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1st Funding Round 2025: MBB supports 35 film and series projects with over €4.1 million
Berlin / Potsdam – With the commitment of more than €4.1 million for 35 new film and series projects, the first funding round of the year kicks off the film and series season in the capital region! With MBB support, new projects are being developed by:
Fatih Akin, Albrecht Schuch, Nilam Farooq, Anna Zohra Berrached, Charly Hübner, Sonja Heiss, Florian Dietrich, Pola Beck, Asli Özarslan, Faraz Shariat, Laura Lackmann, Johannes Naber, Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, Katja von Garnier, Julia von Heinz, and many more!
PRODUCTION FUNDING
Emil und die Detektive
UFA Fiction
Funding amount: €650,000
Direction: Florian Dietrich
Screenplay: Antonia Scheurlen
Cast: Albrecht Schuch
Raging Moms
Wiedemann & Berg Film
Funding amount: €500,000
Direction & screenplay: Sonja Heiss
The Skull
Raccoon Features
Funding amount: €500,000
Direction & screenplay: David Lowery
Westend Girl | series
Flare Film
Funding amount: €400,000
Direction: Pola Beck, Stefan Schaller
Screenplay: Richard Kropf, Luisa Hardenberg, Alexander Lindh, Katharina Bauer, Julian Gaupp-Maier
Johanna und die Maske der Makonde
MadeFor Film
Funding amount: €350,000
Direction: Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
Screenplay: Anna Maria Praßler, Eva Lezzi
Cast: Malick Bauer, Nilam Farooq, Ulrike Kriener, Marina M. Blanke
Spaziergang nach Syrakus
Pandora Filmproduktion
Funding amount: €200,000
Direction: Lars Jessen
Screenplay: Heide und Rainer Schwochow
Cast: Charly Hübner
Die Matriarchin
Schiwago Film
Funding amount: €150,000
Direction & screenplay: Alison Kuhn
A Man of the World
Niko Film
Funding amount: €150,000
Direction & screenplay: Anne Paulicevich
Fitness & Verzweiflung
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Funding amount: €150,000
Direction & screenplay: Moritz Geiser
Cast: Sarah Gailer, Sahba Sahebi
Each of Us
Bon Voyage Films
Funding amount: €100,000
Direction: Anne Zohra Berrached, Anna Jadowska, Stina Werenfels, Neus Ballus
Screenplay: Mirjam Ziegler, Eva Pauné
Cast: Carla Juri, Aida Folch
Sie ist ein anatolischer Drache
bombero international
Funding amount: €100,000
Direction & screenplay: Fatih Akin
Documentary about Gaye Su Akyol
DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
One in a Million | series
Jünglinge Film
Funding amount: €60,000
Direction: Asli Özarslan, Faraz Shariat
Screenplay: Claudia Schaefer, Asli Özarslan
Noch wach?
Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion
Funding amount: €30,000
Direction: Laura Lackmann
Screenplay: Laura Lackmann, Johannes Naber, Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre
Dolphin Song
Unicorn Pictures
Funding amount: €20,000
Direction: Katja von Garnier
Screenplay: Aloura M. Charles, Katja von Garnier
18° unter dem Horizont
New Matter Films
Funding amount: €20,000
Screenplay & direction: Tatjana Kononenko
Avalon
Seven Elephants
Funding amount: €20,000
Direction: Julia von Heinz
Screenplay: Anna Werner, Nell Zink
Schöne Augen, böse Blicke
Amerikafilm
Funding amount: €20,000
Direction & screenplay: Max Linz
DISTRIBUTION FUNDING
Into the cinema with MBB funding Wunderschöner (Warner Bros, €150,000), Das Licht (X Verleih, €120,000), Volvereis (Piffl Medien, €40,000), Islands (Leonine, €30,000), Köln 75 (Alamode Filmdistribution, €30,000), Akiko, der fliegende Affe (farbfilm verleih, €25,000), Der Prank (Port au Prince Pictures, €20,000), Im Prinzip Familie (CAMINO Filmverleih, €20,000), Kein Tier. So Wild (Port au Prince Pictures, €20,000), Ice Aged (Majestic Filmverleih, €20,000), Another German Tank Story (Filmperlen - FILMVERLEIH und VERTRIEBSAGENTUR Claudia Oettrich, €15,000), XOFTEX (Port au Prince Pictures, €10,000).