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Golden fall of cinema for Berlin-Brandenburg Medienboard funding of 7.5 million euros for 38 projects
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Berlin / Potsdam – In its 4th film funding round in 2019, Medienboard promised funding of a total of 7.5 million euros to 38 projects. The 19 projects receiving production grants include 10 cinema films and 3 high-end series.
Among them are new projects by Katja von Garnier, Aelrun Goette, Laura Lackmann, Soleen Yusef as well as Daniel Brühl, Uli Edel, Ruben Östlund and Karim Ainouz!
See the complete list here.
PRODUCTION FUNDING
Souls | Series
Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion | Funding amount 1,000,000 euros
Creator: Alex Eslam, based on a concept by Malte Can | Screenplay: Alex Eslam, Lisa van Brakel, Erol Yesilkaya, Senad Halilbasic
Fly
Rat Pack Filmproduktion | Funding amount 900,000 euros
Direction: Katja von Garnier | Screenplay: Daphne Ferraro, Katja von Garnier | Cast: Svenja Jung, Katja Riemann, Ben Wichert, Flying Steps
Friedrichstadtpalast | Series
Constantin Television | Funding amount 800,000 euros
Direction: Uli Edel | Screenplay: Rodica Doehnert
In einem Land, das es nicht mehr gibt ("In a land which no longer exists")
Ziegler Film | Funding amount 750,000 euros
Direction & Screenplay Aelrun Goette | Cast: Jannis Niewöhner, Jördis Triebel
Gunpowder Milkshake
Studio Babelsberg | Funding amount 500,000 euros
Direction: Navot Papushado | Screenplay: Navot Papushado, Ehud Lavski, Aharon Keshales | Cast: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Paul Giamatti, Angela Bassett
Nebenan (“Next Door”)
Amusement Park Film | Funding amount 500,000 euros
Direction: Daniel Brühl | Screenplay: Daniel Kehlmann | Cast: Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth
Furia | Series
X Filme Creative Pool | Funding amount 400,000 euros
Direction: Magnus Martens | Showrunner: Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen | Cast: Justus von Dohnányi, Nina Kunzendorf
Triangle of Sadness
Essential Filmproduktion | Funding amount 300,000 euros
Direction & Screenplay: Ruben Östlund
The Sun On My Head
Match Factory Productions | Funding amount 250,000 euros
Direction: Karim Aïnouz | Screenplay: Geovani Martins, André Novais, Mauricio Zacharias
Caveman
Mythos Film Produktion | Funding amount 150,000 euros
Direction & Screenplay: Laura Lackmann | Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Laura Tonke, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Martina Hill
MATERIAL AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
Kold
Missing Link Films | Funding amount 60,000 euros
Direction: Sebastian Schipper | Screenplay: Sebastian Schipper, Oliver Ziegenbalg
Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens ("The Brilliance of Life")
Tempest Film Produktion | Funding amount 37,000 euros
Direction: Georg Maas | Screenplay: Michael Gutmann
Sieger sein ("Being a Winner")
dcm pictures | Funding amount 25,000 euros
Direction & Screenplay: Soleen Yusef
Turn On The Bright Lights
MEMOFILM | Funding amount 25,000 euros
Direction: Till Kleinert | Screenplay: Till Kleinert, Linus Hahn
DISTRIBUTION FUNDING
Die Hochzeit ("The Wedding", Til Schweiger), Warner Bros. Entertainment, 150,000 euros|| Lindenberg! Mach Dein Ding ("Do Your Thing", Hermine Huntgeburth), DCM Film Distribution, 140,000 euros|| Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl ("When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit", Caroline Link), Warner Bros. Entertainment, 100,000 euros|| Das perfekte Geheimnis ("The Perfect Secret", Bora Dağtekin), Constantin Film Verleih, 100,000 euros|| Ich war noch niemals in New York ("I've never been to New York", Philipp Stölzl), Universal Pictures, 100,000 euros || Lara (Jan-Ole Gerster), Studiocanal, 80,000 euros.