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In its last meeting of the year, the Kurz + Innovativ Committee of the MOIN Film Fund awarded around 150,000 euros to seven projects. These include the short film "No Time" by Schleswig-Holstein Screenplay Award winner Jackie Gillies and the mixed media experience "Haunted Healing" by Hamburg-based animation company Fabian&Fred.

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.

Four graduates of Hamburg Media School have won the Student Academy Award 2023 in bronze in the feature film category with their graduation film "ISTINA (Truth)". The awards were presented last night in Los Angeles by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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 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.

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 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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

An Oscar nominee, a cinema million and two Palme d'Ors in Cannes: in 2022, there was plenty of tailwind for films from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With 2,000 days of filming and production funding for 60 cinema films such as "Amrum" by Fatih Akin and Hark Bohm and for nine series such as "Helgoland 513" and "Davos", exciting new projects are in the starting blocks.

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.

The VR experience "Queer Utopia" has won the XR Pitch Battle organised by MOIN Film Fund. The Portuguese-Brazilian VR artist Lui Avallos will receive support totalling 10,000 euros for his project idea.

The first year of "GetOnSet", the Hamburg pilot project to combat the shortage of film professionals, has started. More than 180 interested people applied in advance for the 15 places available. Dr Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media, and Labour Senator Dr Melanie Leonhard have now visited two GetOnSet trainees at work on the film set of "Notruf Hafenkante".

In its current meeting, the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund of MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Medienboard and Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge is awarding 40,000 euros for the development of three projects.

MOIN Film Fund, Danish Film Institute, National Film School of Denmark, SODEC Québec and Netherlands Film Fund are awarding four residency grants to young Executive Producers for the year 2023. The fellows will live, work and network in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Montreal. Applications are open until mid-November, the first "Port of Production"residency will take place in Copenhagen in March 2023.

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.

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Two Hamburg-based Directors are celebrating their world premieres at the renowned Locarno Film Festival this summer: Kilian Riedhof's drama "You Will Not Have My Hate" is screening on the Piazza Grande and Helena Wittmann is competing for the Golden Leopard with "Human Flowers of Flesh".

How are new digital tools impacting the film industry? And how are film production and the distribution of stories changing in times of radical change? As part of FILMFEST HAMBURG, the Explorer Konferenz #3 on 7 October 2022 invites you to explore these relevant questions together with international guests and take a look into the future. Three Explorer Impuls events will offer a foretaste of what's to come.

Back to normality: for the first time since 2019, the Hamburg Cinema Awards were presented live and in colour on 21 June. Culture Senator Dr Carsten Brosda presented awards to 17 arthouse and district cinemas as well as initiatives for the 2021 programme year at Kampnagel. Due to the pandemic, the prize money was more than doubled again this year from coronavirus funds to a total of 220,000 euros.

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".

This has never happened before: three films with Hamburg participation are screening in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, including the new film by Ruben Östlund. Three other MOIN-funded productions can be seen in other sections - the short film "Beben" was shot almost entirely in Schleswig-Holstein.

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk has already been able to help a total of 108 Ukrainian filmmakers with its Emergency Fund. After the German film funding organisations had already contributed 100,000 euros to the fund in March, there will now be further support amounting to 100,000 euros - because the situation remains precarious.

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.

In view of the humanitarian emergency and the war in Ukraine, solidarity is more important than ever: German film funding organisations condemn Putin's invasion in the strongest terms and are sending a signal of solidarity to Ukrainian filmmakers and their families with their joint action.

The new digital annual report from MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein takes stock of the coronavirus years 2020 and 2021. 2,501 shooting days, 26.2 million euros in funding, Golden Bears and Leopards

At the Berlinale 2022, Film-Norden will be represented with four subsidised films and a high-end series. At the "Berlinale Series Market" there will be a first glimpse of the series "REEPERBAHN Special Unit 65".

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.