PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING

On January 1st of this year, Maria Köpf took over the reins at Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. The Munich native intends to further strengthen the creative landscape in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein “in order to achieve great specific results — outstanding films.” She is looking forward to stronger communication and closer connections with producers to follow and intensify the support of new projects already in the development stage. Together with local partners, Maria Köpf (the former head of Zentropa Entertainments Berlin) plans to internationalize the region and further develop the established network with Scandinavian partners. “We will also be closely watching the exploitation of films in the digital age and provide support at the appropriate level,” says Maria Köpf.