The Filmstiftung-backed drama "Fallen Leaves", directed by Aki Kaurismäki, has won the FIPRESCI Grand Prix after having been chosen best film of 2023 by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI. This is the second time the Finnish director will have won the award. ... more
"World Class Games" will be the theme when the international games industry meets once again in Cologne for the 15th gamescom from 23-27 August. In 2023, the world's largest event for computer and video games expects to have more exhibitors than last year. ... more
The 76th Locarno Film Festival (2-12.8.2023) ended with a total of four prizes to two Filmstiftung-backed productions - "Touched" by Claudia Rorarius and "A Good Place" by Katharina Huber. ... more
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and games.nrw e.V. are offering up to three games companies from NRW the opportunity to present themselves at the "Games Made in NRW" joint stand at the Polaris Convention (13.-15.10.2023) in Hamburg. ... more
The 80th Venice International Film Festival begins on Wednesday, 30 August. The Venice Immersive competition will be presenting the VR experience "Upwind” (“Aufwind") by Florian Siebert, produced by Düsseldorf’s Neonreal ... more
The Locarno Film Festival announced its programme for the 76th edition. The two Filmstiftung-backed dramas „Touched“ and „A Good Place“ will have their world premieres in the Concorso Cineasti del presente competitive section. ... more
The Film- und Medienstiftung supported a total of 406 films, series, games, cinemas, festivals, location projects and training programmes in 2022 with approximately 36 million Euros. ... more
European productions or co-productions with at least one European country involved and in the shooting, later stage of production or post-production, can be now submitted for the 6th European Work in Progress Cologne. The deadline to submit projects is 1 September 2023. ... more
Walid Nakschbandi is to become the new CEO of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW on 1 January 2024, thus succeeding the long-serving CEO Petra Müller. He will be moving from the Holtzbrinck Group where he has worked on a national and international level for many years. ... more
Cologne-based production company Heimatfilm celebrates its 20th anniversary Award-winning arthouse: "Till the End of the Night", "Wild", "Hannah Arendt", "Bal – Honey” Impressive record: 45 films, 411 festivals, 138 awards The Cologne-based production company Heimatfilm will be celebrating its 20th anniversary tomorrow, on Friday, 16 June. The team with producer Bettina Brokemper at the helm ... more
Together with the main funding partners, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as the main partner Prime Video, the organisers of Germany’s first and largest series festival marked the grand opening of the ninth edition of the Seriencamp Festival with a German premiere in front of around ... more