On Saturday, 21. May, the International Society of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) announced awards in three categories, with its award for the best film in the main competition going to “Toni Erdmann”. ... more
The countdown is on at the Croisette: just two more days before the jury of the 69th Festival de Cannes announces the prize-winners of the 2016 edition on Sunday. ... more
Seven days into the 69. Festival de Cannes and still everybody is talking about Maren Ade's NRW-funded competition film "Toni Erdmann". At the press screening the audience broke into spontaneous applause. ... more
The Filmstiftung-supported international co-production „Toni Erdmann" by Maren Ade, with Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek in the leads, will have its world premiere in the Competition of the 69th Festival de Cannes. ... more
On the occasion of the MIPTV in Cannes, hosts Petra Müller (FMS) and Helge Jürgens (MBB) welcomed more than 400 international TV executives at German Mip Cocktail in Cannes. The event was organized by Filmstiftung NRW and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, in cooperation with other partners. ... more
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) will receive the Charlemagne Medal for European Media, the "Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens", on 28. April in Aachen. ... more
The „German Pavilion“ in the International Village of the Marché du Film has now been a long-established meeting place and contact point for accredited festival delegates from the German and international film industries during the international film festival in Cannes. ... more
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Germany's largest regional fund, is turning 25. On 27 Februar 1991, the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and WDR founded the Filmstiftung in Düsseldorf. ... more
A successful beginning for the second edition of the „Drama Series Days“ at the „European Film Market“ (EFM) as part of the 66th Berlinale: the focus was on „Commissioning Strategies“ in the Spiegelzelt. ... more
The jury has made its decision from over 80 international submissions: the 27-year-old Egyptian Omar El Zohairy will receive the first € 20,000 Baumi Script Development Award for his project ¨Feathers of a Father¨. ... more
A special premiere at the Berlinale: the committee of the new German-French funding programme for the joint development of TV fiction series has recommended the first projects for funding. ... more