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New films and series for Berlin-Brandenburg! Medienboard funding of 7.6 million euros for 37 projects
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Berlin / Potsdam - In its 1st film funding round in 2020, Medienboard promised funding of 7.6 million euros to 37 projects. The 25 projects receiving production grants include 15 cinema feature films, 3 high-end series, 5 documentary films and 2 TV films.
Involved in the projects: Emily Atef, Cordula Kablitz-Post, Barbara Albert und David Dietl, Paula Beer, Vicky Krieps, Lars Kraume, Franz Rogowski, Sven Unterwaldt, Stefano Sollima, Til Schweiger, Christian Schwochow, Michael B. Jordan & Jamie Bell!
PRODUCTION FUNDING
Bestattung eines Hundes (working title) | Series
Flare Film | Funding amount 750,000 euros
Creators: David Dietl, Barbara Albert | Screenplay: Bob Konrad, Hanno Hackfort, Thomas Pletzinger
Last Song for Stella
REAL FILM | Funding amount 750,000 euros
Direction: Kilian Riedhof | Screenplay: Jan Braren, Marc Blöbaum, Kilian Riedhof | Cast: Paula Beer, Katja Riemann, Tobias Moretti
Catweazle
Tobis Filmproduktion | Funding amount 650,000 euros
Direction: Sven Unterwaldt | Screenplay: Bernd Eilert, Claudius Pläging, Sven Unterwaldt, Otto Waalkes | Cast: Otto Waalkes, Julius Weckauf, Katja Riemann, Henning Baum
Kurt
Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction | Funding amount 600,000 euros
Direction: Til Schweiger | Screenplay: Vanessa Walder, Til Schweiger | Cast: Til Schweiger, Franziska Machens, Heiner Lauterbach, Jasmin Gerat
Without Remorse
Studio Babelsberg | Funding amount 520,637 euros
Direction: Stefano Sollima | Screenplay: Joe Robert Cole, Taylor Sheridan, Shawn Ryan, Will Staples | Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell
Der Überfall | Series
UFA Fiction | Funding amount 500,000 euros
Direction: Stephan Lacant | Screenplay: Stefan Kolditz, Katja Wenzel
Z.E.R.V. | Series
W&B Television | Funding amount 500,000 euros
Direction: Dustin Loose | Screenplay: Michael Klette, Jens Köster
Projekt X | TV
MOOVIE | Funding amount 400,000 euros
Direction: Lars Kraume | Screenplay: Ferdinand von Schirach, Lars Kraume
Ökozid | TV
zero one film | Funding amount 300,000 euros
Direction: Andres Veiel | Screenplay: Jutta Doberstein, Andres Veiel
Mister
Niko Film | Funding amount 250,000 euros
Direction: Emily Atef | Screenplay: Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich | Cast: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Jesper Christensen, Liv Ullmann
Babij Jar
Senator Film Produktion | Funding amount 150,000 euros
Direction & Screenplay: Sergei Loznitsa
Sing!
Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin | Funding amount 150,000 euros
Direction: Torsten Striegnitz, Simone Dobmeier | Screenplay: Simone Dobmeier
Große Freiheit
Rohfilm Produktion | Funding amount 120,000 euros
Direction: Sebastian Meise | Screenplay: Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider | Cast: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich
Hyper Hyper
avanti media fiction | Funding amount 80,000 euros
Direction & Screenplay: Cordula Kablitz-Post
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
FCK My Heritage | series
Komplizen Serien | Funding amount 150,000 euros
Direction: Christian Schwochow | Screenplay: Heide Schwochow, Jana Burbach, Julia Niemann, Daniel Hoesl
DISTRIBUTION
Nightlife (Simon Verhoeven), Warner Bros. Entertainment, 150,000 euros || Die Känguru-Chroniken (Dani Levy), X Verleih, 130,000 euros || Lassie – Eine abenteuerliche Reise (Hanno Olderdissen), Warner Bros. Entertainment, 100,000 euros || Undine (Christian Petzold), Piffl Medien, 80,000 euros || Über die Unendlichkeit (Roy Andersson), Neue Visionen Filmverleih, 50,000 euros || Die perfekte Kandidatin (Haifaa al-Mansour), Neue Visionen Filmverleih, 50,000 euros || Ein verborgenes Leben (Terrence Malick), Pandora Film Medien, 40,000 euros || Die Sehnsucht der Schwestern Gusmão (Karim Aïnouz), Piffl Medien, 30,000 euros || Helmut Newton – The Bad and the Beautiful (Gero von Boehm), Filmwelt Verleihagentur, 15,000 euros || Kokon (Leonie Krippendorff), Salzgeber & Co. Medien, 15,000 euros || Paris Calligrammes (Ulrike Ottinger), Real Fiction Filmverleih, 15,000 euros