The actress Paula Beer was awarded the Best Actress Silver Bear for her lead role in the Filmstiftung-backed production Christian Petzold's "Undine" at the awards ceremony of the 70th Berlinale. This was then the second award to go to "Undine": Friday evening had already seen the film receiving the FIPRESCI Prize for a film screening in the "International Competition". ... more
The jury decided among 51 international submissions: The South African playwright, screenwriter and theater director Amy Jephta receives the fifth Baumi Script Development Award, endowed with 20,000 euros, for her feature film project "Have you seen Rita?". ... more
This is the sixth time that the European Film Market (EFM) is hosting the Berlinale Series Market & Conference (formerly "Drama Series Days"), and it will also be the sixth time that the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is serving as the official main partner of the innovative market platform. ... more
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