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The FFA’s Branchentiger 2007 (photo courtesy of the FFA) GERMANY’S INDUSTRY TIGERS 2007 Germany’s most successful producers and distributors of German films were awarded a total of €18.5 million in March during the German Federal Film Board’s FFA Branchentiger 2007 get-together. The deciding factors for the prize money are the number of tickets sold and awards received. The most successful producers at national and international film festivals in 2006 were Berlinbased Razor Film Produktion, whose film Paradise Now won a Golden Globe among other honors, and Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, whose production The Lives of Others began its victory march in 2006 with the German Film Award in Gold and the European Film Award. For the third year in a row, Constantin Film Produktion and Constantin Film Verleih took home the Golden Branchentiger in both categories: production and distribution. The Munich-based company (whose hits include Perfume – The Story of a Murderer, Elementary Particles, Hui Buh – The Goofy Ghost, and The Robber Hotzenplotz, among others) received €3.4 million in support funds for new feature projects. In the field of production, the other Branchentigers were SamFilm (The Wild Soccer Bunch 1 – 3) with €1.3 million and Zipfelmuetzen Film (7 Dwarves – The Wood is Not Enough). The distribution Tigers were X Verleih AG (Summer in Berlin, Into Great Silence, Requiem) with €424,594 in funding and Buena Vista International Germany (The Lives of Others and The Wild Soccer Bunch 3, among others) with €284,147. The reference funding is based on the legal claims that producers and distributors are entitled to as laid down in the Federal Funding Law (FFG). The FFG makes it possible for companies to receive financial support based on the audience and festival success of their films and provides funds for the production and distribution of new projects. The funding is available without any obligations to location or to television broadcasters and can be used without having to receive project approval from a funding committee. GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND IN THE WORLD WIDE WEB Since the beginning of 2007, the German film industry has a new funding model that can hold up competitively in the European context. On the initiative of State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann, the German federal government is putting up €180 million over the next three years for the German Federal Film Fund in order to promote Germany as a film location. To find out more about the new fund since its introduction in January 2007, just go to www.ffa.de/dfff for a pool of information about the innovative fund ing model. The website provides an up-to-date production list of projects which have received this support with complete crew and content information and a project status report. Answers to detailed questions can be found in the BKM Guidelines, which are available for download, as is the application form. And of course, the FAQs offer a quick alternative to some of most common inquiries into the fund. All information is available in both English and French. FIRST MOONSTONE FILMMAKERS’ LAB IN THURINGIA This year the international training initiative Moonstone International is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Established in 1997 in Edinburgh in cooperation with Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute, Moonstone has organized numerous Screenwriters’ and Filmmakers’ Labs which have been instrumental in bringing forth internationally successful films. Two years ago, Moonstone opened an office in Leipzig to serve as the contact central for writers and filmmakers from German-speaking as well as Eastern and Central European countries. And Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung has been supportive of Moonstone East from the outset: after four Screenwriters’ Labs in Central Germany, a first Filmmakers’ Lab took place from 13 – 28 April 2007 in Thuringia. Eight young directors were able to gain film - making experience with a complete crew and with renowned directors such as John Irvin, Robert Pejo and Srdan Golubovic as ad - visors. Other Moonstone Lab supporters include the EU MEDIA program and the German Federal Film Board. german films quarterly news 2 · 2007 30 The German Federal Film Fund Team (photo courtesy of the FFA)
GERMAN ANIMATIONS IN ANNECY For the first time, German Films and the German Short Film Association are partners of MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, the Animations Department of the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart in holding the German Reception at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The festival in Annecy and the accompanying film market MIFA are the biggest business venues for animated film worldwide. The reception is scheduled for 12 June 2007 at the hotel Le Clos Marcel. Among the short films competing for the Annecy Cristal this year are four German shorts: Bernd und sein Leben by Ingo Schiller and Stephan-Flint Mueller, Bildfenster/Fensterbilder by Bert Gottschalk, Canary Beat by Juergen Haas, and Der Kloane (The Runt) by Andreas Hykade. Airport Offices: München ( 089/97 58 07-0 Fax 089/97 59 52 82 muc@multi-logistics.de worldwide transport p solutions Int. Medienspedition p FILMTRANSPORTS . FIRST CLASS SERVICE ! AIRFREIGHT WORLDWIDE: EXPORT . IMPORT . WAREHOUSE INTERNATIONAL COURIERSERVICE: WORLDWIDE „DOOR TO DOOR“ TRUCKING SERVICE . OVERNIGHT FESTIVALS . FILMPRODUCTION-HANDLING Frankfurt ( 069/69 52 36-0 Fax 069/69 52 36 15 fra@multi-logistics.de Berlin ( 030/412 20 34 Fax 030/412 20 94 ber@multi-logistics.de www.multi-logistics.de Hamburg ( 040/50 75 15 73 Fax 040/50 75 25 36 ham@multi-logistics.de german films quarterly news 2 · 2007 31 GmbH Gm mbH Scene from “The Runt” (photo © Studio Film Bilder)
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