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One step further in the Oscar® race: İlker Çatak's Hamburg film "The Teachers' Lounge" has made it onto the shortlist in the category "Best International Film". Among the other candidates: The historical film "Kings Land" starring Mads Mikkelsen, which celebrated its German premiere at Filmfest Hamburg in autumn.

For the seventh time, there is a new call for entries for the NORDLICHTER - the debut series organised by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and nordmedia - Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen. We are looking for new North German film material.

Inception meets virtual reality: VR artist and filmmaker Dan Franke has won the XR Pitch Battle organised by MOIN Film Fund with his VR thriller "Fragments of Silence" and will receive 10,000 euros in funding. The event took place in cooperation with the Nordic Film Days Lübeck in the Infinity Dome and in parallel on ZOOM.

The Nordic Film Days Lübeck is calling: from 1 to 5 November, the 65th edition of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck will feature over 180 films. MOIN Film Fund is represented in the programme with 13 funded productions - including the long-term documentary "Forever" by Grimme Award winner Pia Lenz, the historical epic "King's Land" with Mads Mikkelsen and the world premiere of the documentary "Hugo Hercules & The Wild West" by Martina Fluck from Schleswig-Holstein. In addition, several immersive projects will be presented to an expert jury at the "XR Pitch Battle" in the Infinity Dome.

Around 1.7 million euros were awarded to 31 projects by the Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund at its current meeting - including the new film "Ficken für Freiheit" by Hille Norden from Schleswig-Holstein and the drama "5 Tage" by "Peterchens Mondfahrt" Director Ali Samadi Ahadi.

The MOIN Film Fund and the European Film Market Toolbox programme are pleased to announce the extension of their partnership! You can now apply for the upcoming EFM Fiction Toolbox programme and the European Film Market, which will take place in Berlin from 15 to 21 February 2024!

The Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded around 110,000 euros to four projects at its latest meeting. These include the short film "Lebensschulden" by Hamburg filmmaker Lena Hetzel about life in a youth detention centre and the VR experience "Golems" by Deborah and Dennis Reinmüller from Kiel.

At its latest meeting, the High End Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded almost one million euros in funding to ten projects. They include the new film by "The Teachers' Lounge" Director İlker Çatak, which took 21 days to shoot in Hamburg, and a drama by Hungarian Berlinale winner Ildikó Enyedi.

The MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein surveyed companies as well as individuals/self-employed people in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein from the feature film, documentary, commercial, XR and animation sectors for a study.

ProQuote Film, Palais Fluxx and Let's Change The Picture are organising a pitching session at Filmfest Hamburg with the support of MOIN Film Fund on 3 October for stories with women and FLINTAQ\* in the leading roles from 67 years of age and upwards.

The Hanseatic city in cinema mode: the Filmfest Hamburg is taking place this year until 7 October - and has 17 productions with northern German participation on board. These include two series highlights with Heinz Strunk and Fahri Yardim as well as the German premieres of "King's Land" with Mads Mikkelsen and "The Lesson" with Julie Delpy and Richard E. Grant - the thriller was filmed entirely in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. MOIN will also be on site with several events as part of the Industry Days.

You still have some time before the next festival film? Then just drop by our MOIN Filmfest Café at CinemaxX Dammtor until 6 October and chat about films and events at Filmfest Hamburg while enjoying delicious snacks and refreshing drinks. We look forward to seeing you!

When you think of Hamburg's cinema history, you think of him first: in 1970, Werner Grassmann founded the Abaton, one of Germany's first arthouse cinemas in the Hanseatic city - now the cinema maker and film producer has died at the age of 96.

The 80th Venice International Film Festival kicks off at the end of August - and MOIN Film Fund will be there with six projects. These include the historical drama "King's Land" with Mads Mikkelsen in the international competition and the film "Yurt", produced by Red Balloon from Hamburg, in the Orizzonti competition section. Germany is this year's focus country at the film festival.

The Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded almost 2.2 million euros to 32 projects at its latest meeting. These include the romantic comedy "Zwischen den Zeilen" about a deaf and blind couple by Hamburg-based Directors Milan Skrobanek and the series "Brüt" by Oliver Bassemir and Marian Freistühler about a different kind of magic mushroom - both projects are to be shot largely in Hamburg.

_The Explorer programme invites you to Hamburg on 6 October to shed light on the transformation of production for film, television and streaming.

A true all-rounder in all areas of film funding: Katrin Mersmann has been working as a film funding officer for more than 20 years. She will now take over as head of the MOIN funding department at the turn of the year 2023/24.

With around 1000 guests from film and TV, culture and politics, the MOIN Film Fund celebrated its annual industry get-together at Kampnagel on Tuesday evening. Among the guests were German Film Award winner Leonie Benesch, "Der Buchspazierer" Christoph Maria Herbst and the "Sløborn" team Aaron Hilmer and Emily Kusche.

In Schleswig-Holstein's oldest cinema, the KinoCenter in Rendsburg, State Secretary for Culture Guido Wendt presented the state's cinema award today (21 June) and paid tribute to the state's cinema culture:

Three short, two immersive: At its current meeting, the "Kurz + Innovativ" Committee of the MOIN Film Fund supported five projects with around 140,000 euros. These include the animated film "Butterfly Kiss" from the Hamburg-based animation studio "Fabian&Fred" and the 270-degree experience "InHuman - A New World" about the creation and destruction of the rainforest.

In its current funding session, the High End Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded more than 1.4 million euros to eleven projects. Among the productions receiving funding are the new animation project "Go with the flea" by "Peterchens Mondfahrt" Director Ali Samadi Ahadi and the series "The Next Level" with actress Lisa Vicari, produced by Hamburg-based Letterbox.

The Hamburg Media School, MOIN Film Fund and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg are jointly continuing the GetOnSet film trainee programme. Following the successful launch of the pilot project in 2022, the practical programme has proven to be an effective building block against the shortage of skilled workers in the film and series industry.

Germany's northernmost and southernmost film funding organisations were joint hosts: Filmmakers from all over Scandinavia and from Germany came together at the Business Lunch as part of the 76th Festival de Cannes.

A new dawn or standstill? How are new digital tools impacting the film industry? The Explorer Konferenz #4 as part of FILMFEST HAMBURG INDUSTRY DAYS (2 to 6 October 2023) invites Executive Producers, financiers, funding institutions and students to take a look at the future of production for cinema, streaming and TV.

At the German Film Awards 2023, the LOLAS in gold and bronze for best feature film went to the MOIN-funded productions "The Teachers' Lounge" and "Holy Spider". At the awards ceremony on Friday evening, the drama "The Teachers' Lounge", which was filmed entirely in Hamburg, received a total of five awards, including to Ilker Çatak for Best Director and Leonie Benesch for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Our cooperation with the international mentoring programme First Cut Lab is entering its third round! The First Cut Lab Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is aimed specifically at MOIN-funded feature and documentary film productions that are in the editing phase.

Ten productions with North German participation can hope to win a total of 21 LOLAs at the German Film Awards 2023. Among the nominated films are the drama "The Teachers' Lounge" by Ilker Çatak, which was shot entirely in Hamburg, with seven nominations, "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbasi with four nominations and the novel adaptation "When Will It Again Like It Never Was Before" by Sonja Heiss with two nominations.

In its first meeting of the year, the Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded more than 140,000 euros to five projects. They include an animated short film about body sounds by Hamburg filmmaker Meike Fehre and a 360-degree film about the hardships of working on a cruise ship.

Faster, simpler, clearer: From now on, all proceeds for funded films will be entered into our new proceeds tool. Sending PDFs and paper forms is now a thing of the past.

In its first meeting of the year, the High End Committee of the MOIN Film Fund has supported four projects with around 950,000 euros - including the new animation adventure "Seeräubermoses" by Hamburg-based Ulysses Films ("The Amazing Maurice"). In addition, the Nordbuster Committee is awarding more than 850,000 euros to Wüste Film for the tragicomedy "Drift" by Director Florian Dietrich, who will shoot his new film almost entirely in Hamburg following his surprise success "Toubab".

On the Tuesday of the Berlinale, Minister of Digitalisation Dirk Schrödter welcomed the Schleswig-Holstein film scene to the Baltic Motion reception at the state representation in Berlin. With a full dome experience, a short film programme and an exhibitor area, there was plenty for the guests to discover that evening.

The "Kurz + Innovativ" Committee of MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein has funded three innovative projects and one short film at its current meeting - including the new VR experience by the Hamburg-based GoBanyo team about life on the street and hologram whales from Schleswig-Holstein. Ideas were also funded for four XR projects.

Ruben Östlund can hope to win three Oscars with his megahit "Triangle of Sadness". As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today, the MOIN-funded production has been nominated in the categories "Best Director", "Best Film" and "Best Original Script". The 95th Academy Awards will take place on 12 March 2023 in Hollywood.

The Grimme Institute today published the nominations for the 59th Grimme Prize. Among them are 8 productions from the north of Germany. The Grimme Prize is one of the most important awards in the German television sector.

The Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund is awarding almost 2.5 million euros to 30 projects in its current round. Among them: the drama "Anna ist" with 45 days of filming in Hamburg and the dystopian coming of age film "Dry Country" by Schleswig-Holstein filmmaker Malte Thomsen.

The High End and Nordbuster Committees of the MOIN Film Fund have awarded around 2.5 million euros to 19 projects - including the film adaptation of the bestseller "Der Buchspazierer" with Christoph Maria Herbst and a new series format by Heinz Strunk.

We are looking for a new director for Filmfest Hamburg as of 1 January 2024 - applications are open now and can be submitted until 8 January 2023.

In its autumn round, the Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund is supporting six projects with over 150,000 euros. Among them: a short film adventure with animals in space animated entirely in Hamburg and a VR horror experience.

From 2 to 6 November, 14 MOIN-funded productions will be shown on the big screen at the 64th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck - including the multi-award-winning drama "Aus meiner Haut", the short film "Kalb" shot in Schleswig-Holstein and Pepe Danquart's documentary about the artist Daniel Richter.

In its current meeting, the Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded around 1.7 million euros to 21 projects - including the children's book adaptation "Greetings from Mars" with over 30 days of filming in the north and the new Nordlichter series by the Belton brothers from Hamburg.

In addition to 19 subsidised productions, this year we are once again represented at Filmfest Hamburg with exciting industry events such as the Explorer Konferenz and a panel with Iris Berben. And if you fancy a snack or delicious coffee specialities in between, pop into our pop-up café at CinemaxX Dammtor.

In its third meeting of the year, the High End Committee of the MOIN Film Fund is supporting eleven projects with around 1.7 million euros. These include the new film "Amrum" by Fatih Akin and Hark Bohm and the series adaptation of the bestselling young adult book Alea Aquarius. The Nordbuster Committee also supported two projects with around 440,000 euros.

Festival director Albert Wiederspiel and his team are serving up a packed programme for the 30th anniversary edition of Filmfest Hamburg. Festival visitors can look forward to a total of 19 MOIN-funded productions from 29 September to 8 October. These include Cannes winners such as "Triangle of Sadness" and "Holy Spider", series highlights "made in Hamburg" and several world premieres.

The Explorer programme has been confirmed and invites you to Hamburg on 7 October to shed light on the transformation of production for film, television and streaming.

Do you have an idea for an artistic and/or narrative XR project? Would you like to pitch this idea to a jury online and live? Then apply to us as part of the "XR Pitch Battle" by 4 October!

We are looking for a new full-time site manager for our company headquarters in Kiel as soon as possible. Are you interested? Here you can find all further information.

In a nationwide survey, MOIN Film Fund asked 30 catering companies about sustainability. Where are companies already managing to act sustainably? Where is there still room for improvement? And what can film crews and production companies do to support caterers on set? Here are some initial answers.

In its June edition, the Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund supported 14 projects with around 800,000 euros - including a drama about an exiled author on a North Sea island and a documentary about the Hamburg jack-of-all-trades Dietrich Kuhlbrodt.

A celebration on the longest day of the year: MOIN Film Fund celebrated its annual industry get-together at Kampnagel on Tuesday evening with around 1000 guests from film and TV, culture and politics. Among the guests were Otto Waalkes, Jonas Nay, Pheline Roggan, Charly Hübner and the cult band Scooter.

Here's to an exciting collaboration: the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund is being launched for the eleventh time this year. The deadline for the current application phase is 5 September 2022.

With immediate effect, the Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Prize is once again open for applications from cinemas in the state. Due to the ongoing economic burden on cinemas as a result of the pandemic, a total of 100,000 euros will be distributed this year, which represents a one-off increase of more than double. The awards are based on the programme year following the reopening of the cinemas from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

A shower of awards at the Croisette! Two films with Hamburg participation were able to win in Cannes: the Palme d'Or went to Ruben Östlund's "Triangle of Sadness" and the prize for Best Actress went to Zar Amir Ebrahimi in "Holy Spider".

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Hamburg cult film "Rocker", 16 arthouse and arthouse cinemas in the Hanseatic city are showing the German Easy Rider as part of the event "Eine Stadt sieht einen Film". The packed supporting programme on 19 June includes a location tour, an exhibition - and of course filmmaker Klaus Lemke and some of his crew.

The Hamburg Media School, MOIN Film Fund and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg are launching a joint pilot project in May to combat the shortage of skilled workers in the film and series sector. The practical, 12-month trainee programme "GetOnSet" is designed to prepare career changers for professions such as unit manager, Sound Assistants or assistant directors.

"Pacifiction - Tourment sur les Îles" is another film with Hamburg participation in the Cannes competition. Executive Producer of the film: the Hamburg company Tamtam Film ("Some had crocodiles"). In the "Un Certain Regard" section, the new film by Emily Atef ("3 Days in Quiberon") can also celebrate its world premiere.

With the social satire "Triangle of Sadness" by Ruben Östlund ("The Square") and the dark Iranian thriller "Holy Spider" by "Border" Director Ali Abbasi, two MOIN-funded co-productions have made it into the competition of the 75th Cannes International Film Festival. "Burning Days" by Directors Emin Alper will also be screened in the Un Certain Regard section.

In its first meeting of the year, the Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded 160,000 euros to five projects. These include the new VR experience by the Hamburg-based GoBanyo team about life on the street and an interactive fairytale lesson for children.

Sustainability has played a central role at MOIN Film Fund for more than ten years. With immediate effect, the company now also fulfils the criteria of the German Sustainability Code, thereby demonstrating its commitment: The requirements for the film industry apply just as much in-house.

The cooperation between MOIN Film Fund and the international mentoring programme First Cut Lab is entering its second round! With the First Cut Lab Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, it is aimed specifically at MOIN-funded feature film productions that are in the editing phase.

We are delighted about our first cooperation with Series Mania and are sending a delegation from the funding region to the Series Mania Forum in Lille (22-24 March)

In the first funding session of the year, the High End Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded around 2.5 million euros to 14 projects. A total of 1.2 million euros will go to six series productions from the north of Germany. The series highlights include a crime drama starring Fahri Yardim and an end-time drama set on Helgoland.

The Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund met just before the turn of the year. The result is six projects with around 130,000 euros in Fundings. These include a rural coming-of-age story by Friedrich Tiedtke from Schleswig-Holstein and an animal-political VR experience by Hamburg-based animation studio Fabian&Fred.

In its last funding session of the year, the Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded around 850,000 euros to 18 projects. Among them are a future drama by Hamburg-based "Systemsprenger"-Executive Producers Weydemann Bros. with Susanne Wolff and a coming of age film by Hamburg-based filmmaker Willy Hans.

Hamburg has lost a great cinema maker: On Monday, 29/11/21, Lydia Matern-Jansen, long-time CEO of the Blankeneser Kino and the Elbe Filmtheater, passed away after a short, serious illness.

First Locarno, now short film LOLA: On Thursday evening, HFBK graduate Nicolaas Schmidt was honoured with the German Short Film Award for his film "First Time (The Time For All But Sunset - Violet)". The film has already celebrated its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.

The German-Russian documentary film festival "Territorium Film" celebrates its tenth anniversary edition this Friday. The opening ceremony will take place via livestream in parallel in the plenary hall of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament and at the festival venue in Kaliningrad. Since it was founded in 2011, the film festival can look back on around 90 films screened, 140 film guests and more than 20,000 visitors.

In its third meeting of the year, the "Kurz + Innovativ" Committee of the MOIN Film Fund is supporting five projects with a total of around 100,000 euros - including the new short film by HFBK graduate Leonie Kellein and an immersive journey to the Amazon region.

A total of eleven coveted LOLAS went to the north of Germany at the German Film Awards Distribution on Friday evening - including the LOLA in Gold to the Letterbox production "Ich bin Dein Mensch" and the LOLA in Bronze to the MOIN-funded political satire "Curveball".

In its third meeting of the year, the High End Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded around 1.3 million euros to eight projects - including Kida Khodr Ramadan's new Hamburg series "Santa Fu" and a historical film with Mads Mikkelsen. The Nordbuster Committee is also funding three additional projects.

The 2021 Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Award will once again be presented in presence. "We want to celebrate and show the reopening of our cinemas with the Cinema Award Distribution in a real cinema hall and with guests: Cinema has survived and is coming back to life," said Culture Minister Prien in Kiel today.

As part of a major social media campaign, the Hamburg Cinema Awards 2021 were presented by Senator for Culture Dr Carsten Brosda on 19 August. The Senator for Culture was supported by 17 prominent laudators, including Detlev Buck, Peter Lohmeyer and Catrin Striebeck. The cinema prizes were more than doubled to 220,000 euros this year as part of the coronavirus aid programme.

The MOIN Film Fund is kicking off the second half of the year with a new series of events. Together with the Hamburg media law firms GRAEF, UNVERZAGT and VON HAVE FEY, the focus will be on film and media law topics under the label "All You Need is Law". The new format starts on 2 September with an online workshop, which you can register for today.

The Director's Cut Committee of the MOIN Film Fund has awarded more than 1.1 million euros to 23 projects in its second meeting of 2021. Among them are the new drama from "Systemsprenger" Executive Producers Weydemann Bros. with "Dark" star Louis Hofmann and Almila Bagriacik as well as a documentary about the journey of a paraplegic cat.

In its second funding session of 2021, the Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund supported seven projects with a total of 140,000 euros. These include a VR experience about life on the street, an interactive art installation for children and a North German short film production on the topic of "saying goodbye during the coronavirus pandemic".

On Thursday, cinemas in Hamburg will finally open their doors again - and the City of Hamburg, together with the Film Fund, is providing the accompanying programme: with an unprecedented free ticket campaign and a doubling of the cinema programme prize funds, the cinemas in the north are to be given an easier start to the cinema summer. This brings the total amount of Hamburg's coronavirus aid to around 1.2 million euros.

This year's NDR "Albatross" prize for the best television series concept, worth 7500 euros, goes to the series "Babyland" (Agitprop Film) and Bulgarian Executive Producer Martichka Bozhilova. The prize was awarded as part of the "Series Lab Hamburg". Script Writers of "Babyland" are the Italian Simona Nobile and the US-American Dianne Jones.

50 cinemas and free admission everywhere: in a unique campaign, the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are jointly heralding the reopening of cinemas. Whether island cinema, arthouse gem or multiplex: on the first weekend in July, all participating cinemas are offering free tickets for one screening. And by the way, Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is presenting itself in a new guise - and is now called MOIN Film Fund.

From 1 July 2021, cinemas in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein will reopen their auditoriums. The MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the state of Schleswig-Holstein are donating the first round: 50 cinemas are offering free tickets for a cinema screening on the opening weekend as part of the #MOINKINO campaign

Do you have an idea for an artistic and/or narrative VR/XR project? Would you like to pitch this idea online and live in front of a jury at the Virtual Reality & Arts Festival VRHAM! Then apply to us now and by 10 June!

Cinema operators from Schleswig-Holstein take note: You have until 30 April to apply for the 2021 Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Prize, which is endowed with a total of 50,000 euros and awarded by the Minister of Education, Science and Culture.

You can now apply with your series projects for the Series Lab Hamburg 2021, which will take place from 22 to 24 June in an online edition. Work on your series material together with screenplay experts and also meet potential financing partners.

More money for the film north: The state of Schleswig-Holstein has increased its annual share of the funding pot of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein by 233,000 euros to around one million euros and is strengthening the film landscape in the region. Numerous film shoots are already planned for 2021 in the northernmost federal state.

Another Hamburg film at the Berlinale: Executive Producer and new Hamburg resident Farzad Pak is screening his film "District Terminal" in the "Encounters"competition. Pak previously produced "There is no evil" - with the drama Mohammad Rasoulof won the Golden Bear in 2020.

Would you like a little more? Up to four times a year, our Nordbuster committee supports projects from northern Germany that have what it takes to become a cinema hit. You can find out exactly what we are looking for and who can apply here.

Desire to go to the cinema despite the pandemic? The "Eine Stadt sieht einen Film" event organised by Hamburg's arthouse and district cinemas will be launched as an online edition for the first time on the weekend of 27 and 28 February. The Hamburg classic and milieu thriller "Supermarket" by Roland Klick will be available to stream free of charge on these two days - including a digital location tour and other programme highlights.

From 17 to 24 January, the 42nd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival will take place in an online edition. A total of five FFHSH-funded films will be streamed at the young talent festival, including two entries from the Hamburg Media School and a film that also made it to the Sundance Film Festival this year.

In 2021, the international mentoring programme First Cut Lab is coming to Film-Norden for the first time and is aimed specifically at FFHSH-funded feature film productions that are in the editing phase.

Goodbye 2020! In the last meeting of the year, the FFHSH "Director's Cut" Committee awards almost 1.4 million euros to 19 projects. Among them are a German-Canadian thriller from Junafilm and an unusual love story with a star cast and 27 days of filming in Schleswig-Holstein.

A new animation studio for Hamburg and many days of filming for Schleswig-Holstein: In the last meetings of the year, the High End and Nordbuster Committees of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded around 2 million euros to a total of eight projects, including the first film adaptation of Joachim Meyerhoff's novel.

The FFHSH-funded short film "Maman Maman Maman" by Director Lucia Margarita Bauer received the special prize of 20,000 euros at the German Short Film Award Distribution on Wednesday evening. Executive Producer is Ann Carolin Renninger (joon film) from Schleswig-Holstein. Another Lola went to HFBK graduate Roxana Reiss and her experimental graduation film "Alturas".

There have been several awards for FFHSH-funded productions in recent weeks, including Katrin Gebbe's "Pelikanblut" and "Atomkraft Forever" by Carsten Rau.

In its tenth session, the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge supported three co-productions in development. This year, the decision was made in a virtual meeting instead of at Filmfest Hamburg as is traditionally the case.

In its most recent funding session, the Director's Cut Committee of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded around 900,000 euros to 23 projects, including the drama "Maret" with "Styx" star Susanne Wolff and a documentary about the Syrian ex-professional swimmer Sarah Mardini with Oscar-winning Director of Photography Zamarin Wahdat.

In its second meeting of the year, the High End Committee of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded around 1.6 million euros to ten projects. Among the productions receiving funding are "Over & Out", the new film by Hamburg company Oma Inge Film ("Systemsprenger") and the novel adaptation "Mittagsstunde" by Lars Jessen, which also received further funding from the FFHSH Nordbuster Committee.

Streaming or cinema? From 24 September to 3 October, Filmfest Hamburg opens its doors in a hybrid edition. Seven FFHSH-funded films have made it into the programme, including the Berlinale winner "There is no evil" by Mohammad Rasoulof and the world premiere of Moritz Bleibtreu's directorial debut "Cortex". The films will be framed by several specialist events.

In addition to plenty of music, there are also several cinema screenings and events for the film industry at this year's Reeperbahn Festival from 16 to 19 September. We give you a brief overview.

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg wants to contribute a total of 5.5 million euros to the planned cancellation fund for corona-related filming interruptions in Germany. The FFHSH expressly welcomes this step.

This year, two FFHSH-funded films will be shown on the big screen at the 77th Venice International Film Festival from 2 to 12 September: The tragicomedy "Gaza mon amour" by Arab and Tarzan Nasser and the short film "What would probably have happened if I hadn't stayed at home" by Hamburg filmmaker Willy Hans.

At the first funding session of the FFHSH High End Committee, twelve projects were funded, including six series with numerous shooting days in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The Nordbuster Committee also met for the first time in June and decided in favour of two projects. The projects from both funding sessions include the film adaptation of the Sarah Kuttner novel "Kurt" and a series about the so-called Hamburg acid barrel murderer Lutz Reinstrom.

Due to popular demand, the German Film Commissions (GFC) are continuing their online seminar series "Keen to be green" in mid-July. The web seminars with Green Filming & TV expert Philip Gassmann will then be aimed specifically at actors, agencies, Directors and Script Writers.

This week, the list of nominees for the German Drama Award was announced - a total of four prizes could go to FFHSH-funded projects. Among the nominees are Benjamin Radjaipour for his young talent role in "Futur Drei" and Alina Serban as best actress in "Gipsy Queen".

Until the end of the year, film theatres and venues can still apply to the FFA for the "Future Cinema Programme" and receive funding for 80 percent of the costs of modernisation. In order to cover the remaining 20 per cent, the FFHSH is currently providing an investment grant that waives the need for an own contribution.

The new FFHSH Committee "Director's Cut" for projects with production costs of less than 3.5 million euros met for the first time at the end of May. In response to the coronavirus-related shooting stops, the focus was on the development of new film material. A total of 18 projects were funded with over 400,000 euros.

Premiere for the new "Kurz + Innovativ" committee of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: In its first meeting, the funding round awarded a total of 200,000 euros to seven short films and one immersive project. They include an installation by the film collective behind the Berlinale success "Futur Drei" and a crazy animated adventure about mixed animal creatures in space.

On 29.05.2020, the deadline for state sponsors to submit initial applications under the Corona Emergency Aid Programme ends. Applications received after this date can no longer be considered. Applications should be received by all participating sponsors at the same time.

On Tuesday evening, Jana Schiedek, State Councillor for Culture and Media, presented the Hamburg Cinema Awards. In a digital "Home Edition", 15 arthouse and district cinemas were honoured for their 2019 programme year. Special prizes were awarded for the first time to the initiatives "A Wall is a Screen", "Flexibles Flimmern" and Schanzenkino 73.

A new face at Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: Inga Becker is now supporting us as an assistant in the "Fundings" department.

Cinema operations across Germany came to a standstill several weeks ago, bringing many cinemas to the brink of collapse. Hamburg's arthouse cinemas have now joined forces on the startnext platform for a joint fundraising campaign that will start on 23 April 2020.

Executive Producers\*with a special connection to our funding region can still apply until 23 April for the "3x3" funding programme, which was launched at short notice, and have three projects funded together with Script Writers and/or Directors from the funding region.

In its last meeting, Committee 1 of the FFHSH awarded almost three million euros to 24 projects under the old funding system, including the novel adaptation "We Are Next of Kin" by Directors Hans-Christian Schmid and the drama "Last Song for Stella" by "Deutscher Drehbuchpreis" winner Kilian Riedhof.

Our motto "Let's fund things forward" has never been more important than now. The current situation is challenging the entire industry. As Fundings, we are aware that reliability is currently the top priority. That is why we are responding to the current conditions and needs, extending our April submissions and focussing on the area of development.

A separate cinema emergency aid programme for Hamburg, a tripling of cinema programme prices in Schleswig-Holstein, participation in the nationwide rescue package and a new funding programme for creative professionals in the north of the country: A comprehensive package of measures is intended to support the film and cinema industry in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein quickly and sustainably. The two states will provide an additional 3.7 million euros for this purpose.

A link list with helpful tips and support measures for filmmakers + cinemas from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein during the Corona period.

In the nominations for the German Film Awards 2020 announced today, a total of 23 nominations went to six FFHSH-funded films. Among the nominees are Nora Fingscheidt's "Systemsprenger", Hermine Huntgeburth's "Lindenberg! Do your thing" and "I Was, I Am, I Will Be" by HMS graduate Ilker Çatak.

Curtains up for Hamburg's first Women\*Festival: from 5 to 8 March, Studio Kino is showing ten works by and about women, including numerous guests, to mark International Women's Day.

FILMFEST HAMBURG, Filmfest Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg hope that the Iranian Director will leave the country soon.

Four Committees, 16 submission deadlines and an annual budget of almost 16 million euros: Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein reorganised its funding areas on 1 April 2020. Fundings for series and innovative formats have been added. In addition, sustainable production will become mandatory and a checklist will sensitise people to the topic of diversity.

Director Mohammad Rasoulof, who lives in Hamburg, can hope to win a Golden Bear with "There is no evil". As the festival management announced at the end of January, the film will be shown in the competition of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. The FFHSH is represented at the Berlinale with a total of seven world premieres, including the political thriller "Curveball" and the First Steps winner "Futur Drei".

Last Friday (17 January), a total of 5 FFHSH-funded projects were honoured with the Bavarian Film Award - including the Hamburg company Weydemann Bros. for their drama "Systemsprenger" and Lars Eidinger and Bjarne Mädel as best actors in "25 km/h".

A total of twelve FFHSH-funded films have made it onto the shortlist for the 2020 German Film Awards, which will be presented in Berlin on 24 April. Nine productions are represented in the "feature film" category alone - including "Systemsprenger" by Nora Fingscheidt and Hermine Huntgeburth's "Lindenberg! Do your thing", which celebrates its world premiere in Hamburg today.

A spectacular car chase through the Speicherstadt warehouse district and the Elbphilharmonie concert hall as the headquarters of a shady tech company: the new "3 Angels for Charlie" film is a must-see for Hamburg fans. The team led by Director Elizabeth Banks and leading actress Kristen Stewart spent two weeks filming in the Hanseatic city in 2018.

In the last meeting of the year, Committee 1 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awards around 2.7 million euros to 25 projects. Among them are the animated film "Stichkopf" and a drama by Sabrina Sarabi, which is backed by the "Systemsprenger"-Executive Producers Weydemann Bros.

A total of 27 projects were supported by Committee 2 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein with 545,400 euros in its last meeting of the year - including a long-term observation by Hamburg Grimme Award winner Pia Lenz and a Turkish-German co-production by Riva Filmproduktion from Ottensen.

North German comic pioneers, dodgy bombers and an exciting virtual reality project: In the last funding round of the year, Filmwerkstatt Kiel is awarding 85,000 euros to a total of eleven projects.

More than 220 guests, 16 Speakers and six hours of a packed programme: the first Explorer Konferenz as part of FILMFEST HAMBURG was an impressive event, as the recently published conference report underlines.

Off to Beijing: FFHSH CEO Helge Albers travelled to the Chinese capital this week with a small delegation of German Executive Producers and other film funding institutions. The reason is an invitation from the Sino-European network "Bridging the Dragon".

What will the film industry look like in five years? The future of film production is on the programme of the first "Explorer Konferenz", which the producers' association, Filmfest Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and FILMFEST HAMBURG are anchoring in Hamburg just in time for the start of the festival.

On Thursday evening, Jana Schiedek, State Councillor for Culture and Media, presented the Hamburg Cinema Awards. 15 arthouse and district cinemas were honoured for their 2018 programme year, with the Abaton and 3001 Kino being the main winners. Among the winners for the first time: FilmRaum in Eimsbüttel and Schanzenkino 73.

As reported by Filmfest Hamburg, the Hamburg and Tehran-based Director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to one year in prison in Iran. Rasoulof was honoured for his drama "A Man of Integrity" at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2017.

At the 37th Filmfest Munich on Friday evening, the "New German Cinema" sponsorship award in the script and acting categories went to the drama "I Was, I Am, I Will" by Hamburg-based Director Ilker Çatak. The award is considered one of the most important prizes for up-and-coming filmmakers in Germany and is endowed with a total of 70,000 euros.

"Salmei, Dalmei, Adomei!" At its summer meeting, Committee 1 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded around 3.3 million euros to 30 projects, including the remake of the British TV magician "Catweazle" - played by Otto Waalkes.

The Virtual Reality & Arts Festival "VRHAM!" is entering its second round: from 7 to 15 June, visitors can immerse themselves in breathtaking artificial worlds in the Oberhafenquartier. Also taking part: the Hamburg Residencies! Two exciting projects that will further develop their art as part of the festival.

Call for Application: The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund is once again available this year to promote cooperation between German and Turkish filmmakers at an early stage.

Around 150 national and international Executive Producers met last Sunday for Focus Germany's traditional co-production breakfast. Country focus this time: the Benelux countries.

The world's most important film festival has begun again and the North is represented at the Croisette by high-calibre female filmmakers: While Directors Shahrbanoo Sadat and Lübeck-based Executive Producer Katja Adomeit are screening in the "Quinzaine des Réalisateurs" section with their drama "The Orphanage", Fatih Akin's producer Nurhan Şekerci-Porst is on the prestigious "Un Certain Regard"jury.

Courageous youth, artists on the run - and coming-of-age stories in all age groups: In the first session of the year, Filmwerkstatt Kiel supported 17 projects with a total of 136,000 euros.

In the nominations for the 2019 German Film Awards announced today, three FFHSH-funded films received a total of seven nominations. Fatih Akin's "The Golden Glove" alone received five nominations. In addition, "Rocca changes the world" by Katja Benrath and Markus Goller's road movie "25 km/h" made it onto the list of nominated films.

The film North has presented itself from its best side at the Berlinale. Nora Fingscheidt's drama "Systemsprenger" was awarded the Silver Bear (Alfred Bauer Prize) on Saturday evening.

The North German film industry celebrates in Hamburg: Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein celebrated its traditional annual kick-off at Kampnagel on Wednesday evening with around 1000 guests from film and TV, culture and politics. Among the guests were Til Schweiger, Hermine Huntgeburth, Charly Hübner and Hamburg's cult director Fatih Akin.

In February, the eyes of the film world will be on Berlin: For the 69th time, the international film industry will meet in the capital from 7 to 17 February. The FFHSH is represented with 21 subsidised projects. With Fatih Akin's horror film "The Golden Glove" and Nora Fingscheidt's "Systemsprenger", two subsidised films are screening in competition.

A total of four FFHSH-funded productions have made it into the programme of the 40th Max Ophüls Preis film festival, which takes place in Saarbrücken from 14 to 20 January. They include Ziska Riemann's "Electric Girl" and Marcus Richardt's feature film debut "Goliath96" starring Katja Riemann.

The year is off to a good start: A total of eight FFHSH-funded films have made it onto the shortlist for the 2019 German Film Awards, which will be presented on 23 May 2019. Among others, Fatih Akin's "The Golden Glove", "25 km/h" by Markus Goller and "Rocca - Verändert die Welt" by Katja Benrath can hope to be nominated.

Director Fatih Akin can hope to win a Golden Bear with his horror film "The Golden Glove". As the festival management announced today, the film will be screened in competition at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival

The new Lisbeth Salander thriller 'Conspiracy' opens in cinemas on Thursday. What hardly anyone knows is that one of the central action scenes in the film was shot in Hamburg. Directors Fede Alvarez and his team spent three days filming in Hamburg harbour at the beginning of the year.

A planned screening of "Wildes Herz", the documentary about the punk band Feine Sahne Fischfilet, had to be cancelled due to massive threats. The film was to be shown as part of the Schleswig-Holstein School Cinema Weeks in Bad Schwartau.

In the last session of the year, the Filmwerkstatt Kiel travelled around the world: the Committee funded 14 projects with a total of around 93,000 euros, including a road movie in Cambodia, an animated film in the Wadden Sea and a documentary in Iceland.

The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge, supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture, met for a funding session during the 26th Filmfest Hamburg.

Time for Documentaries: The 61st edition of Dok Leipzig will take place from 29 October to 4 November. Seven films funded by the FFHSH will be shown this year. They include "The Symphony of Uncertainty" by Claudia Lehmann and "The Donkey's Name was Geronimo" by Arjun Talwar and Bigna Tomschin.

A music legend is coming to the big screen: filming has been underway since 11 October for "Lindenberg! Do your thing!", the new film about the life of Udo Lindenberg starring Jan Bülow, Detlev Buck and Charly Hübner, among others. The film is being directed by Hermine Huntgeburth.

Hollywood in Hamburg: Mayor Dr Peter Tschentscher met Director and actress Elizabeth Banks - during the filming of "Charlie's Angels" in the Elbphilharmonie.

Teachers take note: The next round of School Cinema Week in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein starts in November. More than 100 films will once again be shown in around 60 cinemas this year. The screenings are specially designed for school classes and are intended to introduce children and young people to film education.

The programme of the 26th Filmfest Hamburg includes eleven FFHSH-funded productions, including the festival successes "Another day of Life" and "Sibel". The films will be framed by several specialist events and location tours

With Margarethe von Trotta's documentary "In Search of Ingmar Bergman" and the drama "Sibel", two FFHSH-funded films are on the list for the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival. Von Trotta's Ingmar Bergman homage has already celebrated its premiere in Cannes, while the international co-production "Sibel" was recently honoured with three awards at the Locarno Festival.

The Senator for Culture and Media, Dr Carsten Brosda, presented the Hamburg Cinema Awards for the 2017 programme year to 13 Hamburg arthouse and district cinemas at the Studio Kino on Friday evening. The prizes, worth a total of 100,000 euros, are awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture and Media together with Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.

Fatih Akin's new film "The Golden Glove" takes us back to St. Pauli in the 1970s - and right into the heart of the neighbourhood pub where the woman-killer Fritz Honka was up to mischief back then.

This summer, over a dozen cinema films with FFHSH funding will be shot in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein - a new record. Behind the projects are prominent Hanseatic filmmakers such as Fatih Akin, Til Schweiger and Katja Benrath, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2018 with her short film "Watu Wote". Akin and Benrath's feature films are shot entirely in the region.

Shooting for Fatih Akin's adaptation of the novel "The Golden Glove" begins in Hamburg on 2 July. Afterwards, the Hamburg-based Director will turn his attention directly to another novel, Stephen King's "Fire Child".

Filmfest Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein is represented at this year's Munich Film Festival with four subsidised productions - including Jakob Lass' Reeperbahn film "So Was Von Da" and Margarethe von Trotta's "In Search of Ingmar Bergman". Both films were produced by the Hamburg-based company C-Films (Germany). The film festival will take place in the Bavarian capital from 28 June to 7 July 2018.

90 VR goggles, three locations and lots of fibre optic cables: last Tuesday saw the first tri-national virtual reality conference, VR CONNECT, take place in Malmö, Aarhus and Hamburg, where participants were able to immerse themselves in virtual worlds at the same time.

Call for Application: The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund is once again available this year to promote cooperation between German and Turkish filmmakers at an early stage.

Maria Köpf, CEO of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (FFHSH) since 2016, has informed the company's Supervisory Board that she will not be extending her contract beyond 31 March 2019. The position of CEO will be advertised shortly.

The Hamburg Media School and the FFHSH have been working together on "Green Shooting" since 2013 - all student film productions are produced in accordance with the Green Shooting Card criteria. The cooperation has now been extended for another five years.

A total of nine LOLAS went to FFHSH-funded films at the 68th German Film Awards on Friday evening. The biggest winner at the awards ceremony was Emily Atef's "3 Days in Quiberon" with seven prizes, including the gold award for best feature film. Fatih Akin's "Into the Fate" took home the silver trophy.

At its latest meeting, Committee 2 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein awarded more than 400,000 euros to 16 projects. The films deal with Tourette's centres in Lübeck, Italian hotel castles and Istanbul love dramas.

The film industry is represented with two films at this year's Cannes Film Festival: Margarethe von Trotta's homage "In Search of Ingmar Bergman" will celebrate its world premiere in the "Cannes Classics" section. The animated film "Another Day of Life" will screen out of competition. Hamburg production companies are behind both films.

For the first time this year, up to twelve German feature films will be competing in the new "Große Freiheit - Filme aus Deutschland" section for the new Hamburg Producer Award "German Cinema Production"

With prize money totalling 25,000 euros.

A call for young documentary filmmakers from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: Until 9 April, the Screen Talent Europe network is looking for Directors, Executive Producers or Editors between the ages of 18 and 30 who would like to take part in an international documentary camp in Lofoten, Norway, from 5 to 19 July 2018. .

In the nominations for the German Film Awards 2018 announced today, five FFHSH-funded films received a total of 21 nominations. Ten nominations alone go to "3 Days in Quiberon" by Emily Atef and five to the Golden Globe winner "Into the Fate" by Fatih Akin.

A total of four awards from the Association of German Film Critics went to FFHSH-funded productions on Monday (19 February), including "Happy" by Carolin Genreith and "Der traumhafte Weg" by Angela Schanelec.

Around 650 guests from the film scene met on Sunday morning at the traditional "Hamburg Film Brunch" at the Hamburg State Representation on the Spree. The occasion was the 68th International Film Festival in Berlin

A total of 17 projects received around 450,000 euros in funding from Committee 2 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein at the first meeting of the new year. These include the tragicomedy "Ohne Netz" about fear, the incredible story of Hamburg motorbike archaeologist Uwe Ehinger in "Jetzt ist später/Rusty Diamonds" and the Bulgarian co-production "Not Angry Anymore".

With around 1,000 guests from the worlds of film and TV, culture and politics, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein celebrated its traditional annual kick-off at Kampnagel on Wednesday evening. Among the guests: Directors Fatih Akin and Emily Atef and actors Moritz Bleibtreu and Til Schweiger.

The FFHSH is entering the 39th Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival with a total of ten funded productions, including the feature film debut "Draußen in meinem Kopf" by Hamburg native Eibe Maleen Krebs, the adult fairy tale "Axel der Held" by Director Hendrik Hölzemann and the mystery thriller "Jenseits des Spiegels" by Nils Loof.

Filmmaker Philipp Hartmann travelled to 66 cinemas with his film "Die Zeit vergeht wie ein brüllender Löwe" in 2014 and 2015 all by himself - and turned it into another film called "66 Kinos" about the German cinema landscape. He is now back on tour with this film, travelling to almost 66 cinemas.

One step further in the Oscar race: Fatih Akin's Hamburg thriller "Into the Fate" has made it onto the shortlist in the "Best Foreign Film" category. Among the contenders is the South African drama "The Wound" with Hamburg co-producer Riva Film. The Hamburg Media School graduation film "Watu Wote" has already been shortlisted for a short film Oscar.

Good news: NDR, FFHSH and nordmedia have tweaked the joint young talent programme NORDLICHTER and improved a few points. For example, Norddeutscher Rundfunk has increased its participation per project to up to 350,000 euros (gross) and the exploitation rights of the Executive Producers have been extended.

Great news from Hollywood: Fatih Akin's latest film "Into the Fate" with Diane Kruger was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" on Monday.

On 21 November, Fatih Akin's new NSU thriller "Into the Fate" had its premiere in Hamburg. The film, which will be in the running for the Oscar for Germany next year and has already caused a storm of enthusiasm in Cannes, was also celebrated by the Hamburg audience.

Chiko Director Özgür Yildirim once again sends the duo Falke (Wotan Wilke Möhring) and Grosz (Franziska Weisz) on a search for criminals through Hamburg and the surrounding area. This time, however, they are not only looking for criminals, but also for ecological savings potential.

The partnership between NDR and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) has existed for 20 years. The co-operation agreement, which was first concluded in August 1997, has now been extended and even expanded: With immediate effect, an additional 200,000 euros in funding will be available to the FFHSH each year.

Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz and Hamburg's Senator for Culture and Media, Dr Carsten Brosda, will receive actress Diane Kruger and Hamburg filmmaker Fatih Akin as guests of honour at City Hall on 21 November to sign the city's Golden Book. The premiere of "Into the Fate" will take place in the Hanseatic city on the same evening.

On 27 October, the Kinematheksverbund Cinema Prize was awarded in Berlin with a total value of 30,000 euros. 19 German cinemas were honoured - including the Metropolis/Kinemathek and B-Movie from Hamburg

A total of 30 FFHSH-funded productions are on the festival calendar of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck from 1 to 5 November 2017. These include "Es war einmal Indianerland" by İlker Çatak and "Wildes Herz" by actor Charly Hübner and Sebastian Schultz.

The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Istanbul Film Festival / Meetings on the Bridge has selected four new German-Turkish film ideas at its 7th meeting

In 2011, the FFHSH launched the "Green Shooting Card", a seal of quality for environmentally conscious filming. To mark its 100th anniversary, the Green Shooting Card has now been awarded to the crime thriller film "Sauerkrautkoma", which is currently being produced in Bavaria.

The South African drama "The Wound" is the second FFHSH-funded production to be nominated for an Oscar, alongside Fatih Akin's "Into the Fate".

From now on, there is a new face at Filmwerkstatt Kiel: Anna Sophie Schmidt is our new FSJ student and will be supporting Arne Sommer and his team for the next twelve months.

Katja Benrath, a graduate of Hamburg Media School (HMS), is among the winners of the 2017 Student Oscars with her short film Watu Wote, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

Screenings, masterclass, travel and accommodation - all for free. Plus the opportunity to connect with the Nordic film scene: apply now for the Young Nordic Film Link as part of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck.

The most important film festival in North America includes "The Swan", "The Legend of the Ugly King" and "Into the Fate", three FFHSH-funded productions.

Eleven German films have the chance of an Oscar nomination in the category "Best Non-English Language Film". Among them are two films supported by the FFHSH: Into the Fate and Gleissendes Glück.

The FFHSH is celebrating its 10th anniversary, time to take stock: How is the film and media industry doing in the far north?

The Series Lab Hamburg is entering its second round and is calling on Executive Producers from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein to apply with a series project for the international market.

The North presented itself from its best side at the Croisette. Diane Kruger was named best actress in a leading role for her performance in Fatih Akin's NSU thriller, while Mohammad Rasoulof won the main prize in the "Un Certain Regard" section.

Two exceptional artists are at the centre of the new funding round: Committee 2 of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein has awarded around 600,000 euros to a total of 24 projects.

In the Semaine de la Critique series, the animated film Tehran Taboo by Ali Soozandeh is on the programme of the Cannes Film Festival - the third film with FFHSH participation on the Croisette.

The 14th Hamburg Documentary Film Week will take place from 19 to 23 April. Four subsidised productions will also be presented in the Dokland Hamburg section.

From April, Claudia Hartmann will join the FFHSH team as the new Head of Communications & Press and Jan Asmus as the new Head of Administration.

Three FFHSH-funded films have been nominated in nine categories for the 2017 German Film Awards, the German Film Academy has announced. The LOLA will be awarded in Berlin on 28 April.

With immediate effect, Script Writers can apply for funding to develop a treatment. The maximum funding amount is 10,000 euros and is awarded as a grant.