany's most important festival for series and TV culture will enter its second decade in June 2025. ... more
Cinema will be the dominating element in Cologne for the next two weeks: today, 14 October, will see the kick-off for the market platform European Work in Progress, followed by the International Distribution Summit. ... more
Four Filmstiftung-backed productions have been invited to screen the 81st Venice Film Festival (28 August to 7 September), with two of them in the Competition. ... more
The unique international film industry conference IFDS will take place for the third time. Accreditation for the IFDS is possible until 7th of October 2024 and is reserved for colleagues who are actively involved in the film industry. ... more
The Locarno Film Festival has announced its programme for the 77th edition (7 to 17 August, 2024). A total of three productions backed by the Filmstiftung will be presented to audiences there. ... more
The well-established industry event for excellent European film co-productions nearing completion, European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP), is about to kick off and will be entering its 7th round this year. Projects can now be submitted for this year's EWIP edition. ... more
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW will be relocating for the first time since it was founded by moving to Cologne at the beginning of 2025. ... more
Today, Sunday, May 19, the Coproduction Breakfast “Focus Germany meets UK and Ireland” took place as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, to which the nine largest German regional funding organisations had invited. ... more