The 80th Venice International Film Festival begins on Wednesday, 30 August. The Venice Immersive competition will be presenting the VR experience "Upwind” (“Aufwind") by Florian Siebert, produced by Düsseldorf’s Neonreal ...mehr
The Locarno Film Festival announced its programme for the 76th edition. The two Filmstiftung-backed dramas „Touched“ and „A Good Place“ will have their world premieres in the Concorso Cineasti del presente competitive section. ...mehr
The Film- und Medienstiftung supported a total of 406 films, series, games, cinemas, festivals, location projects and training programmes in 2022 with approximately 36 million Euros. ...mehr
Walid Nakschbandi is to become the new CEO of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW on 1 January 2024, thus succeeding the long-serving CEO Petra Müller. He will be moving from the Holtzbrinck Group where he has worked on a national and international level for many years. ...mehr
Cologne-based production company Heimatfilm celebrates its 20th anniversary Award-winning arthouse: "Till the End of the Night", "Wild", "Hannah Arendt", "Bal – Honey” Impressive record: 45 films, 411 festivals, 138 awards The Cologne-based production company Heimatfilm will be celebrating its 20th anniversary tomorrow, on Friday, 16 June. The team with producer Bettina Brokemper at the helm ...mehr
Together with the main funding partners, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as the main partner Prime Video, the organisers of Germany’s first and largest series festival marked the grand opening of the ninth edition of the Seriencamp Festival with a German premiere in front of around ...mehr
The 76th Festival de Cannes came to an end on Saturday evening. There was great applause for the Jury Prize for Aki Kaurismäki's "Fallen Leaves". ...mehr
Docaviv - the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival begins on Thursday, May 11. More than 130 national and international productions will be presented until 20 May in a programme including five competition sections. ...mehr
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. ...mehr
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. ...mehr