21.11.2018 | Funding round Committee 1
Committee 1 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded more than 2.7 million euros to 22 projects at its last meeting of the year, including Moritz Bleibtreu's first directorial work and Elizabeth Banks' remake of Charlie's Angels.
Hamburg's all-round talent Moritz Bleibtreu presents the psychological thrillerCortex (550,000 euros, Paloma Entertainment, Hamburg) presented his first directorial work. The film is about 50-year-old Hagen, who one day develops disturbing nightmares. He repeatedly dreams of the young criminal Niko, who enters into a relationship with Hagen's wife Karoline in his dreams. The film stars "Beat" star Jannis Niewöhner, Nadja Uhl and Wotan Wilke Möhring, among others. Shooting starts in February 2019 with 23 days of filming in the Hanseatic city.
Accompanied by a huge media response, the action film Silver Cloud (AT) (400,000 euros, Thirty-seventh Babelsberg Film, Potsdam) was shot in Hamburg in September. Behind "Silver Cloud" is the remake of the legendary Charlie's Angels brand. Hollywood star and Director Elizabeth Banks portrays three strong women who put their male adversaries in their place with charm, cleverness and wit. The roles of the angels are played by Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska. The film team spent millions in the city during the eleven days of filming - with many Hamburg film makers in all trades, a large number of extras and costs for permits for shooting, hotels and security personnel. Banks and her crew were also the first film crew to be allowed to shoot in Hamburg's new landmark Elbphilharmonie concert hall.
NDR, FFHSH and nordmedia are also breaking new ground with their Nordlichter programme for young talent: For the first time, a mini-series has received a positive funding decision: InBig Dating (2x300,000 euros, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Hanover), a nerdy software developer with a broken heart uses a mysterious algorithm to find the perfect woman for him. The script was written by the Hamburg-Berlin-Hildesheim trio Thomas Mielmann, Daniel Scheier and Bastian Köpf.
A total of seven projects will receive production funding totalling 2.34 million euros. Of this, 750,000 euros will go to two projects directed by women. In addition to Elizabeth Banks' "Charlie's Angels" reinterpretation, these include the animated filmMy chaos fairy and I (350,000 euros, Ella Filmproduktion, Hamburg) by Directors Caroline Origer, Executive Producer Maite Woköck and Script Writer Silja Clemens. The other funded projects are the children's filmLassie Come Home (200,000 euros, Henning Ferber Filmproduktion, Berlin) by Directors Hanno Olderdissen and Hamburg-based Script Writer Jane Ainscough, the episodic filmHappy Holidays by Israeli Oscar-nominated filmmaker Scandar Copti (140,000 euros, Red Balloon Film, Hamburg) and the Chilean dramaIn the Shade of the Trees by Matias Rojas Valencia (100,000 euros, Klinkerfilm Productions, Hamburg).
A detailed overview of all funded projects is available here.
Six projects will receive screenplay funding, including the adventure dramaIf there is a war, we will go into the desert (30,000 euros, Cuckoo Clock Entertainment, Hamburg). Hamburg-based "Freistatt" Director Marc Brummund is writing the script together with Executive Producer Raoul Reinert. Distribution funding totalling 262,500 euros is available for eight projects. The Committee has also approved the funding ofHenrietta - The Moovie (17,500 euros, Wunderwerk, Hamburg) as part of the German-Danish Co-Production Development Initiative.
The funding decisions were made on Tuesday, 14 November 2018, Steen Bille, Christian Granderath, Maria Köpf, Sophie Molitoris, Peter Preisser and Caroline von Senden.
