Film & Kino Fördermeldung
The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund turns 10! 6 German-Turkish film ideas funded in current session
Teresa Hoefert de Turégano (MBB), Gülin Üstün (Meetings on the Bridge), Helge Albers (MOIN), Kirsten Niehuus (MBB), Malika Rabahallah (MOIN)
PRESS RELEASE
Berlin / Potsdam / Hamburg – In its current session, the funding round of Medienboard, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Istanbul Film Festival – Meetings on the Bridge funded 6 co-productions with a total of 53,000 euros. After a digital edition in 2020, the anniversary session was once more held live at the Filmfest Hamburg this year.
The following 6 projects were selected by the panel for funding:
Another Possibility by Burak Çevik, 10.000 Euro
Co production: Flaneur Films, Berlin
As Shadows Fade by Burcu Aykar, 10.000 Euro
Co production: Jyoti Film, Hamburg
Gunes by Zeynep Güzel, 10.000 Euro
Co production: Heartwake Films, Berlin
Yellow Letters by Ilker Çatak, 10.000 Euro
Co production: If… Productions Film, München
Crystal of Happiness by Emre Yeksan, 8.000 Euro
Co production: Achtung Panda!, Berlin
Tussifed by Dogu Yasar Akal, 5.000 Euro
Co production: Salarfilm Produktion, Hamburg
The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund was established in 2011 by MBB, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Istanbul Film Festival – Meetings on the Bridge. The aim of the fund is to strengthen German-Turkish cooperation and to promote joint film projects between the two countries at an early stage of development. Over the course of its 10-year existence, the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund has already been able to support several successful projects. Last year, for example, the film When I’m Done Dying by Nisan Dag, produced by Red Balloon, won the Best Director Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. In 2019, Emin Alper’s drama A Tale of Three Sisters, co-produced by Berlin-based Komplizen Film, screened in competition at the Berlinale.