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.
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”
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.
On Sunday, 22 May, the eight leading German regional film funds hosted the FOCUS GERMANY Co-Production Breakfast again in Cannes to mark the festival’s 75th edition. Each year sees FOCUS GERMANY organising the Co-Production Breakfast with a country or partner region.
The programme for this year's Canneseries festival has now been unveiled. Two episodes of the Filmstiftung-backed anthology „Punishment“ have been invited to screen in the Competition: the films „The Thorn“ by Hüseyin Tabak and „The Diver“ by Oliver Hirschbiegel will have their world premieres as part of the „Competition Official Selection 2022“ at the series festival on the Côte d’Azur.