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Berlin / Potsdam – At its summer funding session, the MBB funding committee awarded €4.3 million to 12 film productions and 6 development projects.

Among the selected projects are new productions by and starring Jeremy Strong, Maria Schrader and Jan Schomburg, Karoline Herfurth and Alexander Fehling, Bruno Alexander, Emil and Oskar Belton, Thelma Buabeng, Maria Drăguș, Fahri Yardım, Jessica Schwarz, and Jannis Niewöhner.

A total of 65 projects were submitted, requesting funding of €14.3 million. Of the 43 production projects submitted, 12 projects received funding totaling €4.15 million. Three of these productions, directed by women, were awarded €1.48 million.

In the development category, 22 projects were submitted, of which 6 projects received funding. Three of the supported development projects involve female participation.

The full list of funding decisions is available here.

PRODUCTION FUNDING

Arbeit und Struktur
Komplizen Film, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 900,000
Direction: Maria Schrader
Screenplay: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg

Wölfe
Doll Filmproduktion, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 700,000
Direction: Christopher Doll
Screenplay: Monika Fässler, Ann-Katrin Müller, Karoline Herfurth
Cast: Karoline Herfurth, Alexander Fehling, Max Mauff

The Passenger
Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 650,000
Direction: Magnus von Horn
Screenplay: Magnus von Horn, Aleko Gotscheff
Cast: Jeremy Strong

Die Schule der magischen Tiere 5
Kordes & Kordes Film, München
Funding Amount: € 500,000
Direction: Alexandra Kordes
Screenplay: Nicole Armbruster, Alexandra Kordes, Mirjam Müntefering

Aliens over Meck-Pomm
Kleine Brüder, Hamburg
Funding Amount: € 400,000
Direction: Bruno Alexander, Emil Belton
Screenplay: Bruno Alexander, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton
Cast: Marc Hosemann, Emil Belton, Milena Dreißig, Peter Kurth, Jannis Niewöhner, Thelma Buabeng, Georg Friedrich, Oskar Belton, Bruno Alexander

Im Herzen der Gewalt
Neue Flimmer, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 350,000
Direction: Igor Plischke 
Screenplay: Oliver Ziegenbalg
Cast: Taddeo Kufus, Maria Drăguș, Ulrich Matthes, Samuel Schneider

Das verrückte Labyrinth
SamFilm, München
Funding Amount: € 250,000
Direction: Peter Thorwarth
Screenplay: Jakob Grahl, David Benke, Fabian Carl
Cast: Fahri Yardim, Jessica Schwarz, Maja Enger

Distanzen
Essential Filmproduktion, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 100,000
Direction: Ulrich Seidl
Screenplay: Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Cast: Christoph Grissemann

Yellow Chrysanthemum
One Two Films, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 100,000
Direction: André Hayato Saito
Screenplay: André Hayato Saito, Éri Sarmet
Cast: Melissa Uehara

Codename: Guster
Tondowski Films, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 80,000
Direction & Screenplay: Katharina Warda, Jascha Hannover
Documentary Film

Wiederkehr: Wittstock
LOOKS Filmproduktionen, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 60,000 
Direction & Screenplay: Volker Koepp
Documentary Film

One Way or Another
DETAiLFILM, Berlin
Fundimg Amount: € 60,000
Direction: Konstantin Bock, Christopher Aoun
Screenplay: Konstantin Bock 
Documentary Film

DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

Ignition | Series
Arkanum Pictures, Potsdam
Funding Amount: € 40,000
Screenplay: Jessica Hölzl, Susann Schadebrodt, Nadine Gottmann
Direction: Markus Adrian

Tomi & Erika
Banana Tree Film, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 40,000
Screenplay & Direction: Péter Palátsik
Animation Film

Niemandsland
Schuldenberg Films, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 30,000
Screenplay: Viktor Gallandi
Direction: Natalia Sinelnikova

Pax Europa
Carousel Film, Potsdam
Funding Amount: € 30,000
Screenplay & Direction: Oliver Adam Kusio

Jonny K.
I AM JONNY K, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 20,000
Screenplay & Direction: Kaze Uzumaki

Mona Lisa
Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Berlin
Funding Amount: € 20,000
Screenplay & Direction: Sarah Miro Fischer