Peter's German lesson

Peter and his little sister Anneliese find themselves on an adventurous journey to the moon. Together with the talking cockchafer Sumsemann and the quirky Sandman, they have to find their way to the moon in this animated fairy tale.Peter's journey to the moon (700,000 euros, brave new work, Hamburg) outgrows itself. Directors Ali Samadi Ahadi, who directed the acclaimed animated filmTehran Taboo worked as an Executive Producer.Peter's journey to the moon is a modern version of the classic by Gerdt von Bassewitz.

In 1968, the Siegfried Lenz classicGerman lesson in bookshops for the first time. Directors Christian Schwochow is now revisiting the story of Siggi Jepsen just in time for the 50th anniversary. His father is a village policeman who has to enforce a ban on painting imposed on the painter Nansen by the National Socialists. Resistance, inner emigration or obedience - Siggi has to find his way in a time when growing up seems impossible. The film is being produced by Network Movie (500,000 euros, Hamburg), Tobias Moretti and Ulrich Noethen have been confirmed as actors and most of the filming will take place on the North Sea island of Sylt.

The script forGet Lucky was developed with the advice of Hamburg sex therapist Ann-Marlene Henning, who also penned the non-fiction bestseller "Make Love - Ein Aufklärungsbuch". In the comedy by Ziska Riemann (375,000 euros, deutschfilm/ Rommel Film, Berlin), six young people experience turbulent holidays on the North Sea with lots of sun and beach. At their holiday home, they meet sex therapist Ellen, of all people. The teenagers experience their first love, their first sex and everything that can go wrong.

In the mystery thrillerSleep by Michael Venus (350,000 euros, Junafilm, Hamburg), 19-year-old Mona sets out to investigate the mysterious condition of her mother, played byToni Erdmann-star Sandra Hüller, to find out.Time of the cannibals-Directors Johannes Naber tells the story inCurveball (Bon Voyage Films, 350,000 euros, Hamburg) tells the true story of a BND bioweapons expert who provided arguments in favour of the 2003 Iraq war due to an internal mistake. The dramaClose-up shot from the Hamburg production company C-Films was funded with 200,000 euros. Directors is up-and-coming talent Franziska Stünkel, with actors Lars Eidinger and Rosalie Thomass taking on two of the leading roles. In the romantic filmEquinox by Lena Knauss (200,000 euros, Tamtam Film, Hamburg), Alexander's great love Paula dies. As he gets closer to her sister Marlene, reality and fantasy begin to blur.

A total of nine projects received production funding totalling around 2.97 million euros. Of this, 1.34 million euros went to five projects that were produced or co-produced by women. Of the nine films with production funding, four were directed by women and five of the scripts were written by women.

A further nine projects received 230,000 euros in screenplay funding. Among others, the following were funded Horse, horse, tiger, tigerthe new project of theWatu Wote-teams centred around Katja Benrath and Julia Drache (30,000 euros, Relevant Film, Hamburg) andKonrad Morgen by film veterans Hark Bohm and Herman Weigel (30,000 euros, bombero international, Hamburg). Financial support for project development totalling 33,000 euros will be provided to the youth book film adaptationAlea Aquarius (13,000 euros, Red Balloon, Hamburg) and the TV seriesElement Lost (20,000 euros, Junafilm, Hamburg). There was a positive funding commitment for three projects in Distribution and Sales.The detailed overview of all funded film projects is available here.

Since April of this year, six North German films have also received treatment funding. In addition to financial support, Script Writers also receive initial dramaturgical advice and editing of the treatment.

The funding decisions were made on Wednesday, 15 November 2017: Steen Bille, Maria Köpf, Sophie Molitoris, Christian Granderath, Peter Preisser and Caroline von Senden. Committee 1 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) is responsible for projects with production costs of over 800,000 euros.