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
The 76th Festival de Cannes came to an end on Saturday evening. There was great applause for the Jury Prize for Aki Kaurismäki's "Fallen Leaves". ... more
On Sunday, May 21, the nine largest German regional film funds hosted the Coproduction Breakfast - "Focus Germany meets France" on the occasion of the 76th Festival de Cannes. ... more
Docaviv - the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival begins on Thursday, May 11. More than 130 national and international productions will be presented until 20 May in a programme including five competition sections. ... more
The German Pavilion in the Village International of the Marché du Film has long been the meeting place and contact point for accredited delegates of the German and international film industry attending the Festival de Cannes. ... more
The five competitions (International, German, NRW, Children's and Youth Films, MuVi Award) will show a total of 121 short film works, with 48 of them screening in the International Competition, the festival’s oldest and largest competition section. Around 500 films from 61 countries will be presented. ... more
The Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln will open its doors for the 40th time on Tuesday, 18 April, and show around 130 films from 34 countries presented in seven sections until 23 April. ... more
The 76th Festival de Cannes has just announced that the two Filmstiftung-backed international co-productions "Kidnapped" (original title: "Rapito") by Marco Bellocchio and "Fallen Leaves" by Aki Kaurismäki have both been invited to screen in the Competition. ... more