The big questions in the course of time

A dreamy, introverted boy who asks the big questions of life: In the short filmBuoy (Lichtspielfarm GbR, 15,000 euros) by Directors Andreas Cordes and Script Writer Robert Köhler, six-year-old Boje seeks answers from his father - a taciturn guy who, unfortunately, literally always lacks the right words. Boje feels left alone with his questions until one day he receives an answer in the form of a message in a bottle.

AlsoProduction funding is available forNeumünster next door (wulfmedien, 15,000 euros) by Fredo Wulf and Quinka Stoehr. In their documentary, the two focus on the people in the small town in northern Germany and observe social change, cultural diversity and the search for identity.

Directors Jess Hansen takes a sporty approach: In the DocumentaryThe heart of Holstein (Joker Pictures GmbH, 11,000 euros), Hansen explores the 120-year-old history of the traditional club Holstein Kiel. An amusing journey through time - not just for football fans.

Neuenkirchen-Bahrenfleth (8,000 euros) by filmmaker Anke Mellin is a participatory observation in a village in Schleswig-Holstein. The year-long film project deals with the residents' questions about the future - one focus is the danger of rising water, which affects all areas of the region. The DocumentaryJob centre (Huth & Gechter GbR, 8,000 euros) by Johanna Huth and Julia Gechter deals with work at the job centre and follows three employees who go through the Hartz IV programme with their customers - from anamnesis and communication training to employer speed dating. The film is funded as part of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern joint funding programme and is part of a trilogy.

FurthermoreChinese radicals (thede filmproduktion, 5,000 euros) by Maria Hemmleb and Artur Dieckhoff,Viewed in the light by Dörte Nielsen (4,000 euros) and Elisabeth Bohde's experimental film8 hours of melancholy (Pilkentafel theatre workshop, 4,000 euros) a financial injection for production funding.

A subsidy for theProject development in the amount of 5,000 euros for the DocumentariesAbout Solitude by Following Habeck Director Malte Blockhaus,From insiders and outsiders by Gisela Tuchtenhagen and Margot Neubert-Maric, Vanessa Nica MuellersMobile terrain andCut The Line by Kai Ehlers. Hanno Hart's DocumentaryBehind the dyke everything will be fine receives funding totalling 3,500 euros,The old Mu Impuls-Werk - Urban development in Kiel by Halkert Sach (3KOMMA3 Medienproduktion) will receive 2,500 euros.

In the areaLending promotion The Committee decided in favour of the animated film "Ritter Trenk", newly dubbed into Low German, which in the new version Ritter Trenk snackt Platt (Barnsteiner film, 5,000 euros). Following Habeck (imFilm Agentur + Distribution) by Malte Blockhaus, which premiered at this year's Max Ophüls Prize, will receive 7,500 euros in distribution funding. At the film presentation there will beStart small - make it big from Heike Nikolaus 1,500 euros.

In addition, seven festivals, series and tours for 2018 will receive aFestival FundingsFilmtournee Unterwegs 2018 (10,000 euros), 12th Green Screen Naturfilmfestival (9,000 euros), 31st Filmforum SH (9,000 euros), Landesverband Jugend und Film 2018 (6,000 euros), 18th Flensburger Kurzfilmtage (5,000 euros), Husumer Filmtage 2018 (4,000 euros), Kunstgriff Rolle 2018 (1,000 euros).

A detailed overview of all funded film projects is available athere available. Arne Sommer, Maja Petersen and Manja Malz made the funding decisions on Wednesday, 2 May 2018.