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Two MOIN-funded productions will celebrate their world premiere in Cannes in May: as the festival announced today, the international co-production "Minotaurus" will be in the running for the Palme d'Or. The debut film "Elephants in the Fog" by Lübeck-based Zischlermann Filmproduktion will be shown in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section

The films "Amrum" and "Yellow Letters" are among the favourites in this year's nominations for the German Film Awards: İlker Çatak is nominated nine times with his Golden Bear-winning film "Yellow Letters" - Fatih Akin's "Amrum" has six nominations. Both films are in the running for the LOLA for best feature film.

It’s a match: Eight teams of producers and writers have come together as part of the Nordic NEST and are now working across borders on their film and series treatments. The program by MOIN Film Fund, the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and the Five Nordics is thereby entering the screenplay phase – the three best projects will be announced during the Cannes Film Festival.

The 76th Berlin International Film Festival began with an opening film from Hamburg - and ended with a Golden Bear for Hamburg: Oscar-nominated director İlker Çatak won the Berlinale's highest honour with "Yellow Letters". A total of three MOIN-funded films were honoured: Sandra Hüller received the Silver Bear for her role in "Rose" and "Der Heimatlose" was awarded the Teddy Jury Prize.

For the 10th time this year, young filmmakers have the chance to realise their fictional debut project as part of the "Nordlichter" talent promotion programme: 1.15 million euros (net) are available per project. The call for entries from NDR, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and nordmedia Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen Bremen runs until 31 March 2026.

Attention up-and-coming filmmakers from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein! You have until 1 March to apply for the Screen Talent Europe Pitching Forum 2026. The event will take place from 9 to 13 June in Grimstad, Norway. You could win production funding of 4,000 euros for your next short film. You can also make valuable contacts with filmmakers from all over Europe.

Five films in the programme, a delegation of eleven Executive Producers on site and the Nordic NEST enters the next round: the German film north is prominently represented at this year's Gothenburg Film Festival - the most important film festival in Scandinavia.

Hamburg, 20.01.2026 - CineHamburg - the new industry gathering of the German cinema industry - will take place in the Hanseatic city for the first time from 7 to 10 July 2026. This was announced today by the associations HDF KINO and AllScreens Verband Filmverleih und Audiovisuelle Medien. With CineHamburg, the two associations are combining the strengths of their previous formats Filmtage Köln and Filmtheaterkongress KINO, thus opening a fresh chapter for the cinema industry.