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Second Baumi Script Development Award goes to the Polish filmmaker Kuba Czekaj

Düsseldorf/Berlin, 14 February, 2017. The "Baumi" Script Development Award, endowed with 20,000 Euros, was presented for the second time on the fringes of the Berlinale. This year, the grant in memory of the producer Karl "Baumi" Baumgartner goes to the Polish writer and director Kuba Czekaj for his treatment "SORRY POLAND". The jury of the ...mehr

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW: 2016 in review

„Toni Erdmann" – exceptional film supported by Filmstiftung outshines everything in the cinema during 2016 Shower of accolades for first-class arthouse  – „Mustang", „The People vs. Fritz Bauer", „Wild", and others. 160 films at over 100 festivals – Sundance, Cannes, Locarno, Venice, Busan, Toronto, and others. Success with family entertainment in the cinemas and mini-series ...mehr