MOIN Film Fund budget increases by 10 million euros

Helge Albers, CEO of MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "These ten million euros are a real ray of hope in the current tense situation in the film industry. Now we can position the film location more strongly for the future, promote talent better and attract more cinema films with a strong appeal to the north. This will create jobs, support local service providers and strengthen Hamburg as an international film and series location. A big thank you goes to the City of Hamburg, the government parties and Culture Senator Dr Carsten Brosda for this important support."

Dr Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MOIN Film Fund: "The film and media industry is of great importance for Hamburg. Numerous creative minds work here and provide an innovative environment in which many successful films have been made in recent years and new ideas will continue to be conceived and realised in the future. The industry is currently facing major challenges throughout Germany. With the significant increase in film funding, we are strengthening the industry in Hamburg and setting the course for greater competitiveness and the further development of the film location in the north. The MOIN Film Fund can thus make an important contribution to attracting talent and productions to the local industry and getting audiences excited about the medium of film and cinema as a cultural venue."

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is planning to increase the MOIN Film Fund budget by 5 million euros in both 2025 and 2026. This will increase the total budget of the MOIN Film Fund to around 20 million euros per year. A portion of these funds will also be made available to Filmfest Hamburg and the graduation films of Hamburg Media School and HFBK.

On the set of "Butterfly"

The budget increase was announced on the set of the Norwegian-German cinema film "Butterfly" - and not without reason. Albers adds: "Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are the gateway to Scandinavia. We want to become even more involved here in future. The five Nordic countries are extremely exciting partners for the North German film industry. An excellent example of this is the cinema film production 'Butterfly', a collaboration between Nordfilm and the Norwegian company MerFilm. As a next step, we are planning a close cooperation with the Gothenburg Film Festival, the most important industry meeting place in Scandinavia, in 2025. In January 2025, we will be represented there with several films, events and a delegation of Executive Producers from the region."

The drama "Butterfly" is a feature film by Norwegian Script Writer and Directors Itonje Søimer Guttormsen about two sisters who have to come to terms with the death of their mother. The co-production between Nordfilm, a subsidiary of the Studio Hamburg Production Group, and the Norwegian production company MerFilm has two shooting days in Hamburg and was supported by the MOIN Film Fund with 200,000 euros.