The Film and Media Foundation NRW Congratulates on Grimme Prize Nominations: Seven Funded Projects Among the 2026 Nominees
The Film and Media Foundation NRW congratulates the nominees for the 62nd Grimme Prize in 2026. It is particularly gratifying that seven funded productions have been nominated this year in the prestigious categories of the Grimme Prize.
The Film and Media Foundation NRW has been a shareholder of the Grimme Institute since 2006 and shares with its long-standing partner the common goal of supporting innovative and high-quality media productions. The Grimme Prize, which is being awarded for the 62nd time this year, is regarded as a seal of quality for outstanding achievements in television production and honors productions that stand out for their creativity, social relevance, and high quality standards. The winners will be announced in March 2026. The award ceremony will take place on April 24, 2026.
A total of 71 productions were nominated by the jury today, including seven projects that received a total of approximately 2.46 million euros in funding from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW:
– “Alle, die du bist” (Contando Films & Studio Zentral/Network Movie/Nephilim Producciones for ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel/ZDF), Written and directed by Michael Fetter Nathansky, Editors: Jörg Schneider, Jakob Zimmermann, Producers: Lucas Schmidt, Virginia Martin, Premiere: ZDF, Tuesday, August 5, 2025, funded with 425,000 euros, nominated in the Fiction category.
– “Die Ermittlung” (Film Mischwaren for BR/WDR/ARTE), Screenplay: Peter Weiss, Directed by: RP Kahl, Editors: Cornelia Acker (BR), Carlos Gerstenhauer (BR), Götz Voigt (WDR), Claudia Tronnier (ARTE), Producer: Alexander van Dülmen, First release: ARD Mediathek, Monday, January 27, 2025, funded with 220,000 euros, nominated in the Fiction category.
– “The Unbreakables 2 – Good Morning, You Beauties!” (Broadview TV for ZDF/3sat), Written and directed by: Torsten Körner, Production: Leopold Hoesch, First broadcast: 3sat, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, funded with 250,000 euros, nominated in the Information & Culture category.
– “Petra Kelly – Act Now!” (Bildersturm Filmproduktion/Kimmel & Metz Filmproduktion for rbb/BR/RB/ARTE), Written and directed by: Doris Metz, Editors: Dagmar Mielke (rbb/ARTE), Jens Stubenrauch (rbb), Petra Felber (BR), Martin Kowalczyk (BR), Thomas von Bötticher (RB), Producer: Birgit Schulz, Premiere: ARTE, Thursday, November 20, 2025, funded with 200,000 euros, nominated in the Information & Culture category.
– “Riefenstahl” (Vincent Productions for WDR/SWR/NDR/BR/rbb), Written and directed by: Andres Veiel, Editors: Christiane Hinz (WDR), Mirjam Dolderer (SWR), Marc Brasse (NDR), Matthias Leybrand (BR), Rolf Bergmann (rbb), Producer: Sandra Maischberger, Premiere: ARD Mediathek, Saturday, November 22, 2025, funded with 389,000 euros, nominated in the Information & Culture category.
– “Greetings from Mars” (Leitwolf/Kinescope Film for NDR/hr/KiKA/MDR), Screenplay: Sebastian Grusnick, Thomas Möller, Director: Sarah Winkenstette, Editors: Holger Hermesmeyer (NDR), Patricia Vasapollo (hr), Stefan Pfäffle (KiKA), Producers: Anette Unger, Sven Rudat, Premiere: KiKA, Friday, December 26, 2025, Funded with 280,000 euros, nominated in the Children & Youth category.
– “Euphorie” (Zeitsprung Pictures for RTL+), Screenplay: Jonas Lindt (head writer), Raquel Kishori Dukpa, Paulina Lorenz, Antonia Leyla Schmidt, Directed by: André Szardenings (Episodes 1, 2, 4, 7) and Antonia Leyla Schmidt (Episodes 3, 5, 6, 8), Editors: Thomas Disch, Hauke Bartel, Producers: Michael Souvignier, Till Derenbach, Premiere: RTL+, Thursday, October 2, 2025, funded with 1,500,000 euros, nominated in the Children & Youth category.
Learn more about the nominated projects and the Grimme Prize ceremony at: www.filmstiftung.de www.grimme-preis.de