100,000 euros more for Hamburg's art house and neighbourhood cinemas07.08.2025Hamburg cinema prices 2025The MOIN Film Fund introduces the "MOIN Cinema Bonus": Additional funding totalling 100,000 euros, which will be awarded this year as part of the Hamburg Cinema Awards.
Apply now for the Kick-Off at Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days 202506.08.2025Nordic NESTThe first Nordic NEST is about to launch! Together with the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and the German Producers Alliance, MOIN Film Fund and the Five Nordics are inviting 60 experienced producers from Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland to the kick-off event in Hamburg
German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund04.08.2025Apply now!Turkey is calling! For the 14th time, German and Turkish Executive Producers can submit their joint projects to the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund.
"Amrum" runs for the German Oscar entry01.08.2025Fatih Akin's new film "Amrum" has been nominated as the German entry for the 98th Academy Award in the category "Best International Feature Film".
With the magic of a fairy tale26.09.2024Film adaptation of the novel "Der Buchspazierer" at Filmfest Hamburg
Hamburg Directors at the Locarno Film Festival30.07.202578th Locarno Film FestivalDirectors Rosanne Pel is represented in the international competition of the 78th Locarno Film Festival with her drama "Donkey Days". The film was largely shot in Hamburg and realised by the Hamburg-based production company Junafilm. The short film "Die Uniformierten" by Timon Ott from Hamburg will also be screened in the newcomer section Pardi di Domani.
Three million euros for new film ideas28.07.2025One year of NEST fundingWith NEST, MOIN Film Fund has been breaking new ground in development funding for over a year. Time to take stock: since the programme began in 2024, almost three million euros have been invested in the development of film ideas. That's more than twice as much as in the same period last year.
Future North at the Nordic Film Days enters its third round23.07.2025Apply now!Are you a Director and currently working on a new film project? Are you from Schleswig-Holstein and already have your first short film in the can? Would you like to work on your new film project together with others and gain specific insights into the international film industry? Then apply now for the Future North programme of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, where MOIN Film Fund is once again a partner institution this year.
Ildikó Enyedi in the Venice competition22.07.202582nd Venice Film FestivalFilmmaker Ildikó Enyedi ("The Story of my Wife") has made it into the competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival with her new film "Silent Friend".
"Filmtage Köln" moves to Hamburg in 202617.07.2025Cinema industry eventFrom 2026, the previous "Filmtage Köln" will take place in Hamburg for the first time, where it will be further developed into a joint, integrated industry event in a new form and under a new name with the HDF's KINO film theatre congress, which will also come to Hamburg from 2026. Hamburg is thus continuing to grow as a film and media location.
Freshly promoted: Doris Dörrie and Miniaturwunderland14.07.20252.7 million euros for 44 projectsIn the second funding round of the year, the MOIN Film Fund committees supported 44 projects with more than 2.7 million euros. These include Doris Dörrie's drama "Mrs Winkler Leaves Home" and the family adventure "Miniature Wonderland".
Venice Immersive 202507.07.2025Call for ApplicationVenice Immersive (28.08.-03.09.2025) is entering its tenth round - and you can be part of it! This year, we are once again sending a delegation from the North German XR scene to the festival in Venice. Interested creators and Executive Producers can apply for one of the places until 16 July.
Industry festival at Kampnagel: An evening for the film north24.06.2025MOIN Mittsommer 2025On Tuesday evening, the MOIN Film Fund celebrated its annual industry get-together "MOIN Midsummer" at Kampnagel in Hamburg with around 1,000 guests. Among those on the red carpet were the team from Fatih Akin's Cannes film "Amrum", Oscar nominee İlker Çatak, actors Bjarne Mädel, Pheline Roggan and Director Sönke Wortmann, who has just shot his film "Die Ältern" in the Hanseatic city.
Eleven cinemas honoured at the Schleswig-Holstein 2025 Cinema Award12.06.2025Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Prize 2025In the cinema auditorium of the LichtBlick Filmtheater in Heide today (Wednesday 11 June), for once it was not the film that was in the spotlight, but those who provide the film with a stage: the cinemas and their operators.
Prize in Cannes for Hamburg co-production26.05.2025Successful conclusion to the festivalAt the Cannes International Film Festival, the film "Once Upon a Time in Gaza" by twin brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser was honoured with the directing prize in the "Un Certain Regard" section. Two of the co-producers, Riva Filmproduktion and Red Balloon Film, are from Hamburg.
Hamburg Media School is the first German university to use OMNI Inclusion Data12.05.2025Survey tool for more diversityThe Hamburg Media School (HMS) is sending a clear signal for diversity and inclusion in the German film industry with its current film degree programme. Since the current student year, HMS has been the first university in Germany to use the OMNI Inclusion Data survey tool to record the diversity on its students' film sets and back it up with concrete data.
MOIN on course: more budget, more film, more north29.04.2025Annual balance sheet 2024Two years in a row at the Oscars, Fatih Akin on his way to Cannes and 10 million euros more in the budget: the film north remains on course for success and is setting new industry impulses throughout Germany with initiatives such as NEST and OMNI, as the MOIN Film Fund's balance sheet for 2024 shows.