The Festival de Cannes announced at today's programme press conference that "The Traitor", a biopic supported by the Filmstiftung, has been selected for the festival's Official Competition.
This Friday, April 5, will see the start of the second edition of the Cannes International Series Festival. "Bauhaus – A New Era" is among ten international series being shown in the competition where it will also have its world premiere.
The Baumi Script Development Award is going in its fourth year to a German filmmaker for the first time. The author, producer and director Martin Rehbock received the award today for his treatment for „The Mule With Three Legs“.
The market access of the streaming platforms and the current boom in series have opened up enormous possibilities for producers and creatives whilst at the same time triggering a tough international competition for talents, producers and service-providers. Opportunities and challenges in the new competitive situation were the central themes of the opening discussion at the Drama Series Days.
86 million Euros for 376 projects, incl. 59 feature films, 13 series and TV projects, 15 games projects box-office successes with German arthouse and family entertainment: „That Boy Needs Fresh Air, „How About Adolf?“, „25 km/h“, „Gundermann“, „Help, I Shrunk My Parents“ Spectacular series and mini-series: „Babylon Berlin“, „Parfum“, „Wishlist 2.0“ and „Gladbeck“ 120 prizes
The Drama Series Days at the European Film Market (EFM) is further consolidating its position as a leading showcasing and marketing platform for international high-end series.
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is represented in all of the important festival sections with a total of 34 funded productions at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival (07 – 17.02.2019).
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW again a partner at the CineMart for co-productions Largest film festival in the Netherlands from 23 January to 3 February, 2019 This year sees six Filmstiftung-backed films being invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Elmar Imanov’s „End of Season“ has its world premiere in the Bright Future sidebar which
The Filmstiftung-backed documentary „You Only Live Once – Die Toten Hosen on Tour“ („Weil Du nur einmal lebst – Die Toten Hosen auf Tour“) by Cordula Kablitz-Post (director and screenplay) will celebrate its world premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala.
For the first time, companies from the games sector have the chance to apply for financial support for the production of computer and video games in North Rhine-Westphalia.