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Where is a new high-end series currently being filmed? Which projects have recently received funding? And which film from northern Germany has recently scored big at a festival? If you have any questions about the world of subsidised films and series in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, we are here for you.

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"Filmtage Köln" moves to Hamburg in 2026

Cinema industry event

From 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 Miniaturwunderland

2.7 million euros for 44 projects

In 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".

Das Filmteam von Amrum steht vor einer lila Wand.

Industry festival at Kampnagel: An evening for the film north

MOIN Mittsommer 2025

On 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.

Porträtfoto von Arab und Tarzan Nasser vor einer weißen Wand mit rotem Licht

Prize in Cannes for Hamburg co-production

Successful conclusion to the festival

At 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 Data

Survey tool for more diversity

The 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.

Ein comicartiger Kompass auf lila Hintergrund

MOIN on course: more budget, more film, more north

Annual balance sheet 2024

Two 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.

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