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A new, familiar face at MOIN Film Fund: Sonja Heinen, most recently CEO of European Film Promotion, is to take up the post of Development Executive for MOIN Film Fund’s NEST programme on 1 September 2026. This newly created role will serve as the central hub for all activities – ensuring even closer support for NEST projects as they make their way to market.

Die Nordic NEST-Jury hat entschieden: Mit „Cargo Crime“ von Autorin Valeria Richter aus Dänemark, „Deeper“ von Eva-Maria Koskinen aus Finnland und „White Noise“ von Stefanie Ren aus Deutschland wurden anlässlich der Filmfestspiele von Cannes die drei Gewinnerprojekte der ersten Nordic NEST-Runde bekanntgegeben. Alle Projekte werden sowohl aus den nordischen Ländern als auch aus Deutschland produziert und bekommen für die Drehbuchphase eine zusätzliche Förderung von bis zu 60.000 Euro je Projekt.

Lisa Emer will take over the management of the Creative Europe Desk Hamburg on 1 July 2026. She succeeds Christiane Siemen, who has shaped the Creative Europe MEDIA programme's advisory office in Hamburg for 34 years and is now retiring. Dr Jan Asmus from MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein will take over as commercial CEO.

Hamburg, 13.04.2026 - Hamburg Media School, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the City of Hamburg are launching the next year of GetOnSet, once again sending a strong signal for the practical promotion of young talent in the film and series industry. Career changers can now apply for the ten-month film trainee programme.

In their first meetings of the year, the MOIN Film Fund committees awarded more than 4.4 million euros to 35 projects. The funded productions include the 22 Bahnen sequel "Windstärke 17" by Caroline Wahl, the tragicomedy "Skaterherz" starring Jasmin Tabatabai and Edin Hasanovic, a historical drama about Hans Christian Andersen and the film "Mama?" with Maxton Hall star Harriet Herbig-Matten. All films have numerous shooting days in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

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.

İlker Çatak and Fatih Akin - together in Hamburg with their Golden Bears: For the nationwide cinema release of "Yellow Letters" on Thursday, 5 March 2026, MOIN Film Fund is sending a visible signal for the film location: for more than two decades, the German Berlinale-winning films have come from Hamburg.

The Hamburg Senate and MOIN Film Fund invited the film industry to Tea Time at the Hamburg State Representation in Berlin on Saturday, 14 February, as part of the Berlinale. Among the guests were Shahrbanoo Sadat, Bruno Alexander, Laura Tonke, Aaron Hilmer, Doris Dörrie, Jeanette Hain and Merlin Sandmeyer.

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.

Ten writers, 20 producers, six countries: at the Göteborg Film Festival, the “Nordic NEST” initiative by MOIN Film Fund, the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and The Five Nordics, is entering its decisive stage. The aim: new feature films and TV drama series for the international market.

The North is strongly represented in the capital this year: no fewer than eight funded films have made it into the official programme of the 76th Berlinale from 12 to 22 February 2026. With the drama "Yellow Letters" by Oscar-nominated filmmaker İlker Çatak, which was shot in Hamburg, and "Rose" with leading actress Sandra Hüller, two funded films can be seen in the Competition.

Hamburg/Lübeck/Berlin, 16.01.2026 - The 76th Berlinale is kicking off in northern Germany and internationally at the same time: with "No Good Men", a film from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein will open this year's film festival on 12 February 2026. Afghan Director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who lives in Hamburg, and Lübeck-based Executive Producer Katja Adomeit are sending a strong signal for the film industry in the north of Germany.

Since the beginning of the year, a community of former NEST Space grantees has been deciding which future projects will receive NEST funding. For each Nest round, six people are selected from the NEST alumni pool who have relevant professional expertise and relevant industry experience and contribute this specifically to the evaluation of the respective projects. With a diverse composition, we want to ensure that stories can be told that might otherwise go unheard

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/Berlin/Istanbul, 20.11.25 - The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund of Medienboard, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Meetings on the Bridge - the co-production platform of the Istanbul Film Festival - is supporting ten film projects that are being developed in cooperation between Turkish and German production companies.

The MOIN committees are funding a total of 31 projects with 3.1 million euros in their latest funding round. The highest sum went to the family adventure "Miniatur Wunderland" - with 1.1 million euros in funding and 23 days of filming in the region.