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
The International Women's Day on 8 March is to be marked by a screening of the the Filmstiftung-backed thriller “The Sitting Duck” (original title: "La Syndicaliste") in the presence of the director Jean-Paul Salomé ... more
Thea Ehre wins the Silver Bear for her performance in "Till the End of the Night" by Christoph Hochhäusler. The Encounter Award for Best Director and the Berlinale Documentary F Award go to Tatiana Huezo and "The Echo". ... more
The eighth year of the Baumi Script Development Award sees the €20,000 award being presented to the Hungarian filmmaker Dénes Nagy for his treatment "The Vacation". ... more
Opening with market analysis and Global Distribution Panel German Showcase with "Herrhausen" and "Davos” Quo Vadis Docu-Series? with "Capital B" and "A Perfect Crime” 9th Berlinale Series Market from 20-22 February, 2023 Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Main Partner from the beginning Monday 20 February, saw the ninth edition of the Berlinale Series Market opening at ... more
The Berlinale Series Market is returning to Potsdamer Platz from 20-22 February. The business platform, which is organised as part of the European Film Market (EFM), will be offering a top-notch conference programme. The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is the official main partner for the ninth time. ... more
A total of 15 productions funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW will be presented at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in February. Three of the films have been invited to screen in the Competition: ... more
The Berlin International Film Festival has just announced the first films to be screened at the festival’s 73rd edition from 16-26 February 2023. Two Filmstiftung-backed productions will be shown in the Panorama section: the thriller "Inside" by Vasilis Katsoupis with legendary star Willem Dafoe and the animated film "La Sirène" by Sepideh Farsi. ... more