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5,4 million Euros of MBB funding for new film and highend series projects
PRESS RELEASE
Berlin / Potsdam - € 4.3 million of the € 5,4 million in funding go to 8 feature films and 4 new highend series projects. Hollywood is currently shooting the 5th part of the “Hunger Games” series here: For “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth will be filming on location in Berlin and Brandenburg until November - together with thousands of extras based in the capital region! The widely announced Nibelungen film “Hagen” with Jannis Niewöhner in a leading role will become a feature film as well as a series.
Laura Tonke, Corinna Harfouch, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Andres Veiel, Kirill Serebrennikov, Randa Chahoud, Faraz Shariat, Karim Aïnouz, Sara Fazilat, Falk Richter, Christoph Hochhäusler and Özgür Yildirim are also working on new, exciting cinema and series projects!
On top of that, MBB is supporting the theatrical release of 12 new films with almost 700,000 euros. The audience can look forward to the 2nd part of the box office success "The School of Magical Animals", Karoline Herfurth's comedy "Einfach mal was Schönes", Ruben Östlund's Cannes winner "Triangle of Sadness", Emily Atef's "More than ever" and Fatih Akins "Rheingold" about rap star Xatar!
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PRODUCTION FUNDING
KraNK | Series
Violet Pictures
Funding amount: 900.000 €
Direction: N.N.
Screenplay: Samuel Jefferson, Paulina Lorenz, Korbinian Hamberger, Raquel Dukpa
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Studio Babelsberg
Funding amount: 750.000 €
Direction: Francis Lawrence
Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Michael Lesslie, Suzanne Collins
Cast: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth
Mystery of Love
Sunny Side Up Film
Funding amount: 500.000 €
Direction: Markus Goller
Screenplay: Oliver Ziegenbalg
Cast: Uwe Ochsenknecht, Corinna Harfouch
Hagen | Festure film & Series
Constantin Film Produktion
Funding amount: 500.000 €
Direction: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
Screenplay: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert, Doron Wisotzky
Cast: Gijs Naber, Jannis Niehwöhner, Lilja van der Zwaag, Jördis Triebel
Sexuell verfügbar | Series
Majestic Filmproduktion
Funding amount: 350.000 €
Direction: Ulrike Kofler
Showrunner: Caroline Rosales
Screenplay: Caroline Rosales, Timon Karl Kaleyta, Friedemann Karig
Cast: Laura Tonke
Die Zweiflers | Series
Turbokultur
Funding amount: 350.000 €
Direction: Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim
Screenplay: David Hadda, Juri Sternburg, Dr. Sarah Hadda
Disappearance
Lupa Film
Funding amount: 300.000 €
Direction & Screenplay: Kirill Serebrennikov
Riefenstahl
Vincent productions
Funding amount: 180.000 €
Direction & Screenplay: Andres Veiel
Documentary Feature
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
Die Weiße Rose | Series
Sommerhaus Serien
Funding amount: 80.000 €
Screenplay: Ira Wedel, Sebastian Bleyl
My First Family | Series
Razor Film Produktion
Funding amount: 50.000 €
Direction: Randa Chahoud
Screenplay: Maya Zaydman, Ori Sivan
Ministerium der Träume | Series
Komplizen Serien
Funding amount: 50.000 €
Direction: Faraz Shariat
Screenplay: Paulina Lorenz, Raquel Molt
Urninge
Razor Film Produktion
Funding amount: 40.000 €
Direction: Karim Aïnouz
Screenplay: Falk Richter
Viktoria Frankenstein | Series
Flare Entertainment
Funding amount: 40.000 €
Direction: Özgür Yildirim
Screenplay: Rachel Mathews, Andreas Fuhrmann
Rifugio | Series
DETAiLFILM
Funding amount: 30.000 €
Screenplay: Mateusz Pacewicz
DISTRIBUTION
Die Schule der magischen Tiere 2 (Sven Unterwaldt), Leonine Distribution, 150.000 € || Einfach mal was Schönes (Karoline Herfurth), Warner Bros., 150.000 € || Stella (Kilian Riedhof), Majestic Filmverleih, 80.000 € || Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund), Alamode Filmdistribution, 80.000 € || Rheingold (Fatih Akin), Warner Bros., 30.000 € || Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt (Pola Beck), Port au Prince, 30.000 € || FCK 2020 - Zweieinhalb Jahre mit Scooter (Cordula Kablitz-Post), Wild Bunch Germany, 25.000 € || Mehr denn je (Emily Atef), Pandora Film Medien, 20.000 €