International psychological thriller shoots in Film-Norden

British Director Alice Troughton is coming to Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein for 22 days of filming next year for her psychological thriller The Tutor (500,000 euros, Egoli Tossell Pictures, Berlin). The film is about the budding writer Liam, who is drawn into the world of an important man of letters, the enigmatic and domineering Sinclair. Over time, Liam realises that his idol is hiding a disturbing secret. The script was written by Alex MacKeith. "The Tutor" is a German-British co-production with Executive Producers Camille Gatin and Cassandra Sigsgaard.

The animated adventure pirate Moses (Ulysses Filmproduktion, Hamburg) has been awarded project development funding totalling 75,000 euros. The film about the orphan girl Moses, who is raised by pirates at sea, is based on the children's novel of the same name by Hamburg's honorary citizen Kirsten Boie. The script was written by Richie Conroy, who also co-wrote the script for "Ooops! 2 - Land in Sight". Further funding in the area of project development goes to the drama Paradies der Ungeliebten (20,000 euros, Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion, Berlin). The script was written by Hamburg actress Anna Bederke, who will also take on the role of Director. In the film, an ageing actress, her daughter, a retired hitman and a neighbour's boy in an astronaut suit set off in search of their paradise.

Distribution funding is available for the animated film Peterchens Mondfahrt (100,000 euros, Little Dream Pictures, Hamburg) by Director and Script Writer Ali Samadi Ahadi and Script Writer Arne Nolting, based on the children's story of the same name by Gerdt von Bassewitz. The film about the cockchafer Mr Sumsemann is due to be released in German cinemas on 31 March. Further distribution funding goes to Willi und die Wunderkröte (75,000 euros, Majestic Filmverleih, Berlin) by Directors and Script Writer Markus Dietrich. The hybrid film celebrated its premiere this year at the MICHEL Kinder- und Jugend Filmfest in Hamburg and will be released in German cinemas in May 2022.

A detailed overview of all projects funded by the High End Committee can be found here.

The High End Committee is responsible for films and series with production costs of over 3.5 million euros.

The funding decision was made on 24 November by Christian Granderath, Murat Isgüder, Wenka von Mikulicz, Caroline von Senden, Ipek Zübert and Helge Albers .