GERMAN-DUTCH FILM CONFERENCE: MEET YOUR NEIGHBOUR

From 31 August-2 September, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the City of Leipzig and the Netherlands Film Fund organized the first German-Dutch film conference with the title “Meet Your Neighbour”. Over 50 guests from Holland and Central Germany gathered together for three days to exchange their experiences with co-productions and discuss ideas for more intensive cooperation between the two regions in the future. The program included case studies such as Martin Koolhoven’s BRIMSTONE, provided insight into European television productions and the distribution market, as well as an overview of current projects within the framework of the German-Dutch Co-Development Fund for Children’s Films, which MDM and the Netherlands Film Fund initiated last year.

“We have maintained long-term close contacts between the Dutch film industry and the creative industry in Central Germany, from which numerous successful projects have been developed,” concluded MDM managing director Manfred Schmidt. “The conference opened up possibilities to maintain a dialogue about creative similarities, but also about differences and, above all, the common path on the European film market.”