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Berlin / Potsdam – At its autumn funding session, the Film Funding Committee of the MBB awarded €4.3 million to 14 film productions and 10 development projects. Supported projects include new works by and featuring Rachel Zegler, Adrien Brody, Ben Platt, Detlev Buck, Lavinia Wilson, Leonie Benesch, Hanna Schygulla, Axel Ranisch, Mohammad Rasoulof, Lone Scherfig, İlker Çatak, Helene Hegemann, Erik Schmitt, Kirill Serebrennikov, and Volker Schlöndorff.

A total of 62 projects were submitted, requesting €14.24 million in funding. Of the 40 production projects submitted, 14 projects will receive a combined €4.05 million, including five productions directed by women, which account for €1.2 million in funding. Of the 22 development applications, 10 projects were selected for funding, half of them led by women.

The complete list of funding decisions by the committee is availablehere.

PRODUCTION FUNDING

Deine Freunde
UFA FICTION, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 700,000
Direction: Axel Ranisch
Screenplay: Silvia Lindner
 

Grey Matter
DETAiLFILM, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 700,000
Direction & Screenplay: Mohammad Rasoulof
 

The Ugly One
One Two Films, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 500,000
Direction & Screenplay: Hong Khaou
 

Honeytrap
Zentropa Berlin
Funding Amount: € 400,000
Direction & Screenplay: Lone Scherfig
 

Dogma 25 - Heureka
if… Productions Film, München
Funding Amount: € 300,000
Direction: İlker Çatak
Screenplay: Johannes Duncker, İlker Çatak
Cast: Meral Perin, Leonie Benesch, Oğuz Akıncı, Franz Liebig, Leokaan Koçak, Hanna Schygulla
 

Dogma 25 - Schlachtfeld
X Filme, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 300,000
Direction & Screenplay: Helene Hegemann
Cast: Campbell Caspary, River Roux, Samuel Schneider, Lavinia Wilson, Bernhard Schütz
 

Kaschiert
Komplizen Film, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 300,000
Direction: Aslı Özarslan
Screenplay: Claudia Schaefer
 

Last Dance
INFLAMÁVEL, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 200,000
Direction: Karim Aïnouz
Screenplay: Emily Ziff Griffin
Cast: Adrien Brody, Rachel Zegler, Ben Platt
 

Dieterstan
Zeitsprung Pictures, Köln
Funding Amount: € 150,000
Direction: Rabeah Rahimi
Screenplay: Rabeah Rahimi, Leonore Lukschy
Cast: Detlev Buck
 

nº72
Essential Filmproduktion, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 70,000
Direction & Screenplay: Rithy Panh
Documentary
 

DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

Urninge
Razor Film Produktion, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 30,000
Screenplay: Falk Richter
Direction: Kirill Serebrennikov
 

Epstein
Beetz Brothers film production, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 30,000
Screenplay: Daniela Völker, Anne v. Petersdorff, Christian Beetz
 

Afrika
Volksfilm, Potsdam
Funding Amonut: € 25,000
Screenplay: Volker Schlöndorff, Thomas Köck
Direction: Volker Schlöndorff
 

Die goldene Schreibmaschine
DCM Pictures, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 25,000
Screenplay: Ipek Zübert
 

Canvas
Nilu, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 20,000
Screenplay & Direction: Erik Schmitt
 

Die Kinder und der Wasserdieb
Tilda Films, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 15,000
Screenplay: Esther Niemeier, Laura Espinel
Direction: Esther Niemeier