The international industry event European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) takes its 5th anniversary edition as an occasion to look back on half a decade of successful and innovative networking in the film industry. ... more
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York has just announced the nominations for the International Emmy Awards. The only nomination for a German format went to "LOL: Last One Laughing", produced by Constantin Entertainment for Amazon Prime. ... more
The international industry event European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP) brings new top-class cooperation partners on board for its 5th anniversary edition. Besides TorinoFilmLab, EWIP will also be generously supported by Dolby, Gruvi, Way Film and Crew United from this year on. ... more
The Baumi Script Development Award is entering its eighth round. German and international authors can submit applications for the script award. Applications accepted until 15 October, 2022. ... more
The Semi-Final Round of Judging will be held for the 16th time in Cologne, at Schloss Arff again, on Wednesday 31 August. A jury of almost 60 film and television professionals are deciding on the nominations in three categories on behalf of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. ... more
The 79th Venice International Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, and the Filmland NRW is represented with two films that the Film- und Medienstiftung supported with production funding and a grant. For the German-French co-production "The Sitting Duck", leading actress Isabelle Huppert was also in NRW in front of the camera. ... more
Switzerland is submitting “A Piece Of Sky” ("Drii Winter") (written and directed by Michael Koch) to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood in the "Best International Film" category. In December 2022, it will be announced whether the film has been included in the shortlist of films that can be nominated for an Oscar. ... more
The 75th Locarno Film Festival has just announced its programme. The Filmstiftung-backed production "You Will Not Have My Hate" by Kilian Riedhof (Komplizen Film) will be shown as a world premiere in an open-air screening on the iconic Piazza Grande. Other Filmstiftung-backed co-productions have been invited to the Panorama Suisse sidebar: „A Piece Of Sky” ... more
The Venice International Film Festival has just announced that the Filmstiftung-backed „The Sitting Duck“ by Jean-Paul Salomé has been invited to screen in the Orizzonti sidebar. Cologne-based Heimatfilm produced the film with France’s Le Bureau Films. ... more
Just another four weeks to go and it’ll be that time of year again: gamescom, the world's largest games event, will be opening its doors to games fans and trade visitors at the Cologne Exhibition Centre from 23 to 28 August. ... more
The seventh year of the Baumi Script Development Award sees the €20,000 Baumi Script Development Award being shared in equal parts between the Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili for her treatment "Historia" and the German filmmaker Visar Morina for his project "Hatixhe and Shaban". ... more