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Berlin / Potsdam – The new media funding of the MBB supports eleven projects in its first funding session of the year to a total of 959,000 euros.

New content for console, glasses and screen: Berlin-Brandenburg’s studios and production companies will continue to work on extraordinary and diverse projects in 2023. In the area of games it will be imaginative, creative and profound at the same time. Two junior teams of the HTW Berlin are supported here. With the VR experience support, users can immerse themselves in the everyday life of an indigenous community in Peru, the new project by the award-winning makers of NowHere Media, or literally in a mystical and mysterious underwater world. With a look at a past war and a current one, the series segment also gets political. 

All commitments at a glance!

GAMES

Blue Harvest
Tarock Interactive
250,000 € development funding
A unique mix of strategy and trading simulation: players create a family dynasty in a historical setting, leading it to influence and prosperity.

Cortex Station
Purple Sloth Studio
60,000 € development funding
First-person puzzle game: players explore a mysterious space station, a surreal world that deals allegorically with mental health and depression.

MUKKE
APETENSE Interactive
90,000 € production funding
In the fictional Mukke City, inspired by 1980s West Berlin, players create their very own music and experience a socio-critical story.

One S'More
Kleene Games
120,000 € production funding
A 3D puzzle game in which game players are immersed in a delicious world of sweets, solving challenging puzzles with a marshmallow.

XR

Ancestral Secret VR
NowHere Media Gaedtke & Parameswaran
50,000 € production funding
The Chilean-German co-production is brought to life in close cooperation with the indigenous Q’ero community in Peru. In the interactive VR experience, users visit their village and experience their rituals.

Grand Magic Tour
Maranja Anja und Marcus Herrmann
50,000 € production funding
A mixed reality tour with tricky puzzles, talking Rubik’s cubes and lots of magic.

Underwater VR
Selkies Interactive
52,000 Euro development funding
A world of mystery and miracle! Underwater game players explore a sunken village and solve exciting puzzles.

SERIAL FORMATS

ART CRIMES THE FAKES
Unknown Media
50,000 € development funding
Following the first season of “ART CRIMES” which successfully took us into the world of art thefts, the second season will now be dedicated to the biggest forgeries.

(Cold) War on Truth
DOCDAYS Productions
87,000 € production funding
Without the WWW, Putin’s disinformation war would be unthinkable. But his methods have long since had a life of their own: they are endangering democracies all over the world.

Lost in Translation?
Kundschafter Filmproduktion
30,000 € development funding
In the documentary series, all protagonists search for clues on foreign terrain, investigating the mechanisms of coexistence in different countries.

Vietnam
LOOKS Filmproduktionen
120,000 € production funding
The war in Vietnam has been reported predominantly from the U.S. perspective. This documentary takes on an in-depth Vietnamese perspective for the first time.

+++ NEW: The Medienboard now supports the presentation of virtual reality and augmented reality experiences and comparable innovative audiovisual content at selected festivals. The aim is to increase the visibility and marketing opportunities of projects from Berlin-Brandenburg abroad. See which projects and festivals are eligible for funding here, plus further info. +++

Next submission deadline for new media grants: 18 April 2023

As of 2023, the MBB will be funded according to its own games funding guidelines – more info here!

Guidelines for the funding of innovative audiovisual content are available here!