The jury for the fourth edition of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) 2021 has been selected. For the first time in the history of the industry event, not four, but five top representatives from the international film industry will deliberate on which projects will emerge as winners. ... more
The fourth edition of the industry event European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) will take place from 19 - 21 October ahead of the Film Festival Cologne (21 - 28 October). European Work in Progress Cologne is mainly supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. ... more
Saskia Rosendahl was recognised at the 74th Locarno Film Festival for her role in the Cologne-based Weydemann Bros. production "No One's With The Calves" by director and KHM graduate Sabrina Sarabi. She received the "Leopard for Best Actress" in the "Filmmakers of the Present" section. ... more
The Venice International Film Festival has just announced that two Filmstiftung-backed co-productions - "Spencer", produced by Komplizen Film ("Toni Erdmann"), and "The Peacock’s Paradise", produced by Cologne-based Match Factory Productions - have been invited to screen at the Venice Film Festival. ... more
The 74th Festival de Cannes has just wrapped its Palme d'Or award ceremony. The Palme d'Or for Best Film went to the fantasy drama "Titane" by Julia Ducournau. Leos Carax, the director of the Filmstiftung-backed musical "Annette", was awarded the prize for Best Director. ... more
The Festival de Cannes has selected five Filmstiftung-backed productions to screen in the festival. The drama "Annette" by the exceptional director Leos Carax is opening the festival. ... more
Today marks the start of the Festival de Cannes which has selected five films backed by the Filmstiftung. This year, the German film industry is once again present at the Marché du Film: with an umbrella stand jointty organised by German Films and FOCUS Germany, the amalgamation of the eight largest German regional film funds, which has been reduced in size due to the pandemic. ... more
The Locarno Film Festival has just announced that the Filmstiftung-backed productions „Monte Verità“ by Stefan Jäger, co-produced by Cologne's Coin Film, and „No One's With The Calves“, a production of Weydemann Bros., Köln, by Sabrina Sarabi have been invited to the festival's 74th edition. ... more
A total of five Filmstiftung-backed films will be screened in the programme at the 74th Festival de Cannes (July 6-17, 2021). "Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle", which was also backed by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, has just been announced as the opening film of Un Certain Regard. ... more
The Festival de Cannes has just announced that another three Filmstiftung-backed productions have been selected to screen in the festival's Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard sections. It had already been announced in April that the drama "Annette" by the exceptional director Leos Carax would be opening the festival. ... more
The Berlinale Summer Special (June 9-20, 2021) will take place as an outdoor event. Open-air cinema can be experienced at 16 venues in total at the Summer Special, the festival announced on May, 10th. ... more