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Christina Bentlage Beuys Head of Film Funding Andres Veiel Telephone +49 - 211 - 930 50 20 [email protected] Mustang Elisabeth-Treskow-Platz/Köln © Oliver Franke/Tourismus NRW e.V. Deniz Gamze Ergüven Film The People versus Fritz Bauer Lars Kraume Helga Binder Deputy Head of Film Funding / Locations & Services Toni Erdmann International Co-Productions Funding Maren Ade Telephone +49 - 211 - 930 50 75 [email protected] Film Commission NRW Wild > contact point for any producer who wants to film and work in NRW Nicolette Krebitz > information about studios, service providers and professionals The Congress > contacts with the local authorities and in acquiring film permits Ari Folman > database with over 4.800 locations in cooperation with NRW cities Film Commission NRW and location scouts Only Lovers Left Alive Andrea Baaken Jim Jarmusch > www.locationnrw.de Film Commission NRW Telephone +49 - 211 - 930 50 19 Nymphomaniac Locations and Services [email protected] Lars von Trier > all kind of location a script calls for Rush > castles, medieval homes and working class neighborhoods, Ron Howard industrial monuments > contemporary architecture as well as lots of nature A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Creative Europe Desk NRW Reflecting on Existence > first-class infrastructure and studios Roy Andersson Heike Meyer-Döring Production Teams Head of Creative Europe Desk NRW Generation War Telephone +49 - 211 - 930 50 14 Philipp Kadelbach > production companies experienced in co-production [email protected] > highly professional, English-speaking production teams The Physician > all kinds of production services and postproduction facilities Philipp Stölzl > one of Europe’s largest studio complexes Hannah Arendt Margarethe von Trotta

Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW Pina Wim Wenders Kaistraße 14 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany The Reader Telephone +49 - 211 - 930 500 Stephen Daldry A great land [email protected] Amélie for filmmaking. www.filmstiftung.de Jean-Pierre Jeunet

NRW – North Rhine-Westphalia Film Funding in NRW German and European Funding

Film and Media Hub NRW What are the NRW funding schemes? NRW funding can be combined with the following > one of Germany‘s largest federal states with 18 million inhabitants > development and pre-production German and European funds: > situated in the heart of Europe: one-hour flight from > production, distribution and sales London, Paris and Berlin > development program of German-French TV series German Federal Film Board (FFA) > metropolitan areas of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Ruhr Region > combination of German and European funds possible > annual budget of around 76 million Euros (film levy) > home of Germany‘s biggest broadcasters WDR and RTL > feature films at all stages of production and exploitation > highly professional production services Who can apply? > www.ffa.de/funding.html > only producers are eligible German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) Film and Media Fund NRW > a German co-producer is needed, ideally from NRW > Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM) > operating since 1991 with an annual average budget of > annual budget of 75 million Euros, 20 % rebate on German spend 35 million Euros What are the conditions? > feature, documentary or animated films in Germany > partner for the film industry in NRW and Germany with an > conditionally repayable, interest free loan > www.dfff-ffa.de eye on international co-production > minimum of 150 % spend in the region > supporting the development, production and distribution > up to 50 % of the German share German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF) of feature and documentary films > producer’s investment: 5 % of the budget > German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy

> as well as high end-TV movies and series Copenhagen > applications must be submitted before starting the project > annual budget of 10 million Euros > grants for high-end international co-productions and TV series www.filmstiftung.de/en How does it work? > www.bmwi-gmpf.de > support is based on a jury decision Berlin Creative Europe Amsterdam > submission deadlines for projects five times a year London > European Union‘s programme to support the culture, NRW > consultation is recommended creative and audiovisual sectors Cologne > entry forms, guidelines and deadlines: Brussels > budget of 1.46 billion Euros available from 2014 - 2020 Prague > www.ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe www.filmstiftung.de/en Munich Eurimages – European Cinema Support Fund Paris > annual budget of 25 million Euros

Zurich > supporting feature, animated and documentary films > www.coe.int/t/dg4/eurimages/default_en.asp