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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.

The children's film "Greetings from Mars" by Directors Sarah Winkenstette wins the Grimme Prize 2026 in the Children & Youth category. The film was largely shot in Schleswig-Holstein and

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.

A year of individual Fundings and contacts in the industry: Lilli Pink and Margareta Kosmol from Hamburg and Ashe Schaub from Flensburg have made it into the second edition of the MOIN Talents programme. Over the next twelve months, they will work on their current projects with mentors from the film industry and take part in international workshops and festivals.

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.

The MOIN Film Fund Committees have awarded almost 2.2 million euros to 38 projects in their current meetings. Among them: the newcomer project "Erinnerung an das Jetzt" produced by Tamtam Film from Hamburg and directed by Friedrich Tiedtke from Schleswig-Holstein, the documentary "Greenworld" by "Gunda" director Victor Kossakovsky and the new short film project "Amber Light" by Cannes winner Mohammad Rasoulof.