Freshly promoted: Doris Dörrie and Miniaturwunderland

Particularly pleasing: several major projects are bringing several weeks of filming to the region.
The retired actress Mrs Winkler lives a bitter and painful life. But when the care robot Pavlovich takes over her care, he unexpectedly seems to awaken a new will to live in her. Mrs Winkler Leaves Home (550,000 euros, Zeitsprung Pictures, Cologne) is a drama by Director and Script Writer Doris Dörrie. Shooting is planned for October and will last over three weeks in the funding region.

In Grammatik (375,000 euros, Fünferfilm, Hamburg) by Director and Script Writer Popo Fan, a Chinese artist and a Syrian cook meet in a language course. The German-Austrian-Swedish co-production tells a love story about language, the body and the search for freedom. The production was shot over 24 days in the Hanseatic city with Hamburg Oscar winner Zamarin Wahdat behind the camera.

The German-Dutch-South Korean co-production Half Moon (175,000 euros, In Good Company, Berlin) by Hyojoo Yang tells the story of 13-year-old Yeri, who flees with her family to her eccentric aunt Ah-Jin on a remote island. There she discovers dark family secrets and finds an unexpected ally in Ah-Jin. The film is shot for more than three weeks in Schleswig-Holstein.

Hamburg's miniature wonderland on a grand scale: ten-year-old Matteo is magically shrunk and finds himself together with his patchwork family in the centre of Hamburg's miniature wonderland. Under the Directorship of Félix Koch, they embark on a search for their missing grandfather and experience many adventures along the way. The script was written by Dirk Ahner. Letterbox Filmproduktion from Hamburg will receive 100,000 euros for the project development of the international co-production.

FUNDING DECISION HIGH END

Almost 1.3 million euros will go to 12 projects.

Mrs Winkler Leaves Home
Directors + script: Doris Dörrie; production company: Zeitsprung Pictures (Cologne); funding amount: 550,000 euros (production)

Another Journey Without Women
Director: Illum Jacobi; script: Illum Jacobi, Hans Frederik Jacobsen, Mads Stegger; Production company: Adomeit Film (Lübeck); Funding amount: 200,000 euros (production)

Minotaurus
Directors: Andrei Zvyagintsev; Script: Seymen Lyashenko; Production company: Razor Film Produktion (Berlin); Funding amount: 100.000 Euro (production)

Miniaturwunderland
Director: Félix Koch; Script: Dirk Ahner; Production company: Letterbox Filmproduktion (Hamburg); Funding amount: 100.000 Euro (project development)

Accorn's Adventure
Director + script: Filip Mašek; production company: Fabian&Fred (Hamburg); funding amount: 50,000 Euro (project development)

Schockraum
Director: Eibe Maleen Krebs; script: Eibe Maleen Krebs, Felix Binder; production company: Junafilm (Hamburg); funding amount: 30.000 Euro (project development)

Follow the Sex
Directors: Francy Fabritz, Laura de Weck, Script: Laura de Weck; Production company: Wüste Medien (Hamburg); Funding amount: 25.000 Euro (project development series)

Daheim
Directors: Charly Hübner; Script: Christina Ebelt; Production company: Komplizen Film (Berlin); Funding amount: 25,000 Euro (project development)

Wo ich bin ist vorne
Directors: Mia Spengler; Script: Ruth Toma; Production company: Moovie (Berlin); Funding amount: 25.000 Euro (project development)

Tafiti - Ab durch die Wüste
Directors: Nina Wels; Script: Julia Boehme, Nicholas Hause; Distribution: Little Dream Pictures (Hamburg); Funding: 60.000 Euro (Distribution)

Alles voller Monster
Director + Screenplay: Steven Hudson; Distribution: Wild Bunch Germany (Berlin); Funding: 55,000 Euro (Distribution)

Ganzer Halber Bruder
Director: Hanno Olderdissen; Script: Clemente Fernandez-Gil; Distribution: Wild Bunch Germany (Berlin); Funding: 40.000 euros

More information on the funded high-end projects can be found here.

The funding decision was made on 4 June 2025: Christian Granderath, Murat Isgüder, Wenka von Mikulicz, Caroline von Senden, Ipek Zübert and Helge Albers.

The High End Committee is responsible for films and series with production costs of over 2.5 million euros and cinema documentaries with production costs of over 1.5 million euros.

FUNDING DECISION DIRECTOR'S CUT

Around 1.2 million euros for 25 projects

Grammatik
Directors + script: Popo Fan; Production company: Fünferfilm (Hamburg); Funding amount: 375,000 euros (production)

Half Moon
Directors + script:  Hyojoo Yang; Production company: In Good Company (Berlin); Funding amount: 175,000 euros

A Day in the life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra
Directors + script: Jacqueline Lentzou; Production company: Kelek Film (Hamburg); Funding amount: 150.000 Euro (production)

When a tree falls in the forest
Director: Kamen Kolarov; Script: Kamen Kolarov, Decho Taralezhkov; Production company: Fortune Cookie Film (Hamburg); Funding amount: 90.000 Euro (production)

Limbs of One Body
Directors + script: Kaspar Panizza; Production company: Tamtam Film (Hamburg); Funding: 75.000 Euro (production)

Burning Daddy
Directors + script: Tana Gilbert; Production company: dirk manthey film (Hamburg); Funding amount: 50,000 Euro (production)

Drei Farben Zeit
Directors + script: Anne Döring; Production company: Amerikafilm (Berlin); Funding amount: 50.000 Euro (production)

Transition
Director: Alisa Wachner; Production company: Jyoti Film (Hamburg); Funding amount: 30,000 Euro (production)

Mala
Director + script: Lou Wildemann; Production company: Oma Inge Film & Kultur (Leipzig); Funding amount: 30.000 Euro (production)

There You Go
Directors + script: Kim Hess; Production company: LiseLotte Films (Ludwigsburg); Funding amount: 15.000 Euro (production)

Love and Stone
Director + script: Rodi Güven Yalcinkaya; production company: Skalar Film (Hamburg); funding amount: 20,000 Euro (project development)

Ghost School
Director + script: Seemab Gul; production company: Red Balloon Film (Hamburg): funding amount: 25.000 Euro (completion)

Leonora im Morgenlicht
Directors + script: Lena Vurma, Thor Klein; Distribution: Alamode Filmdistribution (Munich); Funding: 40.000 Euro (Distribution)

Letters from the Wilcza
Director: Arjun Talwar; Script: Arjun Talwar, Bigna Tomschin; Distribution: barnsteiner-film (Ascheffel), Funding: 20.000 Euro (Distribution)

Rote Sterne überm Feld
Directors + Script: Laura Laabs; Distribution: Farbfilm Distribution (Berlin); Funding: 20,000 Euro (Distribution)

Songs for Joy
Directors + Script: Jan Becker; Distribution: Filmtank Audience (Hamburg); Funding: 18.000 Euro (Distribution)

Smalltown Girl
Director + Script: Hille Norden; Distributor: Neue Visionen Filmverleih (Berlin); Funding: 17,500 Euro (Distribution)

Zeise Open Air 2025
Zeise Kinos (Hamburg); Funding: 10.000 euros (screening)

FilmRaum Openair 2025
FilmRaum (Hamburg); funding amount: 7,500 euros (screening)

75/25 - 50 years ago - Zeitgeist of the 70s in Harburg & beyond
KINEMATHEK Hamburg e.V. Kommunales Kino METROPOLIS (Hamburg); Funding amount: 5,500 euros (screening)

Postcard campaign 2025/2026
Lichtmeß e.V. Verein zur Fundings der Video- und Filmkunst (Hamburg); Funding amount: 4.200 euros (screening)

Berlin im Film
B-Movie Kino Kulturinitiative auf St.Pauli e.V. (Hamburg); funding amount: 3,000 euros (screening)

HELP!
ABATON Kino (Hamburg); funding amount: 3.000 Euro (screening)

Bambino Kino 2025
3001 Kino (Hamburg); funding amount: 2,500 Euro (screening)

Trans im Film
B-Movie Kino Kulturinitiative auf St.Pauli e.V. (Hamburg); funding amount: 2.000 euros (playback)

More information on the funded Director's Cut projects can be found here.

The funding decision was made on 18 June 2025: Anita Elsani, Gabor Greiner, Timo Großpietsch, Britta Knöller, Ann Carolin Renninger and Helge Albers.

The Director's Cut Committee is responsible for films and series with production costs of less than 2.5 million euros and cinema documentaries with production costs of less than 1.5 million euros.

FUNDING DECISION SHORT FILM

130,000 euros will go to six projects.

Gluey Feathers
Script + Directors: Salka Tiziana; Production company: FAUST Film (Berlin); Funding amount: 35,000 euros

September Afternoon
Director + Screenplay: Nicolaas Schmid; Production company: Amerikafilm (Berlin), Funding amount: 25.000 Euro

Auf der Rückseite der Landschaft
Director + script: Philipp Hartmann; Production company: Flumenfilm (Hamburg); Funding amount: 22,000 Euro

Kraul
Director: Marie Dollenberg; Script: Emma Forchel; Funding amount: 20.000 euros

Tales of a Stolen Soul
Directors + script: Dario Aguirre; production company: Tiempo Filmproduktion (Hamburg), funding amount: 17,000 euros

Ultraviolet Damages the Screen
Directors + script: Pola Rader; funding amount: 11.000 euros

More information on the funded short film projects can be found here.

The funding decisions in the Short Film Committee were made on 19 June 2025: Insa Wiese, Friedrich Tiedtke, Johanna Jannsen and Nicola Jones.

INNOVATIVE FUNDING DECISION

Scratching the Surface
Directors: Wiktor Filip Gacparski; Script: Wiktor Filip Gacparski, Alexander Mettin; Production company: Open Matter Studio (Hamburg); Funding amount: 87.500 euros

More information on the innovative projects funded can be found here.

The funding decisions in the Innovative Committee were made on 23 June 2025: Britta Schewe, Lars Rummel, Ralph Heinsohn and Nicola Jones.

The Innovative Committee promotes audiovisual formats ranging from XR experiences to 360-degree films and immersive video installations.