A breath of fresh air for the NORDLICHTER

15.12.2017 | New leaflet

Good news: NDR, FFHSH and nordmedia have tweaked the joint young talent programme NORDLICHTER and improved some points. For example, Norddeutscher Rundfunk has increased its participation per project to up to 350,000 euros (gross) and the exploitation rights of the Executive Producers have been extended.

A strong programme for up-and-coming filmmakers in the north: FFHSH, together with NDR and nordmedia, has been supporting up to four newcomer projects a year under the name NORDLICHTER since 2014. The previous funding rounds were themed "Genre" (comedy and mystery). Currently, the participants are working on the universal theme of "love" regardless of genre.

On 1 September 2017, the extended regulations officially came into force, which are set out in the newLeaflet can be read here. The most important changes in the leaflet at a glance:

Bisher unterstützten FFHSH, NDR und nordmedia jedes Projekt zu gleichen Teilen mit 300.000 Euro. Zur Mystery-Förderrunde hat der NDR seine Beteiligung aufgestockt und ist seitdem mit bis zu 350.000 Euro brutto pro Projekt dabei.
Ab sofort wird den Produzenten generell eine Kino- und DVD-Auswertung inkl. Video-on-Demand (T-VOD) für sechs Monate nach Fertigstellung der Projekte ermöglicht.

We are delighted to be able to support up-and-coming filmmakers even more with these innovations together with NDR and nordmedia and are very excited about the further course of the current round of projects.

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