100,000 euros more for Hamburg's art house and neighbourhood cinemas

The MOIN Cinema Bonus is financed from the MOIN Film Fund budget, which has been increased by the Ministry of Culture and Media, and will in future supplement the Hamburg Cinema Awards from the Ministry of Culture and Media, which are endowed with 100,000 euros. This brings the total sum for Hamburg's programme cinema landscape to 200,000 euros.

Jana Schiedek, State Councillor for Culture and Media: "With the new MOIN cinema bonus, we are sending out a clear signal: Good films need good places where they can be seen. I am delighted that the MOIN Film Fund has decided to support Hamburg's cinema awards with additional funding. This strengthens the arthouse cinemas and smaller venues in this city, which put their heart and soul into providing a diverse cinema programme. The cinema bonus is a great commitment to the cinema as a cultural venue. I would like to thank MOIN for this tailwind for film culture in our city."

Helge Albers, CEO of MOIN Film Fund: "We are delighted to strengthen Hamburg's cinema operators with additional funding through the MOIN Cinema Bonus! The arthouse cinemas are at the heart of Hamburg's film culture and make a significant contribution to ensuring that MOIN-funded films find their audience. We want to specifically support and celebrate this commitment with the bonus."

How the MOIN cinema bonus works
The amount of the bonus for the individual cinemas depends on the number of MOIN-funded films in the programme and the audience figures for these films - in each case based on the previous programme year. In order to ensure fair conditions for all cinemas, factors such as auditorium capacity and cinema size are also included in the assessment. The maximum bonus per cinema is 10,000 euros.

About the Hamburg Cinema Awards
The Hamburg Cinema Awards are presented annually by the Ministry of Culture and Media together with MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. The Hamburg programme and district cinemas as well as initiatives are honoured for the previous programme year.

This year's cinema awards will be presented by Senator for Culture Dr Carsten Brosda on 8 September at the Magazin Filmkunsttheater.