Now in its third year, the Baumi Script Development Award will be going to a woman filmmaker for the first time. The French-born, Syrian writer-director Soudade Kaadan will receive the award for her treatment of „NEZOUH“. ...mehr
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW again Official Main Partner Keynote by Frank Spotnitz and Keren Margalit Opening discussion with Rola Bauer, Sarah Doole, Ivar Køhn and Moritz von Kruedener From 19 – 21 February as part of the European Film Market in the Zoo Palast Filmstiftung-backed series „Perfume“ by Philipp Kadelbach presented for the first time, ...mehr
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW will be represented at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in all of the important festival sections with a total of 32 supported productions - including three world premieres in the Competition. In addition, it is a partner for the fourth year in a row for the „Drama Series Days". ...mehr
The distributor Warner Bros. has just announced that the Filmstiftung-backed NSU drama „In The Fade“ by director Fatih Akin has now attracted 500,000 film-goers into the German cinemas. Following its Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards, the production has moved back up to one of the top positions in the German arthouse charts. ...mehr
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is also the official partner for the fourth edition of the „Drama Series Days“ at the European Film Market (EFM) during the 68th Berlinale. The platform for high-end series will be held this year at the Zoo Palast from February 19-21. ...mehr
Tomorrow will see the official opening of the 34th Sundance Film Festival in Utah and the documentaries „The Cleaners“ and „A Woman Captured“, both backed by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, have been invited to screen in the „World Cinema Documentary“ competition. ...mehr
The Berlinale has announced more films for the Competition of the International Film Festival. The invited films include the Filmstiftung-backed co-production „Las herederas“ by Marcelo Martinessi, a production of La Babosa Cine and Esquine Produceoes in co-production with Cologne's Pandora Film. ...mehr
The Filmstiftung-backed drama „In The Fade" by Fatih Akin with Diane Kruger in the lead has just been named as the Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language at the 75th edition of the Golden Globe Awards. ...mehr