10 YEARS OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND

1,087 productions, 594 million euros in support, 3.5 billion euros investment in the film location Germany – those are the impressive 10-year figures of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF). Since 2007, the automatic funding model established by the Federal Government has become an essential financing tool for German and international producers for the production of feature films of all genres and budgets, including 38 large productions with production costs of over 20 million euros. As a result there were not only great successes at the box office and festivals by the end of 2016, the incentives of the DFFF also provided for sustainable networking among filmmakers. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks came from Hollywood to Berlin and Brandenburg with huge crews to shoot BRIDGE OF SPIES, as did Jennifer Lawrence with the team of A TRIBUTE TO PANEM – MOCKINGJAY PART 2, and the MARVEL empire set up shop here too with THE FIRST AVENGER – CIVIL WAR, before travelling on to Saxony. Thuringia hosted the all-star cast of the Oscar^®-winning GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, while action at its best came to life in North Rhine-Westphalia with RUSH and in Bavaria with THE THREE MUSKATEERS 3D. But also local blockbusters like Til Schweiger’s HEAD FULL OF HONEY, comedies likes FACK JU GÖHTE 1 & 2 and WILLKOMMEN BEI DEN HARTMANNS, the most successful German film of 2016, all resulted from support by the DFFF.

The film location Germany has become more attractive over the years – all thanks to the DFFF: 10 years of success for the German film industry – Happy Birthday German Federal Film Fund!