The German camera operator Jürgen Jürges was awarded the Silver Bear for an "outstanding artistic contribution" to the MDM-funded drama "DAU. Natasha" by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel. In the Panorama section, the drama "Father" ("Otac") by Serbian director Srdan Golubovic picked up both the audience award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
more »Tomorrow will be the kick-off of the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. This year’s festival line-up includes 15 films realized with funding by Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM).
more »MDM and ZDF’s program slot for emerging talent and experimental films, Das kleine Fernsehspiel, have liaised to establish the "Fifty-Fifty" funding scheme to promote up-and-coming filmmakers in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
more »Shooting for Dominik Graf’s "Fabian", an adaptation of the eponymous Erich Kästner novel, began yesterday in the town of Görlitz. The cast includes Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl, and Meret Becker.
more »The MDM-funded, international co-productions "The Perfect Candidate" by Haifaa Al Mansour and "Martin Eden" by Pietro Marcello are going to premiere at the Competition of the Venice International Film Festival in its 76th edition.
more »Presided over by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the jury of the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival handed out the coveted "palmtree" awards last Saturday night. After its previous recognition by the critics’ association through the FIPRESCI award, the unusual comedy "It Must Be Heaven" by Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman received a special mention from the jury at the awards ceremony. The award of the ecumenical jury went to the equally MDM-funded drama "A Hidden Life" by director Terrence Malick.
more »The drama "Gundermann" by Andreas Dresen was the star of last night’s 69th edition of the German Film Prize, held in Berlin. This unique musician’s portrait, backed by MDM with 600,000 euros, scooped up not only the Golden Lola for best feature film, but also the awards for best directing, best screenplay, best male lead actor, best set design, and best costume design. In addition, the political thriller "Blame Gam by Philipp Leinemann, funded with 250,000 euros, won the Lola for best male supporting actor (Alexander Fehling).
more »For their MDM-funded short film "Umbra", Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell were awarded a Golden Bear by the International Short Film jury at the 69th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Thomas Heise’s documentary "Heimat is a Space in Time" grabbed the Caligari Prize. In addition, the children’s film "My Extraordinary Sumer with Tess" by Steven Wouterlood received an honorable mention by the Generation Kplus international jury.
more »Cannes 2018 line-up includes world premieres of "Ayka", "Donbass" and "Chris the Swiss".
more »"Touch Me Not" by Adina Pintilie and "In the Aisles" by Thomas Stuber have received a total of four prizes at this year’s 68. Berlinale.
more »Görlitz with its sets for the OSCAR®-winning comedy „The Grand Budapest Hotel” ist the winner of the „European Film Location Award of the Decade”.
more »The MDM-funded film "Oblivion Verses" will celebrate its world premiere in the Orrizonti competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30.08.–09.09.2017).
more »The MDM-funded film "Three Peaks" will celebrate its world premiere on the Piazza Grande at the 70th Festival del Film Locarno (02.-12.08.2017).
more »Romanian filmmaker Ioana Uricaru has started shooting her film "Lemonade" ealier this week in Montréal. The drama is Uricarus debut full-length feature.
more »"Khibula" by George Ovashvili will celebrate its world premiere in competition at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
more »Four MDM-funded films are receiving their world premieres at the 70th International Cannes Film Festival, two are contenders for the Golden Palm.
more »Young Juries in 31 European Countries have elected "Good Bye Berlin" by Fatih Akin as the winner of the European Film Academy Young Audience Award 2017.
more »At the 67th edition of the German Film Awards in Berlin yesterday evening, the German Film Academy honored the MDM-funded films "24 Weeks", "Wild", "Paula" and "Heart of Stone" with a combined nine LOLAs.
more »Cannes 2017 line-up includes world premieres of "A Gentle Creature", "Jupiters's Moon", "Directions", and "Western".
more »Israeli filmmakers Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon have started shooting their new black comedy “YOLO” earlier this week in Tel Aviv.
more »Today the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival has announced its line-up for the 2017 edition including the world premiere of “PRE-CRIME”, the new film by Matthias Heeder and Monika Hielscher.
more »The German Film Academy has unveiled nominations for the 2017 LOLA Awards with a total of 28 nominees for 7 films supported by MDM.
more »“Muhi – Generally Temporary” by Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander und Tamir Elterman will celebrate its world premiere in competition at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival.
more »On 9 December 2016, representatives of the institutions participating in the Polish-German Film Fund: Magdalena Sroka, head of the Polish Film Institute; Peter Dinges, head of...
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