FUNDINGS PRODUCTION

The Hamburg-based Director and Script Writer Rosanne Pel tells the story inAnna is (450,000 euros, Junafilm, Hamburg) tells the story of a young woman who is forced to go on a diet by her mother and sister during a holiday. Back home, both deny the cruel events. The German-Dutch co-production will have 45 shooting days in Hamburg - shooting is scheduled to start in July 2023.

Ahrensburg filmmaker Malte Thomsen has his coming of age dramaDry Country (310,000 euros, Oma Inge Film, Hamburg) is set in Germany in the near future: A never-ending heatwave is plaguing the country and water is the most valuable commodity. 16-year-old Elio is one of the "dirty ones" - those who have to save money. He meets Azur at a party. They spend every day of this hot summer in Azur's pool, until Elio's old and new worlds collide and suddenly everything is on fire. There will be 12 days of filming in the Hanseatic city.

InBillie (250,000 euros, Equality Film, Berlin) by Directors and Script Writer Sheri Hagen, Nina and Angie, mums and best friends, are stuck in a bank for 300 euros. The resulting unintentional hostage-taking harbours both comic and dramatic moments. All 24 days of filming will take place in Hamburg.Once upon a time in Gaza (250,000 euros, Riva Filmproduktion, Hamburg) is the name of the new drama by brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser, which thematically ties in directly with their last festival success "Gaza mon Amour": While Hamas consolidates its control over Gaza, the young student Yahia befriends the charismatic dealer Oussama.

Other projects supported in production:

Al Tih "The Wilderness" (150,000 euros, Match Factory Productions, Cologne) by Tala Hadid (Director/Screenplay) and Joslyn Barnes (Script)

Looking for words (130,000 euros, dirk manthey film, Hamburg) by Joel Stängle (Director/Screenplay) and Dirk Manthey (Script)

The Wheel - A home film (130,000 euros, Tamtam Film, Hamburg) by Denis Shabaev, Maria Shalaeva and Tamara Dondurey (all Directors/Screenplay)

Portrait of a friendship (90,000 euros, Fünferfilm, Hamburg) by Faezeh Nikoozad (Director/Script)

The disappearance (80,000 euros, NiKo Film, Berlin) by Karim Moussaoui (Director/Screenplay) and Maud Ameline (Script)

As Shadows Fade (75,000 euros, Jyoti Film, Hamburg) by Burcu Aykar (Director/Script)

Rio Negro (70,000 euros, Intuition Club, Schönkirchen) by Anna-Sophia Richard (Director/Script)

Those who whistle after dark (54,000 euros, Marlene Film, Hamburg) by Pinar Yorgancioglu (Director/Screenplay) and Emre Gülcan (Script)

Women and art (40,000 euros) by Peter Sempel (Director/Script)

FUNDINGS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Hamburg Media School graduate Lynn Oona Baur puts an unconventional, aspiring e-athlete and her grandmother at the centre of the comedySilver gamblers (35,000 euros, Riva Filmproduktion, Hamburg). Further HMS alumni material comes from Florens Huhn and Shahab Habibi, who are working on the filmTrapped (31,200 euros, Klinkerfilm, Hamburg) tells the story of five people who have an accident inside a refrigerated lorry on their escape from Iran and have to stick together.

Other films supported in project development:

Father, son and the price of resistance (25,000 euros) by Götz Schauder (Director/Script)

Almanya Ekspres (24,500 euros, Other People pictures, Hamburg) by Hauke Wendler and Laura Cwiertnia (Directors/Script)

The true story of earth and sky (20,000 euros, Heimathafen Film, Hamburg) by Tomas Vengris (Director/Script)

Shaer - A poet (18,000 euros, let's be awesome filmproduction, Hamburg) by Ali Hakim (Director/Screenplay) and Max König (Script)

FUNDINGS SCRIPT

Rawr (24,000 euros) by Lena Katharina Krause and Erik Hamann

700 Days in Homs (24,000 euros, let's be awesome filmproduction, Hamburg) by Ali Hakim and Sulaiman Tadmory

Foundation (20,000 euros) by Zeynep Yürekli

Ferryman (18,000 euros) from Ronny Dörfler

FUNDINGS DISTRIBUTION

The Teachers' Lounge (50,000 euros, Alamode Filmdistribution, Munich) by İlker Çatak (Director/Screenplay) and Johannes Duncker (Script)

Out of my skin (45,000 euros, X Distribution, Berlin) by Alex Schaad (Director/Screenplay) and Dimitrij Schaad (Script)

Heartbeast (30,000 euros, Port au Prince Pictures, Berlin) by Ayno Suni (Director/Script)

Daniel Richter (15,000 euros, Weltkino Filmverleih, Feldafing) by Pepe Danquart (Director/Script)

Mo&Friese on the road - Everything different (12,000 euros, KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg)

FUNDINGS CINEMA

Thede Digital (4,000 euros, Kinemathek Hamburg e.V. Kommunales Kino Metropolis, Hamburg)

Trans*Fluid*Gender (3,500 euros, B-Movie Kino Kulturinitiative auf St.Pauli e.V., Hamburg)

An overview of all funded projects can be found here.

The Director's Cut Committee is responsible for films and series with production costs of less than 3.5 million euros and cinema documentaries with production costs of less than 1.5 million euros.

The funding decisions were made on 6 December 2022: Ali Samadi Ahadi, Sarah Blaßkiewitz, Gabor Greiner, Timo Großpietsch, Manja Malz and Helge Albers.