25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Since its founding in February 1991, the NRW regional fund has supported over 7,600 projects for film and television, as well as the production and development of TV series, with some 762 million euros. Support was also granted for up-and-coming media talent and cinema modernization. With innovative programs, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW also helps to fund new media content like games, apps and web videos. And with an annual funding budget of some 35 million euros, it is one of the financially strongest funding institutions in Europe.

37 admissions millionaires and numerous prizes and awards represent the variety of funding and filmmaking in NRW, including national hits like MANITOU’S SHOE and GOOD BYE, LENIN!, HANNAH ARENDT and THE PHYSICIAN, but also international productions like AMÉLIE and PERFUME — THE STORY OF A MURDERER, MELANCHOLIA, and the 2016 Oscar^®-nominated MUSTANG. The most important awards include 120 German Film Awards, 40 European Film Awards, one Oscar^® and seven Berlinale Bears.