The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW has had a new CEO since the beginning of this year. Walid Nakschbandi moved into his office in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour on 1 January, 2024. ... more
The race for the Oscars is on: four international co-productions supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW are in the running for the shortlist for the "Best International Feature Film" category of the 2024 Academy Awards. ... more
The long-standing CEO Petra Müller will be leaving the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW after 13 years at the end of this year. Her time in office saw a realignment of the institution as a funding body operating across a number of different media. ... more
„The Outrun“ by Nora Fingscheidt will be shown in the "Premieres" section. "Eternal You” by Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck is screening in the "World Cinema Documentary Competition". ... more
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will be presenting the International Emmy Awards to the world's best TV programmes for the 51st time. The International Emmy World Television Festival will be held in New York from 18 to 19 November upstream of the awards ceremony. ... more
The European Film Academy has revealed the nominations in the main categories of the 36th European Film Awards. Five nominations have gone to the Filmstiftung-backed production "Fallen Leaves". ... more
The Tallinn Black NIghts Film Festival (Pimedate Ööde filmifestival, PÖFF) will be holding its 27th edition from 3 to 19 November, 2023. The programme includes 41 German productions and co-productions, ten of which have been backed by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. ... more
Next week will see the international film industry coming together in Cologne for the two successful platforms European Work in Progress (EWIP) and the International Distribution Summit (IDS) where the focus is on innovative projects and distribution channels. Both industry events were initiated by AG Verleih with support from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and will be held in the run-up to Film Festival Cologne. ... more
Nominations for the 2023 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 56 Nominees across 14 categories and spanning 20 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release. ... more
The 71st Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián opens next Friday, 22 September, with a total of five Filmstiftung-backed productions in the programme, all of which were produced with the participation of Cologne-based companies. ... more
15 September, 2023 will see the launching of the open call of the Baumi Script Development Award, endowed with a grant of 20,000 Euros, for the development of outstanding stories for the cinema. ... more