FUNDINGS PRODUCTION Directors Ngo The Chau sets out withThe bookseller (400,000 euros, Wüste Film, Hamburg) to the film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Carsten Henn: Carl delivers books to his regular customers' doorsteps. Literature is his little world, which threatens to collapse when he is made redundant. Only when the young Schascha becomes his companion does Carl realise that he has to leave the world of books. The film starring Christoph Maria Herbst will have seven days of shooting in Schleswig-Holstein and five days in Hamburg. The script was written by Andi Rogenhagen. Filming is scheduled to start in June 2023.

A comedy about the post-reunification period from Hamburg-based Directors and Script Writer Natja Brunckhorst ("Alles in bester Ordnung"). In2:1 (300,000 euros, Zischlermann Filmproduktion, Lübeck), three long-time friends find the GDR's millions in storage during the turmoil of reunification. A homage to a time when anything seemed possible. Ronald Zehrfeld, Sandra Hüller and Max Riemelt can be seen in the leading roles in Natja Brunckhorst's second directorial work.

Three half-siblings, a hypocritical car company, Satan in a green robe and the most German man in the world: withFriedefeld (300,000 euros, brave new work, Hamburg), filmmakers Alfonso Maestro and Tillmann Brehmer bring us an animated sitcom set in the fictional universe of the eponymous city. 80 animation days will take place in Hamburg.

For the series Last Exit Schinkenstrasse (250,000 euros, Odeon Fiction, Munich), Heinz Strunk not only wrote the script but will also play one of the leading roles. What is it about? Under the Directorship of Jonas Grosch, two unemployed dance musicians try to start a career as party singers in Mallorca. Charly Hübner and Bjarne Mädel can also be seen in guest roles. The series will have 18 shooting days in Hamburg and filming is scheduled to start in April 2023. A further 250,000 euros will go to the third season ofSLØBORN (Syrreal Entertainment, Berlin), in which showrunner and Script Writer Christian Alvard continues the post-apocalyptic story of a deadly virus. Ten days of filming are planned in the funding region. In the animated filmSidi Kaba and the Gate of Return (180,000 euros, Luftkind Filmverleih, Berlin) by Directors Rony Hotin is about little Sidi Kaba, who lives peacefully with his family on the West African coast until one day his older brother Azou is abducted by slave traders. Hotin co-wrote the script with Jérôme Piot. 100 animation days take place in the Hanseatic city. The dramaMother's happiness (150,000 euros, MFP, Cologne) by Johanna Moder centres on 40-year-old Julia, who is convinced that something is wrong with her baby after a traumatic birth. The script is by Moder and Arne Kohlweyer. The successful 25 km/h duo Markus Goller and Oliver Ziegenbalg are back: in Mystery of Love (125,000 euros, Sunny Side Up, Kleinmachnow), the successful but lonely comedian Edgar reunites with his terminally ill ex-wife Eva. Eva decides to accompany Edgar on tour: A final journey full of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Five days of filming will take place in the funding region - filming starts in April 2023.

FUNDINGS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Directors Ilker Çatak places the artist couple Derya and Aziz at the centre of his new filmYellow letters (65,000 euros, if...Productions Film, Munich). The couple experience the arbitrariness of the Turkish state and lose their jobs overnight and with them their livelihood. The trade-off between their ideals and the necessities of life proves to be a challenge for their marriage. Ilker Çatak wrote the script together with Ayda Çatak. Several days of filming are planned in Hamburg. A further 39,000 euros for project development will go toLamps (Leitwolf Filmproduktion, Hamburg) by Director and Script Writer Julia Keller. The children's film is based on the novel "Emilia and the Boy from the Sea" by Annet Schaap and is to be shot largely in Schleswig-Holstein.

FUNDINGS SCRIPT A historical comedy in series format comes from Hamburg Media School graduate Miriam Suad Bühler: InA question of madness (50,000 euros, Red Balloon Film, Hamburg), an elector's daughter goes into hiding with her brother in 1651 to escape a wedding and become the first woman in German history to publish a book. There is also 50,000 euros for the animated seriesChildren of Gaea (Telescope Animation, Hamburg) by Script Writers Andreas Völlinger and Olivia Vieweg, in which a group of young people try to save the planet from climate collapse with the help of a shaman.Between sky and sea (30,000 euros, Victus Films, Grünwald) is the title of Script Writer Gernot Griksch's new biopic about the Hamburg sailor Boris Hermann.

The Nordbuster Committee also finalised the script forPony heart 2 (50,000 euros, Riva Filmproduktion, Hamburg), which tells the story of Anni and her wild horse Ponyherz.

FUNDINGS DISTRIBUTION A total of five films were funded in the Distribution area:The Amazing Maurice (90,000 euros, Telepool, Munich) by Toby Genkel,The Mucklas ...and how they came to Pettersson and Findus (70,000 euros, Senator Film Distribution, Berlin) by Ali Samadi Ahadi,When Will It Be Again Like It Never Before (50,000 euros, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Hamburg) by Sonja Heiss,Holy Spider (25,000 euros, Alamode Film, Munich) by Ali Abbasi andWar Sailor (10,000 euros, DCM Film Distribution, Berlin) by Gunnar Vikene.

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 23 November by Christian Granderath, Murat Isgüder, Wenka von Mikulicz, Caroline von Senden, Ipek Zübert and Helge Albers.

The Nordbuster Committee is responsible for films that are of particular cultural and economic importance to the region. The annual funding sum of one million euros is provided by Warner Bros. in the form of a trust fund. The funding decision was made on 24 November by Maike Haas, Benjamina Mirnik-Voges and Peter Preisser.