06.03.2025 | Grimme Prize 2025
The jury of the Grimme Prize 2025 has announced its award winners - among them are the MOIN-funded series "Festmachen" by Hilke Rönnfeldt and "Player of Ibiza" by the "Die Discounter" team Bruno Alexander, Oskar Belton and Emil Belton. The Documentary "Total Trust" by Jialing Zhang was also honoured.
In the series "Festmachen" by Schleswig-Holstein filmmaker Hilke Rönnfeldt, ship's officer Malika is about to be promoted to captain. Then an accident happens on board, putting her crew and herself in danger. Her captain gives her one last chance and offers her an unusual deal: Malika is to spend the summer working ashore with the mooring men in Bremen harbour and get her life together before a return on board is even an option. The series was made as part of the "Nordlichter" series for young talent by NDR, nordmedia and MOIN Film Fund.
The makers of "Die Discounter" are following up with the five-part mini-series "Player of Ibiza". A mockumentary-style comedy series about reality TV, sexism and fragile male egos. Bruno Alexander, Oskar Belton and Emil Belton were in the director's chair - they wrote the scripts together with HMS graduates Ellen Holthaus and Miriam Suad Bühler. The series was produced as part of the "Nordlichter" series for young talent organised by NDR, nordmedia and the MOIN Film Fund.
What happens when the protection of our privacy is disregarded? In "Total Trust", filmmaker Jialing Zhang tells the story of the dangers of current technologies such as big data and AI in the hands of unbridled power through the haunting stories of people in China. The film was produced by the Hamburg-based company Filmtank.
