NEST funding decision

16.12.2025 | October + December

Die Teilnehmer*innen des NEST Space im Oktober in Schleswig-Holstein

Script Writers from a total of 19 projects in the development stage were selected for "NEST Space" Fundings in October and December. Ten further projects will receive basic funding in the "NEST Classic" programme.

NEST Space (October)

Eis brechend (Spielfilm) von Susanna Salonen

God pays the bill (Spielfilm) von Dela Dabulamanzi

Hafengold / or The Beluga Bunch (Spielfilm) von Petja Pulkrabek

Heimatland (Spielfilm) von Esther Bialas und Nathan Nill

Journey to the west (Serie) von Dužan Duong

Kein Platz für Toni (Spielfilm) von Henning Beckhoff und Linda Brieda

Muttermilch (Spielfilm) von Larissa Jacobsen und Masha Mollenhauer

OLD MONEY (Spielfilm) von Jakob Lass und Eleonore Belasi

Transmissions (Innovativ) von Dennis Reinmüller

Wurzeln – Roots (Serie) von Jan Hinrik Drevs

NEST Classic

Grunewald 22 (Serie) von Janny Malagia

Nöck Nöck (Serie) von Robert F. Martin

Walhalla am Watt (Spielfilm) von Jannis Alexander Kiefer

While We Drift (Spielfilm) von Julia Mergel

NEST Space (December)

Das geschenkte Jahr / (Spielfilm) von Natja Brunckhorst und Toks Körner

Feuer (Spielfilm) von Lamin Leroy Gibba, Langston Uibel und Benny O. Arthur

Haarmann - Die Geschichte eines Werwolfs (Serie) von Georg Lippert

Hosenscheisser (Spielfilm) von Alexander Schmid

Himmel auf Zeit (Serie) von Lilli C. Thalgott, Natascha Bub und Maike Höhne

King Of Vegetables (Spielfilm) von Arjun Talwar

Last One Sitting (Spielfilm) von Sophia Bierend

She is a House (Dokumentarfilm) von Tamara Dondurey

Untitled (Spielfilm) von Shahrbanoo Sadat

Die Teilnehmer*innen des NEST Space stehen als Gruppe auf einem Kopfsteinpflaster — Exciting exchange: Participants at NEST Space in December

NEST Classic (Dezember)

Boyman (Spielfilm) von Markus Erhart

Die Anderen (Spielfilm) von Oliver Bassemir

Einer muss gehen (Spielfilm) von Florian Kuhn

Einmal Queer durch Deutschland (Spielfilm) von Florian von Bornstädt

Gisela (Serie) von Heike Rübbert

Lulu (Spielfilm) von Milena Aboyan und Selin Kavak

Regisseur Fatih Akin mit zwei Jungdarstellern am Set von Amrum.

"Hark Bohm's childhood memories are still relevant today"

18.09.2025

Fatih Akin's "Amrum" in Cannes

After celebrating its world premiere in Cannes earlier this year, the movie ‘Amrum’, based on Hark Bohm's childhood memories, is now coming to the Hamburg Film Festival for its German premiere. In an interview, Fatih Akin explains why the subject matter is so relevant today, why he considers Amrum to be a healthy island, and why he didn't actually want to make the film.

Mehrere Schauspieler*innen sitzen um einen Tisch mit Essen. Im Vordergrund sitzt eine Frau mit Kamera und film die Szene

Quite a ride

24.09.2025

Donkey Days @Filmfest Hamburg

After Rosanne Pel's "Donkey Days" celebrated its world premiere in competition at Locarno this year, it will now have its German premiere at Filmfest Hamburg. The funny and tragic family drama was shot in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein and co-produced by Junafilm from Hamburg. Here we tell you why the filming went very differently to many other cinema films and what lead actress Jil Krammer actually does for a living.

Die Teilnehmer*innen des NEST Space stehen auf einer grünen Wiese

NEST funding decision

16.12.2025

October + December

Hanna Schygulla sitzt in der Mitte an einem Tisch. Links und rechts im Vordergrund sitzen Ameer Fakher Eldin und Georges Khabbaz

"Land unter" in Schleswig-Holstein

18.09.2025

World premiere of "Yunan" at the Berlinale

He celebrated the premiere of his first feature film, ‘The Stranger,’ in Venice – his second work, ‘Yunan,’ made it straight into the competition at the 2025 Berlinale and can now be seen at the Hamburg Film Festival. Ameer Fakher Eldin is one of the up-and-coming young filmmakers and currently lives in Hamburg. He shot most of his drama on a Hallig island in Schleswig-Holstein. Here we reveal what all this has to do with ‘Land unter’ (Land Under) and how you can get stars like Hanna Schygulla and Sibel Kekilli excited about your second feature film.

Pilotprogramm MOIN x PUBLIKUM.io

10.12.2025

Apply now!

With the opening of its German office in Hamburg, PUBLIKUM.io and MOIN Film Fund are launching a pilot programme to strengthen audience-oriented material development. Production companies from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are now invited to apply to take part in the programme.

Hamburg mourns the death of filmmaker Hark Bohm

14.11.2025

Icon of Hamburg's film industry passes away

His life story can currently be seen in the cinema with Fatih Akin's "Amrum". Now Hamburg film legend Hark Bohm, Director of classics such as "Nordsee ist Mordsee" and co-founder of the Hamburg Film Office, has passed away at the age of 86. In addition to "Amrum", he also wrote the scripts for "Tschick" and "Into the Fate" with Akin.

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