FILM IN NRW Proxima©Photo Carole Benthuel

Information on the Media Region North Rhine-Westphalia

Film Amélie from Montmartre Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Production: Victoires Productions/Tapioca Films/ France 3 (F), MMC Independent Die Toten Hosen – You Only Live Once Director: Cordula Kablitz-Post, Paul Dugdale Production: avanti media fiction, Opus R Never Look Away Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Production: Pergamon Film, Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, ARD Degeto, Bayerischer Rundfunk In the Fade Director: Fatih Akin Production: bombero international, Warner Bros. Filmproductions Germany, Macassar Productions, corazón international, Pathé Toni Erdmann Director: Maren Ade Production: Komplizen Film, Coop99 Film, HiFilm Productions Producers 58FILME 2 Pilots augenschein Filmproduktion Bantry Bay Productions Belle Epoque Films Bildersturm Filmproduktion Blinker Filmproduktion bildundtonfabrik Marcello Busse Filmproduktion Coin Film Color of May CONRADFILM

Amélie from Montmartre

In the Fade

„A great land for filmmaking“

With the foundation of the Film und Medienstiftung NRW numerous award-winning films were produced. This is proven by the many successful films that have been made on the Rhine and Ruhr: from Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s Amélie from Montmartre (2001) through Rush (2013) by the Oscar winner Ron Howard through to Maren Ade‘s exceptional film Toni Erdmann which received dozens of prizes around the globe in 2016 and became a major box-office success. In 2019, films backed by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW won 13 out of 16 possible German Film Awards. Caroline Link‘s All About Me and Andreas Dresen‘s Gundermann also turned out to be real crowd pullers. This shows that NRW now offers ideal conditions for every film – for major national and international productions with star casts as well as for ambitious arthouse cinema. The federal state has also traditionally played an important role for German documentaries. One of 2018‘s successes was Die Toten Hosen – You Only Live Once which accompanied the Düsseldorf band Die Toten Hosen on tour and was seen by more than 100,000 people in the cinemas. Jule Katinka Cramer and Otaigo Beryl Magoko‘s graduation film from the Academy for Media Arts in Cologne (KHM), In Search..., received awards at the documentary film festivals in Leipzig and Munich, among others. Whether newcomers or star directors, countless creatives – including Tom Tykwer, Jim Jarmusch, Margarethe von Trotta, Wim Wenders, Sönke Wortmann, Jan Schomburg, Christian Schwochow, Wolfgang Fischer, Corinna Belz, Jan Bonny, Claire Denis, Lars von Trier, Bille August and Oscar winner Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – have been appreciative of the region‘s particular qualities. They have all benefitted from a highly specialised services sector and North Rhine-Westphalia has a sensational treasure trove of locations. There are outstanding film technicians and crews. Each year, the Wim Wenders Foundation joins forces with the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW to award a scholarship to a young filmmaker. Innovative filmmaking therefore not only has tradition, but also foresight in NRW. Wim Wenders, Director and Artist

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Toni Erdmann

strong networks of creative talents, which ensure that every film project can find the right partners in NRW.

Funding power

Founded in 1991 the Film- und Medienstiftung supports films for the cinema and outstanding TV formats at all stages of production and exploitation: from story development through screenwriting and production to distribution and sales. It is a reliable and strong partner for the industry: the fund has backed around 2,500 film productions with over 740 million euros. WDR, ZDF, and RTL are its shareholders alongside the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. They ensure that the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW remains one of the most important funding institutions in Europe with an annual funding volume of 35 million Euros. A worthwhile investment: for every euro of funding received, a producer must spend at least 1.50 euros on his film in NRW. The real effects for the region are much higher: for instance, in 2018, more than 270 per cent of the funding sum was invested in the federal state.

International co-productions

Funding of international co-productions is one of the areas of activity at the Film- und Medienstiftung. It has been instrumental in ensuring that NRW producers are regularly seen as participants at all of the leading global festivals. In 2019, for instance, Yuval Adler‘s thriller The Operative, with Diane Kruger in the lead, screened in the Berlinale‘s Official Competition (out of competition), Marco Bellochio‘s mafia courtroom drama The Traitor in the Cannes Competition, and Roy Andersson received the Silver Lion for Best Director with About Endlessness in VeMaking films  in NRW means for me now: an evolved, comprehensive competence in all departments .... Many-faceted, contradictory and consequently interesting images of Germany .... The readiness to take artistic risks, face creative challenges  .... and good blood sausage. Tom Tykwer, Director

Die Toten Hosen – You Only Live Once

nice‘s Competition and the European Film Awards. There is a long tradition to this international network: Cologne‘s Heimatfilm and Zentropa International have been working with Lars von Trier for quite a long time. The shared history of Aki Kaurismäki and Jim Jarmusch with the distributor Pandora stretches back to the 1980s. In 2017, Pandora brought the Cologne Film Award-winner Claire Denis to Cologne to shoot the scifi film High Life, starring Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson. But young production companies are also venturing with confidence into the international arena: Augenschein Filmproduktion shot the space scenes for the science fiction film Stowaway by Joe Penna with Anna Kendrick and Toni Colette. Augenschein also realised Franka Potente‘s feature film debut Home and 7500 by Patrick Vollrath with Joseph Gordan-Levit and Alyne Tezel. But arthouse isn‘t the only area where NRW companies are popular co-production partners: for instance, action concept was the perfect partner for the star-studded action films Rush and Collide with its expertise of being able to organise complex stunt sequences.

Facts and figures > one of the financially strongest regional film funds with an annual funding volume of 35 million euros > around 1,000 funded shooting days a year in NRW > first-class service providers for production and postproduction > highly qualified personnel > one of the largest and state-of-the-art film and TV studios in Europe > large variety of unusual shooting locations > award-winning and commercially successful productions for the cinema > the largest number of cinema screens in Germany > Film Festival Cologne, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Cologne Film Tradeshow, Film & Cinema Conference NRW, Duisburg Film Week, International Women‘s Film Festival, Kinofest Lünen, Documentary Day, German Camera Award

mann received a total of seven „Lolas“ at the German Film Awards, including for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Companies like Little Shark Entertainment (Lommbock), Westside Filmproduktion (Die drei !!!) and Senator Film (German Lesson) produce successful cinema in NRW. Children‘s films like Pettson & Findus 1-3, films for young people like Red Bracelets: The Beginning and comedies like 25 km/h are particularly popular with audiences. >

If you ever get the chance to shoot here, do it. Helen Mirren, Actress

German cinema

NRW is one of the major hubs for film production in Germany alongside Munich and Berlin. The development of domestic feature film production over the past few decades wouldn‘t be conceivable without the contribution of NRW. The Company supported outstanding productions by such directors as Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Ulrich Köhler (In My Room), Jan Bonny (Germany. A Winter‘s Tale), Nicolette Krebitz (Wild), Sönke Wortmann (How About Adolf), Christoph Hochhäusler, Oskar Roehler, Peter Thorwarth, Lola Randl, Christian Schwochow, Wolfgang Fischer, and by many more. In 2019 GunderWe had a very successful shoot in Germany. I very much look forward to filming in Germany again sometime in the near future. Ron Howard, Director, Producer, Author and Actor

A great land for filmmaking. Ari Folman, Director and Artist

Never Look Away

Constantin Filmproduktion CORSO Film dagstar film eitelsonnenschein elsani film Ester.Reglin.Film FICTION PARK Entertainment Filmfabrik Filmproduktion Loekenfranke Fruitmarket Gaumont gff Geißendörfer Gifted Films West gilles.mann filmproduktion Gringo Films hands-on producers Heimatfilm Hübner/Wallenfels Hupe Film Fiktion Karibufilm Lichtblick Little Dream Entertainment Little Shark Entertainment Made in Germany Filmproduktion Match Factory Productions MMC Movies MOLINA FILM Network Movie Pandora Filmproduktion Pantaleon Films Petrolio Film Rapid Eye Movies Rexin Film Senator Film Sutor Kolonko TERZ Film Tradewind Pictures TrickStudio Lutterbeck uhlandfilm unafilm Vistamar Film Westside Filmproduktion Weydemann Bros. Zeitsprung Pictures

Thanks also to MMC Studios and their excellent facilities here in Cologne. And, most personally, I want to thank all the amazing members of our crew and production for all their hard work, their invaluable contributions, and their incredible spirits. I will deeply miss working together with all these truly wonderful collaborators. Jim Jarmusch, Director and Artist

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Nymphomaniac

Film 55 Steps Director: Bille August Production: elsani film, atlas international With Hellena Bonham-Carter, Hilary Swank High Life Director: Claire Denis Production: Pandora Film, Alcatraz Films (F), The Apocalypse Company (GB), Madants (PL), Andrew Lauren Productions (USA) With Robert Pattinson, Jessie Ross, Mia Goth, Juliette Binoche, Lars Eidinger Nymphomaniac Director: Lars von Trier Production: Zentropa International Cologne, Zentropa (DK), Slot Machine (F), Memfis Film (SE), Zentropa (SE) With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf The Physician Director: Philipp Stölzl Production: UFA Cinema With Tom Payne, Sir Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Elyas M’Barek Animationsstudios/ 3D-Visualisierung 3D-Bilderfabrik 3DHandwerk animagix film bildwerk/ibt-studios B-Water Studios D-Facto Motion Das Werk Daywalker Studios Die Astronauten Elevision Animation Studio Fabian&Fred FEEDMEE Design framefloor.film tv web design Groovin‘ Pictures Ground Studios JEP-Animation LAVALabs Moving Images niky-bilder/Trickfilmwerkstatt Parasol Island

The Physician

Children‘s films, family entertainment, audience films

The Filmstiftung has been supporting the production of films for children and young people ever since it was launched. This has resulted in the production of such commercially successful bestseller adaptations as Wendy 1 and 2, the Jewel Trilogy, The School of Magical Animals, Die drei !!!, My Life As Lotta and TKKG. But there are also films based on original stories like Molly Monster – The Movie and Rock My Heart. In addition, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW has been involved in the Special Children’s Film Initiative since 2013, and this has already spawned such films as Double Trouble and the Magical Mirror and Too Far Away being released in German cinemas. Funded audience films like The Physician, Stromberg, How About Adolf, All About Me are veritable visitor magnets.

Documentaries

Since the foundation of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW around 635 documentaries were supported with approx. 61 million euros. Top-class portraits have been a focus of production in recent years: for example, Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery (Fruitmarket), Gerhard Richter Painting and Beuys (both zero one) all won a German Film Award. Broadview TV has also had success in the international theatrical market with its documentaries of sportsmen: Klitschko, Nowitzki and Kroos. In 2018, A Woman Captured (Corso Film), a film about modern slavery in Europe, was the subject of much heated debate and was nominated for a European Film Award after a worldwide festival tour. The portrait of the band Die Toten Hosen – You Only Start Once by Cordula KablitzPost was another success. Leading NRW companies like In the last decades a highly competitive film and media industry with a unique profile has developed in NRW. Sönke Wortmann, CEO Little Shark Entertainment

Bildersturm, Tag/Traum, Blinkerfilm, Coin Film, Boadview TV or Corso Film are part of the diverse and lively documentary scene in NRW.

High-end series and TV events

More than every third minute broadcast on German television is produced in North Rhine-Westphalia – that‘s pole position on a national level. The Film- und Medienstiftung targets its funding for TV drama productions as beacon projects; supported projects include what will now be the third season of the globally successful series Babylon Berlin by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten, both seasons of the feted mockumentary series Other Parents or the Bauhaus series A New Era and the historical three-parter Unsere wunderbaren Jahre. Presented at the Berlinale 2019, the two-parter Brecht by Heinrich Breloer follows in the tradition of his previous Filmstiftung-backed docu-drama successes like The Manns and Todesspiel. The Film- und Medienstiftung bolsters the international networking capacity of NRW‘s TV sector by, among other things, supporting the German-French Series Fund and serving as the main partner of the Berlinale Series Market.

Young filmmaking

NRW has the largest number of film schools in Germany. Talent labs such as the ifs – international filmschool cologne or the Academy for Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne ensure that young cinema from NRW continues to flourish. The Filmstiftung NRW has also done its bit here: in 2018, it awarded around 18 per cent of its production funding to films by newcomers and young cinema. This is rewarded each year by numerous prizes and festival NRW is more varied than any other region in Germany. As a consequence, I am constantly coming across extraordinary shooting locations. I think, though, that the special thing about shooting in NRW is also the people who live here. I have never heard of a complete film crew being provided with barbeque sausages by a local resident at half past two in the middle of the night. But I‘ve experienced this in NRW. Wolfgang Groos, Director

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55 Steps

High Life

invitations: for instance, Mehmet Akif Büyükataly‘s KHM graduation film Oray was presented with the Best First Feature Award at the 2019 Berlinale. Easy Love by the KHM graduate Tamer Jandali was the opening film of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar at the festival. Many success stories begin at the Filmstiftung-backed Mediengründerzentrum NRW, such as the production companies bildundtonfabrik, eitelsonnenschein, Weydemann Bros., Sutor Kolonko, Color of May und augenschein whose films and series regularly appear at all of the major festivals.

Gerd Ruge and Wim Wenders Grant

The Filmstiftung NRW has been awarding the Gerd Ruge Grant since 2002 to enable documentary filmmakers to develop feature-length projects. Aggregat (Kundschafter Filmproduktion), Searching Eva (Corso Film) or When Paul came over the Sea (Weydemann Bros.) are a few of the successful films which could be made with the subsequent production funding from the Filmstiftung. In addition, the Filmstiftung has been collaborating with the Wim Wenders Foundation in Düsseldorf since 2014 for the presentation of the Wim Wenders Grant to promote innovative cinematic language. One of the grant holders, Cleo by Erik Schmitt, made it into the arthouse charts in 2019.

Animation and VFX

Whether it be animation or visual effects for films for children, young people and families, for award-winning arthouse productions or advertising and TV – NRW can provide the appropriate partners. For instance, the film festival in Cannes saw the success of Tehran Taboo, a cooperation between Little Dream Entertainment and My decision about location was made according to two principles: the patriotic local anthem sung by the Höhner, Dat Hätz vun de Welt, jo dat es Kölle (“Cologne is the heart of the world”, which I am quite happy to apply to the whole of NRW), and the application to film of Article 3 of the Cologne “constitution”: Et hätt noch immer jot jejange “Things have always turned out OK”. No film would ever be made without this basic conviction. Bettina Brokemper, CEO Heimatfilm

Pixeltruck. Many successful animated films for children were made in NRW including Mullewapp – A Pig‘s Tale, Molly Monster, or the partially animated live-action version of Benjamin Blümchen. Düsseldorf‘s LAVALabs Moving Images has brought Cologne‘s Heinzels back to life in The Elfkins – Baking A Difference. The international co-production Fritzi – A Revolutionary Tale was realised in the Animationsstudio Lutterbeck to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The ifs international film school cologne and the Cologne Game Lab offer a Master‘s degree for 3D animation. > In recent years, NRW has become considerably more attractive as a media location. The Filmstiftung NRW has played a key role in this development. We, and our productions, are always happy to come to North Rhine-Westphalia. Martin Moszkowicz, President Constantin Film

Our film sales company, founded in 2006 with headquarters in Cologne, was able to develop to the full in this media-friendly environment in NRW. It’s easy to make contact with creative minds, distributors and film funders, and we have great employees. Michael Weber, Managing Director The Match Factory

Power-Toons Radl Animation Studio Huckepack Studio Flachbild TrickStudio Lutterbeck Twenty Two Films Unger & Fiedler Business Studios Cinegate Cubic Studios infostudios MMC Studios MP Medienparks NRW nobeo Postproduktion Act HeadQuarter Media ARRI Media Chaussee SoundVision cine plus Cologne Edit Station Einschnitt Video- und Postproduktion Farbkult Filmwerk Industriesauger TV LAVALabs Moving Images LogoSynchron MMC-Postproduktion Das Werk Digital Vision Pixellusion RuhrSoundStudios Scope VFX Schnittwerk Splendid Synchron Think Global Media Torus WeFadeToGrey Weltvertrieb The Match Factory Media Luna New Films New Docs

We are located in the middle of Europe in NRW – therefore, we have an integrative style of working and are always curious about the new. This is a strong inspiration for continuing to make great cinema. We want to keep finding and holding on to our audience here and also tell diverse stories together with the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. Claudia Steffen, Managing Director Pandora Film Produktion

Verleih Film Kino Text Filmlichter Mindjazz Pictures Rapid Eye Movies Real Fiction Filmverleih Film Kino Text Splendid Film W-film Distribution

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How About Adolf

Film All About Me Director: Caroline Link Production: UFA Fiction. Warner Bros. Entertainment With Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring, Joachim Król, Ursula Werner How About Adolf Director: Sönke Wortmann Production: Constantin Film With Christoph Maria Herbst, Florian David Fitz, Caroline Peters, Justus von Dohnányi, Janina Uhse, Iris Berben Pettson and Findus Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi Production: Tradewind Pictures With Ulrich Noethen, Marianne Sägebrecht, Max Herbrechter Proxima Director: Margarethe von Trotta Production: Heimatfilm, Minotaurus (LU), MACT Prod.(F), WDR, BR, Degeto Film With Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer Casting-Argenturen Agentur Schwarz Anja Dihrberg Casting Die Besetzer Casting Connect Cologne Casting Pool Emrah Ertem Casting FAMEonME Filmcast Finalcast Horst D. Scheel Kristin Diehle Casting Marc Schötteldreier Casting Outcast supremeCast Susanne Ritter Casting Tigercast

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Pettson and Findus

Studios and sound stages

In addition to exceptional locations, NRW also offers state-of-the-art studios for film and TV productions. The MMC Studios in Cologne has one of Europe‘s largest and state-of-the-art studio complexes at the Coloneum in Cologne-Ossendorf. The complex has a total of 20 studios, ranging in size up to 2,600 square metres and including the world‘s tallest sound stage at 26 metres. MMC Movies also boards productions as a partner. Cologne has thus hosted the shooting of such international highlights as The Operative, 7500 and Stowaway. Other studios in NRW can be found in Düsseldorf (Cubic Studios) and Monheim (infostudios).

Postproduction

NRW offers highly qualified experts and companies who can provide the whole range of services for postproduction. High standards in the area of sound postproduction are guaranteed by such providers as Chaussee SoundVision, RuhrsoundStudios and Torus. Postproduction of an international standard is offered by such NRW companies as Act HeadQuarter Media, WeFadeToGrey, ARRI Film & TV Services, Cine-Plus, Rise, Scope|VFX, and many others.

Locations

The federal state of NRW has a wide variety of inspiring locations from the Rhineland to the Ruhr region, from the Eifel region to Porta Westfalica: spectacular industrial backdrops, diverse natural landscapes and towns steeped in history. Caroline Link shot at authentic locations in the Ruhr area for All About Me which was based on Hape Ker-

keling‘s childhood memories. Andreas Dresen had former East Germany recreated in Cologne and Krefeld, among other places, for Gundermann. And the Art Academy in Düsseldorf was one of the locations for Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck‘s Oscar-nominated Never Look Away. The Film Commission NRW provides contacts to the responsible local authorities and location scouts familiar with the area.

Cinema culture

Audiences have 884 cinema screens to choose from in North Rhine-Westphalia – that‘s the highest number nationwide. The Film- und Medienstiftung has played a decisive role in preserving the region‘s diverse and lively cinema scene: it supports the new construction, modernisation and marketing of cinemas; in addition, there are the annual cinema programming awards. In 2018 alone, about 1.1 million euros was made paid out as part of these awards. One of the best-known and most impressive cinemas in Germany is in Essen. Built in 1928 and stylishly renovated, the Lichtburg is Germany‘s largest cinema with seating for 1,250 and an ideal venue for gala premieres. Cologne is home to the recently extensively refurbished Cinedom, one of Germany‘s largest and most popular multiplexes. Three cinemas in Cologne saw their doors reopening to audiences in 2017: the Filmpalast, the Rex am Ring and the Lichtspiele Kalk, the first suburban cinema with a daily programme since 1985. There is also a lively cinema scene outside of the big towns: in 2018/19, new cinemas began operations in Gummersbach, Attendorn, Kamp-Lintfort and Remscheid.

German films would be unthinkable without NRW. And the same goes for X Filme’s productions like “A Hologram for the King” with Tom Hanks or our successful series “Babylon Berlin” with Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries, which has been created in NRW, among other places.

Producing in NRW – often it used to be pure risk, but these days it is almost always sheer pleasure. The structures that have grown here in the last decades, most having been planted and tended by the Filmstiftung – that is what you could call a success story.

Stefan Arndt, CEO X Filme Creative Pool

Regina Ziegler, CEO Zieglerfilm

All About Me

Proxima

Festivals, film seasons, industry get-togethers From the internationally renowned festival through to a large number of specialised festivals, film seasons and industry events – dozens of events for the general public and professionals held throughout the year in North Rhine-Westphalia offer a multifaceted overview of world cinema, opportunities for networking as well as impetus for the industry‘s continued development.

NRW supported me from the very beginning in my young career as a producer: first the ifs internationale filmschule Cologne, then the Mediengründerzentrum and now the Filmstiftung NRW. Melanie Andernach, Managing Director MADE IN GERMANY Filmproduktion

Film Festival Cologne, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, International Women‘s Film Festival, Kinofest Lünen

One of the world‘s most important festivals for short films, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, has been at home in NRW since 1954. The Duisburg Film Week has particular relevance for the German-language documentary. The Film Festival Cologne shows highlights of global film and television production and brings international stars to Cologne. Its prizes included the Film Award NRW which was created in 2016. Other prestigious NRW festivals are the International Women‘s Film Festival Dortmund|Cologne and the Kinofest Lünen with its focus on German cinema. Cologne is also the annual venue for events unique to Germany, showcasing the crafts of cinematography (German Cinema Award), editing (Filmplus) and film scores (SoundTrack_Cologne). In addition, events such as the Cologne Film Trade Show and the NRW Film and Cinema Conference help boost networking opportunities as well as the public image of NRW‘s film industry. <

It‘s thanks to the Filmstiftung NRW that there is now a production landscape here which can easily be compared with every other region in Germany. With each day, I always look forward each day to producing new films here with all of the wonderful skilled people.  Stefan Schneider, Management Gruppe 5| Filmproduktion

I lived in Munich for 10 years and in Berlin for 10 years, and didn‘t regret a second about moving back to NRW.  Within a very short time, I got to know lots of highly motivated, professional and fun people and am already looking forward to the next joint projects. Peter Thorwarth, Director

Film festivals Bilderbeben Bielefeld Blicke – Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival XXS Duisburger Filmwoche Edimotion Fantasy Filmfest Filmfestival Cologne Filmfest Düsseldorf Filmfestival Münster Filmschauplätze NRW homochrom Int´l Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Int´l Stummfilmtage Bonn Int´l Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund|Cologne Kinofest Lünen Kino Latino KFFK- Kurzfilmfestival Cologne SoundTrack_Cologne Videonale Bonn Children‘s film festivals Bielefelder Kinderfilmfest Cinepänz doxs! – Dokumentarfilme für Kinder und Jugendliche Kinderfilmfest Bonn Kinder Film Fest Münster Kinderfilmtage Ruhrgebiet KinderKinoFest Düsseldorf Film awards Deutscher Kamerapreis Filmpreis Cologne Helmut-Käutner-Preis Kinoprogrammpreis NRW Grants Gerd Ruge Stipendium Wim Wenders Stipendium

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, major broadcasters, first-class film schools, and funding for up-and-coming filmmakers unlike any other – if we hadn‘t been born here, we would have had to move here … Jonas Katzenstein, Producer Augenschein Filmproduktion

NRW provides professional teams with a good sense of humour, diverse landscapes and architecture, urban and rural structures, as well as attractive film studios Anita Elsani, CEO Elsani Film

Funding Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Creative Europe Desk NRW Contacts filmstiftung.de nrw.germanfilmfinance.com creative-europe-desk.de

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Cologne Cathedral

Media Harbour Düsseldorf, Gehry Buildings

Media Region NRW Publishers Bertelsmann Handelsblatt Media Group DuMont Mediengruppe Rheinische Post Mediengruppe Funke Mediengruppe Telecommunication Deutsche Telekom Vodafone Telefónica Blackberry Ericsson Huawei LG Electronics NEC Düsseldorf NetCologne Nokia QSC Radiodata Unitymedia ZTE Cable/satellite Unitymedia NetCologne Eutelsat ASTRO Strobel Kommunikationssysteme Media Broadcast Television WDR RTL Vox Super RTL n-tv One Phoenix QVC Streaming platforms GigaTV kividoo magentaTV TVNow Producers 2 Pilots 58 Filme action concept Ansager & Schnipselmann augenschein Banijay Germany Bantry Bay Bavaria Fiction

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Welcome to North Rhine-Westphalia. With around 18 million inhabitants, NRW is not only the most populous federal state in Germany, but it is also one of Europe‘s most economically powerful metropolitan regions. The media and communications industries make a crucial contribution here. With around 25,000 companies in the media and communications sector, more than 463,000 employees and a turnover of around 143 billion euros, the federal state has developed into the leading media and creative hub in Germany and Europe. The diversity and concentration of the media industries in NRW are the key factors behind the hub’s strength: no other federal state musters as many companies and employees across the whole gamut of media formats – whether it be cinema, TV, moving images, games and print as well as cable networks, mobile, internet and IT. This makes NRW into one of the most important arenas for structural change and the new value chain in the age of digital transformation.

Internationally operating media companies

Two genuine global players lead the field of North RhineWestphalian media companies. Bertelsmann, Europe‘s largest media concern and number eleven in the world, has its headquarters in the East Westphalian town of Gütersloh, with more than 117,000 employees in around 50 countries and turnover of 17.7 billion euros. The group of companies includes the RTL Group, the Penguin Random House book publishing group, the Gruner + Jahr magazine publishing house, the music company BMG, the service-provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, and the Bertelsmann Education Group. The Bonn-based

Deutsche Telekom is the company with the highest turnover in the German IT and telecommunications sector. The concern with a labour force of more than 200,000 worldwide increased revenues to 75.7 billion euros. Deutsche Telekom was also successful in expanding its leading position in the German mobile market. Vodafone is also one of the world‘s largest telecommunications groups. It operates its own mobile phone networks in 26 countries. The company manages its largest national operations out of headquarters in Düsseldorf and increased its total service revenues by 1.5 per cent to 10.3 billion euros. The Essen-based Funke Media Group is also an international player. Funke generates an annual turnover of around 1.3 billion euros with the focus on regional media such as the leading regional newspaper WAZ and many local radio stations in NRW as well as women’s and TV listings magazines and their interlinking with digital offers.

Sustainable publishers

Apart from Bertelsmann and the Funke Media Group, the DuMont Media Group, Düsseldorf’s Handelsblatt Media Group, the Rheinische Post Media Group, and the Ippen Group in Hamm are the most important publishing houses in all of Germany, let alone in North Rhine-Westphalia. As a result of digital transformation, the classic print houses have since evolved into content enterprises with a broad-based product portfolio. Varied and high quality local journalism in NRW has been supported since 2015 by the independent “Vor Ort NRW” foundation which operates from the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW. And the book publishers are also fit for the future. Around 400 publis-

Bertelsmann is operating in around 50 countries – but North Rhine-Westphalia is the heart and home of our company. As a part of NRW‘s strong, innovative media landscape, we are working from here with creativity and entrepreneurship on shaping the industry‘s digital transformation.

Deutsche Telekom is not only providing society with infrastructure; it allows people to participate in the opportunities offered by the digital world. Anytime and anywhere. Privately and professionally. That is our mission, and NRW is the home from where we assume this responsibility.

Thomas Rabe, Chairman of the Board Bertelsmann

Timotheus Höttges, Chairman of the Board Deutsche Telekom

Facts and figures

Dortmunder U, centre for art and creativity

hers from NRW generate a turnover of over 3.8 billion euros, headed up by Bastei Lübbe, the national market leader among the popular German book publishers now for many years, and the renowned publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Cologne.

Germay‘s TV hub No. 1

WDR, RTL, VOX, Super RTL, n-tv, Phoenix, QVC and several others – NRW is Germany‘s leading TV hub. The major broadcasters are not the only ones with their headquarters here, this is also home to the most important producers and a highly specialised services sector. Entertainment formats from NRW are the ones dominating the ratings. More than 70 per cent of German comedy productions are produced in NRW, the share of docusoaps is just under 60 per cent and the state is also ahead of the pack for game shows with a market share of more than 50 per cent. Important companies like UFA Show & Factual, ITV Studios Germany, Banijay, EndemolShine Germany, Seapoint Productions and Warner Bros. Germany are producing such successes as Idol, I‘m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Let‘s Dance, or Who Wants to be a Millionaire? NRW is also one of the most important production and shooting locations for TV drama: TV events like Deutschland 83 (International Emmy Award in 2016), Babylon Berlin, Gladbeck, Parfum, TV films like Brecht, series such as Alarm for Cobra 11 and Red Bracelets, hit formats like Dragon‘s Den and Neo Magazin Royale, sitcoms and comedy shows like Ladies Night and die heute-show as well as cross-media projects like Wishlist and Oberucken and the highly popular NRW Scene of the

The high density of media professionals in NRW contributes significantly to the success of the Media Group RTL Germany. We are also the local hero in the total video sector because at our Cologne location, we can rely on highly qualified employees and strong partners who create moving and up-to-date content for us. Bernd Reichart, CEO RTL Media Group Deutschland

> Germany’s leading media and communications hub > over 25,000 companies, more than 463,000 employees, around 143 billion euros turnover > internationally operating media and telecommunications companies > Bertelsmann, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone > strong newspaper and book publishing sector > Cologne: German TV capital No. 1 > leading TV broadcasters WDR, RTL, VOX, Super RTL, n-tv, Phoenix, QVC > one-third of the television programming minutes produced in Germany > Germany’s leading TV producers > highly professional service-providers and studios > lively and creative film scene > one of Germany‘s financially strongest regional film funders > booming games cluster, strong web video scene > ideal conditions for founders and start-ups > Düsseldorf – advertising hub with the highest turnover and „mobile capital“ > excellent universities > diverse art and cultural scene

Crime episodes from Münster, Cologne and Dortmund. More than a third of the TV programming minutes produced in Germany comes from NRW. The new TV generation has also come to appreciate this concentration of creativity: NRW has long since become Germany’s leading hub for the production and marketing of web videos.

German films and international star cinema

Cinema from NRW –the film region of NRW stands for commercially successful productions and award-winning arthouse highlights like The Physician by Philipp Stölzl, All About Me by Caroline Link and Maren Ade‘s the Oscar candidate Toni Erdmann – all of them backed by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. The six-time German Film Award winner The People vs. Fritz Bauer by Lars Kraume, the seven-time German Film Award winner Gundermann by Andreas Dresen, Sönke Wortmann‘s How About Adolf or In My Room by Ulrich Köhler are representatives of strong films from NRW. In addition, there are numerous international productions benefitting from the first-class infrastructure, the ideal production conditions and the variety of unusual shooting locations. Amélie from Montmartre (Jean-Pierre Jeunet), Rush (Ron Howard), Lars von Trier‘s Melancholia, The Operative (Yuval Adler), High Life (Claire Denis), Proxima (Alice Winocour), Hannah Arendt (Margarethe von Trotta), Pina (Wim Wenders), The Traitor (Marco Bellocchios) and Pettson and Findus (Ali Samadi Ahadi) were made among others with creative and financial input from NRW. >

NRW is a strong media state and thanks to its many creative minds it will remain strong even in the digital age. This means for WDR: We will produce more cross-media and expand nonlinear platforms. This makes it all the more important for us to have reliable partners at our side who, like us, are committed to providing our audiences with a high-quality, independent and innovative program. Tom Buhrow, Director-General WDR

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Bavaria Entertainment bildundtonfabrik Brainpool TV Broadview TV eitelsonnenschein elsani film EndemolShine Germany filmpool entertainment gff Geißendörfer Heimatfilm I&U ITV Studios Germany Lichtblick Film Little Shark Entertainment Made in Germany MMC Movies Network Movie Pandora Film Produktion Propellerfilm Cologne Seapoint Productions Sony Pictures FFP UFA Show & Factual Westside Wüste Film West Zeitsprung Pictures Zentropa International Cologne Zieglerfilm Cologne Studios blueBox Studios Cubic Studios infostudios MMC Studios MP Medienparks NRW nobeo WDR-Studios Bocklemünd Mobile Coupies Ericsson IQ-ME Nokia Seven Principles Sevenval Telekom Vodafone WDR mediagroup Online arvato United Digital Group Thalia Bücher denkwerk kalaydo.de UFA X watchbox.de WDR mediagroup

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RTL Group, Cologne

Funke Media Group, Essen

Media Region NRW Games Ahoiii Entertainment Aruba Studios astragon entertainment Blue Byte Brainseed Factory Crenetic Studios Electronic Arts Kaasa Health Piranha Bytes/Pluto 13 RTL interactive Takomat Ubisoft Radio WDR Deutschlandfunk Deutsche Welle radio NRW Advertising/PR agencies BBDO Grey DDB Havas Worldwide Jeschenko Ketchum Germany McCann Erickson MEC MediaCom muehlhausmoers Ogilvy Oliver Schrott Kommunikation OMD Optimedia Saatchi & Saatchi Scholz & Friends Ströer TBWA Vok Dams Weber Shandwick Zenithmedia Events/festivals 1LIVE Krone c/o pop Festival & Convention Clash of Realities Deutscher Comedypreis Deutscher Entwicklerpreis Deutscher Fernsehpreis Deutscher Hörbuchpreis Deutscher Kamerapreis Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival XXS DW Global Media Forum

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Games, web video, mobile

Major international publishers like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft as well as a strong developer scene provide the backbone for the games hub in NRW. The picture is completed with the gamescom, the world‘s largest gathering for the video games industry, and a wide range of training opportunities for the next generation of game developers in the Rhine-Ruhr region. NRW also offers an ideal environment for the moving image industry, this is also shown by the diverse web video scene. TV channels, producers as well as Telekom and Vodafone are experimenting and investing here and also focus strongly on online-only productions with such services as Magenta TV and GigaTV Net since 2018. Furthermore, the Film- und Medienstiftung has been backing games and innovative audiovisual content since 2011. This area of funding was given a major boost in 2019 thanks to support from the federal state of NRW.

Internet, start-ups, e-commerce

The region provides an outstanding environment for Internet companies with its mix of industry, retail trade and services. Players such as Kalaydo, Cleverbridge and Rewe Digital appreciate these first-class structures. A strong start-up scene (according to the German Start-up Monitor, 19 per cent of all the start-ups in Germany originate from NRW), leading Internet agencies and important trade associations for the digital economy are additional positive factors for the region.

Germany‘s largest radio market

NRW is also at the forefront in the world of radio: this

Bertelsmann, Gütersloh

is the only place in Germany with such a great concentration of public and private radio stations, and nowhere else are more listeners reached – whether it be via FM or Internet stream, regionally or locally. Three major public stations – WDR, Deutsche Welle and Deutschlandradio – have been broadcasting from NRW for more than 50 years and have helped shape Germany‘s national radio landscape. Four of the ten top radio programmes listened to in Germany are produced in NRW. radio NRW and NRW’s local radios have been the nation’s No. 1 in FM radio for many years with a daily reach of almost 5 million listeners.

Strong music industry

Diversity and size of turnover make NRW one of the most important music hubs in Germany. Around 12,300 employees – and thus almost a fifth of those working nationally in the music industry – are living here and contributed to an annual turnover of 1.2 billion euros in 2015. A strong label scene is just as much in evidence here as are leading providers of music equipment and consumer electronics, large-format live entertainment as well as innovative digital distribution. Since the German music market is increasingly focusing on live entertainment, digital business models and the licensing of musical content, NRW offers the ideal platform for a strong music industry thanks to its position as a convergence hub with strong sectors across all media formats. A creative scene in the Rhine-Ruhr region serves as the basis just like four state music academies and, not least of all, a strong pop history with artists like Kraftwerk and Stockhausen.

Strong global players, creative start-ups and an innovative middle class - their interaction is what makes the media industry in North Rhine-Westphalia so successful. The media is the engine of digital transformation and an important future industry for our state.

NRW film funding has a wide spectrum: from hit films and international co-productions through to artistic works which would not be possible without funding. The reaction to NRW films is excellent on both a national and international level.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Minister Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Deutsche Telekom, Bonn

Advertising bastion

The top address for the advertising and communications sector is Düsseldorf, Germany’s advertising hub with the largest turnover. The NRW state capital provides the ideal creative infrastructure for successful communication in the unique combination of business, fashion and art. It is home to major advertising agencies like BBDO, Havas, Grey and Publicis Media. Three of the largest media agencies – MediaCom, OMD and MEC – have their headquarters in the Rhineland. Over 8,000 companies in NRW’s advertising market generated turnover of around 12 billion euros in 2017. That’s almost 40 per cent of Germany‘s national advertising investments.

Networks, cables, connections

Strong networks are the lifeblood of the digital future, and the heart of the infrastructures in Germany is beating in NRW. Two of the three most important German mobile phone operators – Vodafone and Telekom – have their headquarters on the banks of the Rhine. Following the takeover of Unitymedia, Vodafone also became a nationwide cable network operator alongside Telekom. NetCologne is still the most successful German city carrier. Moreover, the federal state offers an outstanding environment for the development of new digital services with the presence of leading content and infrastructure providers. This is a reason why the international industry comes to Cologne each year for ANGA COM, Europe’s largest broadband and satellite event.

Telecommunications

The most important players in the telecommunications

WDR, Cologne

Electronic Arts, Cologne

and mobile phone sectors – Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Huawei and Ericsson – are based in NRW. NRW is consequently the hub with the greatest international appeal as it advances towards the gigabit society. Almost 90 per cent of the German mobile phone market is catered for by these companies. As the leading hub for mobile business, NRW provides an ideal environment for the mobile phones of the next generation with an efficient infrastructure of service-providers, developers and research institutes.

Trade fairs and industry events

International trade fairs and leading industry and audience events make NRW the place for new market trends and current debates throughout the year. The gamescom is the world’s largest trade fair for interactive entertainment. It is held each year at the Koelnmesse trade fair grounds which also hosts dmexco, one of the leading international trade fairs for digital marketing, as well as the biennial photokina, the world’s leading fair for photography and imaging. The festivals and awards ceremonies in NRW offer a particularly wide array of events. Around 30 events are organised during the year between Bonn and Bielefeld for cineastes and film professionals. lit.Cologne has established itself as Europe’s largest reading festival with more than 200 events and over 111,000 visitors. As Germany’s leading TV hub, NRW is also home to the two most important German television awards: the German Television Award and the Grimme Prize. The ceremony for the German Comedy Award is held during the International Cologne Comedy Festival in the autumn, consolidating Cologne’s status as the German comedy capital. <

Free media are a guarantee for reliable information. They are indispensable for our democratic discourse. In order to secure media pluralism and freedom of speech, we are providing for good local conditions and a modern legal framework that guarantees fair competition and strengthens the media-digital region of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The values we stand for in NRW are nonnegotiable: protection of human dignity, media pluralism, protection of minors and consumers, freedom of speech. We are committed to a culture of free debate on the Internet that is not characterised by hatred or disinformation. The «Don‘t just delete – prosecute» initiative pursues criminal hate speech.

Nathanael Liminski, Head of the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr. Tobias Schmid, Director of the Media Authority NRW and European Representative of the Media Authorities

Duisburger Filmwoche Edimotion Filmfestival Cologne Filmfest Düsseldorf Filmfestival Münster Filmpreis Cologne Film- und Kinokongress NRW Filmschauplätze NRW Grimme-Preis Grimme Online Award Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden Int´l Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Int´l Stummfilmtage Bonn Int´l Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund|Cologne Kinofest Lünen Kinoprogrammpreis NRW Cologne Comedy Festival lit.Cologne Médaille Charlemagne Next level Festival Pirate Summit Red Dot Design Award SoundTrack_Cologne Streaming Summit Youlius-Award Fairs ANGA COM Art Cologne ART Düsseldorf Digility drupa dmexco gamescom photokina Funding/financing Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Mediennetzwerk.NRW Mediengründerzentrum NRW NRW.BANK NRW.Invest Contacts filmstiftung.de medien.nrw.de mediengruenderzentrum.de creative.nrw.de nrwbank.de nrwinvest.com

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Funding & Financing Funding institutions Creative Europe Desk NRW Film Commission NRW Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Mediencluster NRW NRW.Bank NRW.Invest Awards, grants and scholarships Förderpreis für junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler des Landes NRW Förderpreise der Vodafone Stiftung für Forschung Games Factory Ruhr Gründerpreis NRW Mediengründerzentrum NRW Contacts filmstiftung.de medien.nrw.de mediengruenderzentrum.de creative-europe-desk.de wimwendersstiftung.de creative.nrw.de cps-hub-nrw.de nrwbank.de nrwinvest.com land.nrw/de/landesregierung/ ministerpraesident/staatskanzlei land.nrw/medien mwide.nrw mkw.nrw

NRW funding at a glance

NRW is one of the leading media regions in Europe. The federal state supports the industry through numerous funding programmes and institutions in order to consolidate this position and also prepare the local players specifically for the digital transformation. NRW is therefore not only the federal state with one of the strongest regional film funding programmes. Its commitment to companies and projects of the Digital Economy as well as to start-ups and young entrepreneurs ensures that there are also excellent opportunities for development.

The State of NRW

The State of North Rhine-Westphalia and WDR established the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW in 1991 and have both remained the main shareholders of the federal state‘s most important funding institution to the present day. In addition, NRW supports the media industry with competitions and project financing to develop innovative technologies and business models for future digital media. The interests of NRW’s regional government for media affairs are represented on a political level by the Prime Minister and the head of the State Chancellery. The Department of Culture at the Ministry for Culture and Science (MKW) supports a wide range of media and cultural projects that can also benefit festivals as well as the region‘s film houses and media workshops. The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy (MWIDE) supports the creative industry and the information and communications technologies as well as the area of the digital economy with the associated Digital Hubs that are serving as a point The development of NRW‘s media culture and media economy is our mission, and the funding of films, series, games and innovative formats our core competence. At the same time, we serve as the central port of call and networking agency for the whole industry and promote NRW as a creative and innovative region for film and media. An exciting and important task that we are pursuing with total commitment. Petra Müller, CEO Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

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of contact for national and international digital start-ups. North Rhine-Westphalia aims to facilitate access to venture capital for aspiring innovative companies and thus make itself more attractive for start-ups. The NRW.BANK, the state development bank, is therefore making a significant expansion to its venture capital commitment and providing an additional 214 million euros which will be complemented by large amounts of private capital.

NRW.Bank and NRW.Invest

As the development bank for the federal state of NRW, the NRW.BANK also offers demand-driven financing products for the media and creative industries. Among other things, start-ups can be supported with micro and start-up loans. The federal state‘s own business development corporation, NRW.INVEST, markets NRW as an investment hub and, in its capacity as a one-stop agency, supports foreign and German companies in their investment projects or plans to locate to NRW.

Mediengründerzentrum NRW

The Cologne-based Mediengründerzentrum NRW has been supporting young media entrepreneurs in the fields of cinema, TV, games and new media since 2006. A bursary includes intensive consulting and networking in addition to providing financial support. A series of events about entrepreneurship are held before the opening of the application period. Those who have successfully completed the bursary programme then benefit from specially designed programmes for alumni.

The Mediengründerzentrum NRW supports, advises and helps forge contacts for founders in the field of content production. The more than 90 per cent successful start-ups reflect the level of innovation in NRW and also contribute to making NRW fit for the future. Joachim Ortmanns, CEO  Mediengründerzentrum NRW

Facts and figures > Film- und Medienstiftung NRW: one of Germany‘s financially strongest funding institutions with an annual funding volume of 35 million euros > funding programme for digital content: games, web content, apps > funding programme for innovative TV formats > funding programme for graduation films > Creative Europe Desk NRW: EU funding programmes > grants for the development of web videos, documentaries and cinematic language > promotional awards and bursaries for start-ups and entrepreneurs > NRW.Bank as a partner for the media and creative industries: micro and start-up loans > NRW.Invest: support for investors > six DigiHubs as point of contact for start-ups > federal state increases its fund to support founders by 214 million euros

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW with headquarters in Düsseldorf is the central port of call for all film and media professionals in the federal state of NRW. Its shareholders are the federal state of NRW, WDR, ZDF, and RTL. Established in 1991 and with an annual funding volume of 35 million euros, its purpose is to support film and media culture and the film and media industry in NRW. It backs feature films and TV movies, series, games, the modernisation of cinemas, the development of radio plays and audiovisual content, as well as supporting the next generation of film and media professionals in NRW. Its remit also includes location marketing and development as well as the presentation of the media region at home and abroad.

Innovative range of funding

Funding by the Film- und Medienstiftung is focused on films for cinema. Support is awarded at all stages of production and exploitation. A second area of emphasis is funding of TV and series productions. In addition, there is support for games like the development and production of computer and video games and interactive content from the fields of VR/AR, web and mobile as well as the funding of cinemas and radio plays. The Gerd Ruge Grant for young documentary filmmakers and the Wim Wenders Grant for the promotion of innovative cinematic language – in joined forces with the Wim Wenders foundation – are awarded each year. And the programme for supporting graduation films from film academies in NRW has now been in existence for the past five years.

Creative Europe Desk NRW

The Filmstiftung has been home to the Creative Europe Desk NRW since 1992. As one of four German MEDIA information offices, the Desk is the contact for all queries about the Creative Europe programme of the European Union (2014-2020). Producers, distributors, game developers and other players in the audiovisual industry from NRW, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland can obtain information here about funding opportunities and also receive support when making an application.

Film Commission NRW

The Film Commission has been operating under the auspices of the Film- und Medienstiftung since 1999, providing support for producers when they are scouting for locations, applying for shooting permits or wanting to establish contacts to service-providers.

Mediencluster NRW/Mediennetzwerk.NRW

The Film- und Medienstiftung subsidiary Mediencluster NRW has been managing the Mediennetzwerk.NRW for the digital media scene in NRW since 2017. It offers networking and a comprehensive range of information on such issues as funding and financing opportunities. It creates visibility for the industry at trade fairs at home and abroad and contributes to NRW‘s development as a digital media hub. <

North Rhine-Westphalia is the leading media location in Germany. Companies will find outstanding location factors here: superb public transport links and infrastructure, a highly-defined research scene, a qualified workforce, and a unique quality of life. Petra Wassner, CEO NRW.Invest

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Producers & service providers > MMC Movies, Cologne Bastie Griese, Jens Wolf Phone +49-221-250 119 0 [email protected] www.mmc.de

> uhlandfilm, Cologne Anja Uhland Phone +49-221-204 360 10 [email protected] www.uhlandfilm.de

> MOLINA FILM, Cologne Jutta Müller Phone +49-221-942 150 [email protected] www.molinafilm.de

> unafilm, Cologne Titus Kreyenberg Phone +49-221-348 028 0 [email protected] www.unafilm.de

> Network Movie, Cologne Wolfgang Cimera Phone +49-221-948 880 [email protected] www.networkmovie.de

> Vistamar Film, Düsseldorf Frank Henschke Phone +49-211-209 652 83 [email protected] www.vistamarfilm.de

> Heimatfilm, Cologne Bettina Brokemper Phone +49-221-977 799 0 [email protected] www.heimatfilm.biz

> Pandora Filmproduktion, Cologne Claudia Steffen Phone +49-221-973 320 [email protected] www.pandorafilm.com

> Ester.Reglin.Film, Cologne Roswitha Ester, Torsten Reglin Phone +49-221-169 251 95 [email protected] www.ester-reglin-film.de

> Hübner/Wallenfels, Cologne Levin Hübner, Fabian Wallenfels Phone +49-221-677 823 15 [email protected] www.hwav.de

> Pantaleon Films, Cologne Kristina Löbbert Phone +49-211-310 680 90 [email protected] www.pantaleonfilms.com

> Westside Filmproduktion, Krefeld Christian Becker Phone +49-2151-626 662 0 [email protected] www.facebook.com/WestsideFilmproduktion

> FICTION PARK Entertainment, Düsseldorf Markus Halberschmidt, Maria Tsigka Phone +49-211-9367 506 88 [email protected] www. fictionpark.com

> Hupe Film Fiktion, Cologne Andreas Brauer Phone +49-221-647 936 48 [email protected] www.hupefilmfiktion.de

> Petrolio Film, Cologne Hannes Lang, Mareike Wegener Phone +49-221-261 392 53 [email protected] www.petroliofilm.de

> Karibufilm, Cologne Hans Eddy Schreiber Phone +49-221-954 328 30 [email protected] www.karibufilm.de

> Rapid Eye Movies, Cologne Stephan Holl, Antoinette Köster Phone +49-221-569 579 0 [email protected] www.rapideyemovies.de

> Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Cologne Joachim Ortmanns Phone +49-221-925 752 0 [email protected] www.lichtblick-film.com

> Rexin Film, Cologne Johannes Rexin Phone +49-221-998 994 97 [email protected] www.rexinfilm.de

Producers > 2Pilots Filmproduction, Cologne Harry Flöter, Jörg Siepmann Phone +49-221-913 01 53 [email protected] www.2pilots.de

> CORSO Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Cologne Erik Winker, Martin Roelly Phone +49-221-205 33 700 [email protected] www.corsofilm.com

> gilles.mann filmproduktion, Cologne Marco Gilles, Daniel Mann Phone +49-221-250 119 7 [email protected] www.gilles-mann.de

> 58FILME, Cologne Olaf Hirschberg Phone +49-221-680 890 40 [email protected] www.58filme.de

> dagstar film, Cologne Dagmar Blume-Niehage Phone +49-221-931 844 13 [email protected] www.dagstarfilm.de

> Gringo Films, Cologne Sonja Ewers, Steve Hudson Phone +49-221-168 971 62 [email protected] www.gringo-films.com

> augenschein Filmproduktion, Cologne Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo Phone +49-221-169 505 00 [email protected] www. augenscheinfilmproduktion.de

> eitelsonnenschein, Cologne Lutz Heineking jr. Phone +49-221-998 811 0 [email protected] www.eitelsonnenschein.de

> hands-on producers, Hürth Kay Niessen Phone +49-2233-508 361 [email protected] www.hands-on-producers.com

> elsani film, Cologne Anita Elsani Phone +49-221-510 858 5 [email protected] www.elsani.com

> Bantry Bay Productions, Cologne Jan Kromschröder, Gerda Müller Phone +49-221-998 850 [email protected] www.bantrybay.de > Belle Epoque Films, Cologne Nicole Ringhut Phone +49-221-168 530 09 [email protected] www.belle-epoque-films.com > Bildersturm Filmproduktion, Cologne Birgit Schulz Phone +49-221-258 570 0 [email protected] www.bildersturm-film.de > Blinker Filmproduktion, Cologne Meike Martens Phone +49-221-539 746 0 [email protected] www.blinkerfilm.de > Marcello Busse Filmproduktion, Düsseldorf Marcelo Busse Phone +49-177-200 101 6 marcelo@ bussehalberschmidt.de www.bussehalberschmidt.de > Coin Film, Cologne Herbert Schwering Phone +49-221-322 053 [email protected] www.coin-film.de > Color of May, Cologne Eva Blondiau, Elmar Imanov [email protected] www.colorofmay.com > CONRADFILM, Cologne Marc Conrad Phone +49-221-282 442 0 [email protected] www.conradfilm.tv > Constantin Filmproduktion, Cologne Tom Spieß Phone +49-221-710 661 37 [email protected] www.constantin-film.de

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> Filmfabrik, Cologne Kadir Sözen Phone +49-221-934 767 0 [email protected] www.filmfabrik.net > Filmproduktion Loekenfranke, Witten Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken Phone +49-2302-983 220 0 [email protected] www.loekenfranke.de > Fruitmarket, Cologne Arne Birkenstock Phone +49-221-887 551 3 [email protected] www.fruitmarket.de > Gaumont, Cologne Sabine de Mardt Phone +49-221-277 999 00 [email protected] www.gaumont.com > gff Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Cologne Hana Geißendörfer Phone +49-221-220 529 0 [email protected] www.gff-film.de > Gifted Films West, Cologne Reza Bahar Phone +49-221-168 530 04 [email protected] www.giftedfilms.de

> Little Dream Entertainment, Cologne Ali Samadi Ahadi Phone +49-221-168 703 93 [email protected] www.littledreamentertainment.com > Little Shark Entertainment, Cologne Sönke Wortmann, Boris Dillen Phone +49-221-336 110 [email protected] www.littleshark.de > Made in Germany Filmproduktion, Cologne Melanie Andernach Phone +49-221-272 636 11 [email protected] www.madeingermany-film.de > Match Factory Productions, Cologne Michael Weber, Viola Fügen Phone +49-221-539 709 90 [email protected] www.matchfactory.de

> Senator Film, Cologne Ulf Israel, Max Sturm Phone +49-221-168 941 71 [email protected] www.senator.de > Sutor Kolonko, Cologne Ingmar Trost Phone +49-221-789 448 40 [email protected] www.sutorkolonko.de > TERZ Film, Cologne Claudia Steffen Phone +49-221-963 050 36 [email protected] www.terzfilm.de > Tradewind Pictures, Cologne Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer Phone +49-221-912 561 0 [email protected] www.tradewind-pictures.de > TrickStudio Lutterbeck, Cologne Richard Lutterbeck, Matthias Bruhn Phone +49-221-216 427 [email protected] www.trickstudio.de

> Weydemann Bros., Cologne Jonas Weydemann, Jakob D. Weydemann Phone +49-221-630 605 290 [email protected] www.weydemannbros.com > Zeitsprung Pictures, Cologne Michael Souvignier, Till Derenbach Phone +49-221-300 610 00 [email protected] www.zeitsprung.de Documentary > 2Pilots Filmproduction, Cologne Jörg Siepmann Phone +49-221-913 01 53 [email protected] www.2pilots.de > Bildersturm Filmproduktion, Cologne Birgit Schulz Phone +49-221-258 570 0 [email protected] www.bildersturm-film.de > Blinker Filmproduktion, Cologne Meike Martens Phone +49-221-539 746 0 [email protected] www.blinkerfilm.de > Broadview TV, Cologne Leopold Hoesch Phone +49-221-579 643 0 [email protected] www.broadview.tv > CORSO Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Cologne Erik Winker, Martin Roelly Phone +49-221-205 33 700 [email protected] www.corsofilm.com > Engstfeld Film, Cologne Axel Engstfeld Phone +49-221-120 510 [email protected] www.engstfeldfilm.de

> Florianfilm, Cologne André Schäfer Phone +49-221-200 528 0 [email protected] www.florianfilm.de > Fruitmarket Arts & Media, Cologne Arne Birkenstock Phone +49-221-887 55 13 [email protected] www.fruitmarket.de > Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion, Cologne Alexander Hesse, Stefan Schneider Phone +49-221-946 707 0 [email protected] www.gruppe5film.de > Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Cologne Carl-Ludwig Rettinger, Joachim Ortmanns Phone +49-221-925 752 0 [email protected] www.lichtblick-film.com > SCHNITTSTELLE Film und Video, Cologne Astrid Vandekerkhove Phone +49-221-942 025 25 [email protected] www.schnittstellekoeln.de > Scöhfett Filme, Cologne Stefan Höh, Berta Valin Escofet Phone +49-176-725 110 35 [email protected] www.scoehfett.de > Tag/Traum Filmproduktion, Cologne Gerd Haag, Matthias Greving Phone +49-221-650 259 011 [email protected] www.tagtraum.de > THURN FILM, Cologne Valentin Thurn Phone +49-221-942 025 10 [email protected] www.ThurnFilm.de Animation studios/ 3D-visualization > 3D-Bilderfabrik Christina Tölle www.3d-bilderfabrik.de > 3DHandwerk Marcin Wieczorek www.3dhandwerk.de > animagix film Kay Gotthilf www.animagix.eu > bildwerk/ibt-studios Tim Elschner www.bildwerk.com > B-Water Studios Dirk Hampel www.b-waterstudios.com > D-Facto Motion Horst Jaquet www.d-facto-motion.de

> Das Werk Frank Evers www.das-werk.de

> Twenty Two Films Cedric Engels www.twentytwo.film

> MMC-Postproduktion Michael Peters www.mmc.de

> Splendid Film Andreas R. Klein www.splendid-film.de

> Daywalker Studios Bolle Bollmann www.daywalker-studios.de

> Unger & Fiedler Business Jens Fiedler, Thorsten Unger www.ungerfiedler.de

> Das Werk Digital Vision Frank Evers www.das-werk.de

> W-film Distribution Stephan Winkler www.wfilm.de

> Die Astronauten Andreas Jung www.dieastronauten.net > Elevision Animation Studio Nik Kern, Athanasios Papapostolou www.elevision-film.com > Fabian&Fred Fabian Driehorst, Frédéric Schuld www.fabianfred.com > FEEDMEE Design Susanne Frericks, Gerhard Menschik, Anton Riedel www.feedmee.com

Studios > Cinegate Michael Abert www.cinegate.prg.com > Cubic Studios Sven Schrömbgens www.cubic-studios.de > infostudios Reinhard Becker www.infostudios.de > MMC Studios Jens Wolf www.mmc.de

> framefloor.film tv web design Manuel Schmitt www.framefloor.de

> MP Medienparks NRW Hans-Jörg Hegerl www.medienparks.de

> Groovin‘ Pictures Stefan Eling www.eling.com

> nobeo Stefan Hoff www.nobeo.de

> Ground Studios Peter Marszalek www.ground-studios.com > JEP-Animation Jürgen Egenolf www.jep-animation.de > LAVALabs Moving Images Michael Brink www.lavalabs.de > niky-bilder/ Trickfilmwerkstatt Köln Kyne Uhlig, Nikolaus Hillebrand www.niky-bilder.de > Parasol Island Charles Bals, Sebastian Druschel, Philip Hansen, Moritz von Schrötter www.parasol-island.com

Postproduction > Act HeadQuarter Media Andreas Fröhlich, Robert Groß www.acthq.de > ARRI Media Andreas Klapper www.arri.com > Chaussee SoundVision Tilo Busch www.chaussee-soundvision.com > cine plus Köln Denis Vaupel www.cine-plus.de > Edit Station Ulrike Leipold www.editstation.de

> Pixellusion Sebastian Stanek www.pixellusion.de

Casting-agencies > Agentur Schwarz Maria Schwarz www.agenturschwarz.de

> RuhrSoundStudios Guido Zettier www.ruhrsound.de

> Anja Dihrberg Casting Anja Dihrberg www.dihrberg.de

> Scope VFX Arnold Sakowski www.scope-vfx.com

> Die Besetzer Iris Baumüller www.diebesetzer.de

> Schnittwerk Jörg Kadler www.scope-vfx.com

> Casting Connect Sabiullah Scherzai www.casting-connect.de

> Splendid Synchron Tatjana Grimm www.splendid-synchron.com

> Cologne Casting Pool Thomas Müller www.colognecastingpool.de

> Think Global Media Thomas Wolf www.t-g-m.de

> Emrah Ertem Casting Emrah Ertem www.ertem-casting.de

> Torus Stephan Colli, Falk Möller, Josef Steinbüchel www.torus-gmbh.de

> FAMEonME Andreas Donat, Giuseppe Gennaro www.fameonme.de

> WeFadeToGrey Andre Paulssen, Swen Linde www.wefadetogrey.de

> Filmcast Sabine Schwedhelm www.filmcastinfo.de

Global distribution > The Match Factory Michael Weber www.the-match-factory.com

> Finalcast Emrah Ertem www.ertem-casting.de

> Media Luna New Films Ida Martins www.medialuna.biz

> Horst D. Scheel Horst D. Scheel www.horstdscheel.de

> New Docs Elina Kewitz www.newdocs.de

> Kristin Diehle Casting Kristin Diehle www.diehle-casting.de > Marc Schötteldreier Casting Marc Schötteldreier www.mscasting.de

> Power-Toons Michael Schwertel www.power-toons.de

> Einschnitt Video- und Postproduktion Karl-Heinz Satzger www.einschnittvideo.de

Distribution > Film Kino Text Jürgen Lütz www.filmkinotext.de

> Radl Animation Albert Radl www.radl-animation.com

> Farbkult Erhard Giesen www.farbkult.de

> Filmlichter Andreas Niemand www.filmlichter.de

> Studio Huckepack Till Machmer, Carlo Palazzari, Friedrich Schäper www.studiohuckepack.de

> Filmwerk Harald Ortmann www.filmwerk.com

> Mindjazz Pictures Holger Recktenwald www.mindjazz-pictures.de

> Industriesauger TV Sebastian Kaltmeyer www.industriesauger-tv.de

> Rapid Eye Movies Stephan Holl, Antoinette Köster www.rapideyemovies.de

> LAVALabs Moving Images Michael Brink www.lavalabs.de

> Real Fiction Filmverleih Joachim Kühn www.realfictionfilme.de

> LogoSynchron Bernd Lutzer www.logosynchron.de

> Film Kino Text Jürgen Lütz www.filmkinotext.de

> Studio Flachbild Thomas Heinz, Alexander Lorenz, Gido Martis www.flachbild.de > TrickStudio Lutterbeck Richard Lutterbeck, Matthias Bruhn www.trickstudio.de

> Outcast Clemens Erbach www.outcast.de > supremeCast Bärbel Bodeux www.supremecast.de > Susanne Ritter Casting Susanne Ritter www.ritter-casting.de > Tigercast Dana Cebulla www.tigercast.de

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Contacts State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Phone +49-211-837 1001 [email protected]

The Prime-Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet is responsible for the promotion of North Rhine-Westphalia as a media hub. The area of media policy includes development of media legislation, economic development for the media industry, regional development, Internet policy, and monitoring the digitisation of the media.

Nathanael Liminski Head of the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia Phone +49-211-837 1001 [email protected]

Film funding and education and training in the media sector, in particular, are additional priorities for media policy as well as the promotion of citizens‘ media literacy. Prime Minister Armin Laschet and the head of the State Chancellery Nathanael Liminski are supported in their departmental responsibility for media policy by the Media and Internet Policy group in the State Chancellery.

Dr. Benedikt Berg-Walz Head of Section Media Industries Horionplatz 1 | 40213 Düsseldorf Phone +49-211-837 1173 [email protected] www.land.nrw

Landesanstalt für Medien NRW Dr. Tobias Schmid Director Phone +49-211-770 07-165 [email protected]

The Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia is responsible, among other things, for private broadcasting. This means that it takes decisions on the licensing of broadcasters and ensures that they comply with the law on such issues as advertising regulations. The core objectives of NRW‘s media authority are the protection of human dignity, the protection of minors as well as the safeguarding and promotion of diversity in opinions and media.

Sabrina Nennstiel Communications Zollhof 2 | 40221 Düsseldorf Phone +49-211-770 07-116 [email protected] www.medienanstalt-nrw.de

Another area of activity is the promotion of media literacy. The media authority is also involved in knowledge transfer about media. A current focus is on combating hate speech and smear campaigns in the web through effective law enforcement. The NRW-wide initiative “Pursuing rather than just deleting“ sees the Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia working together with the political authorities, law enforcement agencies and various media companies. Further information can be found at www.medienanstalt-nrw.de.

Mediencluster NRW/Mediennetzwerk.NRW Sandra Winterberg CEO/Director Kaistraße 14 | 40221 Düsseldorf Phone +49-211-930 50 302 [email protected]

Since 2017 the Mediennetzwerk.NRW has overseen the Film- und Medienstiftung subsidiary Mediencluster for the digital media scene in NRW. It offers networking and a comprehensive range of information on such issues as funding and financing possibilities. It creates visibility for the industry at trade fairs at home and abroad and contributes to the further development of NRW as a digital media hub.

Mediengründerzentrum NRW Joachim Ortmanns CEO Schanzenstr. 28 | 51063 Cologne Phone +49-221-611 07 48 [email protected] www.mediengruenderzentrum.de

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Launched in May 2006, the Mediengründerzentrum NRW is aimed at young companies and founders. The bursary includes economic, content-related and structural support. Thanks to the close cooperation with the media industry in NRW and targeted know-how transfer, the Mediengründerzentrum NRW prepares young media professionals for the best way to a successful and entrepreneurial future.

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Petra Müller CEO Phone +49-211-930 50 11 [email protected]

Christina Bentlage Head of Film Funding Phone +49-211-930 50 20 [email protected]

Helga Binder Deputy Head of Film Funding Phone +49-211-930 50 75 [email protected]

Founded in 1991 and with an annual funding volume of 35 million Euros, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is one of the most important funding institutions in Germany and Europe. Its mission is to boost film and media culture as well as the film and media industry in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its shareholders are the federal state of NRW and WDR, ZDF and RTL. The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW backs feature and television films, series, games, the modernisation of cinemas, the development of radio plays and audiovisual content, and supports up-and-coming film and media talents in NRW. Its brief also covers the marketing and development of the media region as well as its presentation at home and abroad. Within its responsibility for the film and media region, the funder holds stakes in the ifs international film school cologne, the Mediencluster NRW/Mediennetzwerk.NRW, the Mediengründerzentrum NRW, the Grimme Institut and German Films.

Isabel Krolla Consultant Cinema – Funding Applications Phone +49-211-930 50 35 [email protected]

Martina Horbach Consultant Cinema – Funding Applications Phone +49-211-930 50 25 [email protected]

Roman Roitman Consultant Low Budget/ Documentaries Phone +49-211-930 50 77 [email protected]

Sigrid Strohmann Consultant TV/Series/Animation Phone +49-211-930 50 47 [email protected]

Susanna Felgener Consultant Script Development and Preparation Phone +49-211-930 50 27 [email protected]

Britta Lengowski Consultant Distribution, Sales and Cinema Phone +49-211-930 50 13 [email protected]

Heike Meyer-Döring Head of Creative Europe Desk NRW Phone +49-211-930 50 14 [email protected]

Till Hardy Consultant Digital Content Phone +49-211-930 50 42 [email protected]

Sabine Bull Head of Marketing Phone +49-211-930 50 17 [email protected]

Andrea Baaken Film Commission NRW Phone +49-211-930 50 19 [email protected]

Tanja Güß Head of Communications Phone +49-211-930 50 23 [email protected]

Katharina Blum Head of Conferences and Events Phone +49-211-930 50 48 [email protected]

Film und Medien Stiftung NRW GmbH Kaistraße 14 40221 Düsseldorf Phone +49 -211 -930 500 [email protected] www.filmstiftung.de

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Contacts Media representatives of the cities in NRW

> Stadt Aachen Fachbereich Presse und Marketing Harald Beckers Haus Löwenstein Markt 39 52062 Aachen Phone +49-241-432 13 11 harald.beckers@ mail.aachen.de > Wirtschaftsförderung Arnsberg Ulrike Richtscheid Rathausplatz 2 59759 Arnsberg Phone +49-2932-201 222 1 richtscheid@ wfa-arnsberg.de > Bielefeld Marketing Elke Kringel Willy-Brandt-Platz 2 33602 Bielefeld Phone +49-521-516 779 elke.kringel@ bielefeld-marketing.de > Stadt Bochum Tanja Wißing Willy-Brandt-Platz 2-6 44777 Bochum Phone +49-234-910 308 2 [email protected] > Stabsstelle Veranstaltungskoordination Stadthaus Bonn Berliner Platz 2 53103 Bonn Phone +49-228-775 555 [email protected] > Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung Duisburg mbH Susanne Kirches Düsseldorfer Str. 42 47051 Duisburg Phone +40-203-363 935 1 [email protected]

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> Kreis Düren Josef Kreutzer Bismarckstr. 16 52351 Düren Phone +49-2421-222 383 pressestelle@ kreis-dueren.de > Stadt Düsseldorf Tanja Pierling Rathausufer 8 40213 Düsseldorf Phone +49-211-890 001 Tanja.pierling@ duesseldorf.de > Essen Marketing GmbH Anke Borm Rathenaustrasse 2/ Theatergasse 45127 Essen Phone +49-201-887 204 5 [email protected] > Fröndenberg an der Ruhr Bahnhofstraße 2 58730 Fröndenberg/Ruhr Phone +49-2373-976 224 [email protected] > pro Wirtschaft GT GmbH Julia Reinecke Herzebrocker Straße 140 33334 Gütersloh Phone +49-5241-851 086 Julia.Reinecke@ pro-wirtschaft-gt.de > Stadt Hamm Katja Johannpeter Werler Straße 3 59065 Hamm Phone +49-2381-173 484 johannpeter@ stadt.hamm.de > Stadt Hürth Claudia Dahmann Christa Derigs Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 40 50354 Hürth Phone +49-2233-531 80 [email protected] [email protected]

> KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderungs GmbH, Medien und Internetwirtschaft Andreas Füser Börsenplatz 1 50667 Köln Phone +49-221-995 012 10 Andreas.fueser@ koeln.business

> Filmservice Münster.Land Nicola Ebel, Regine Wegmann Klemensstraße 10 48143 Münster Phone +49-251-492 138 0 filmservice@ stadt-muenster.de

> wfg Wirtschaftsförderung Kreis Soest GmbH Volker Ruff Villa Plange Sigefridwall 20 59494 Soest Phone +49-2921-30 226 0 Volker.ruff@ wfg-kreis-soest.de

> Wirtschaftsförderung Leverkusen Achim Willke Dönhoffstraße 39 51373 Leverkusen Phone +49-214-8331 40 [email protected]

> WFMG Wirtschaftsförderung Mönchengladbach GmbH Pascal Hermanns Neuhofstraße 53 41061 Mönchengladbach Phone +49-2161-823 798 9 [email protected]

> Stadt Lünen Jan Schmitt, Abteilung Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Kommunikation Willy-Brandt-Platz 1 44532 Lünen Phone +49-2306-104 177 8 [email protected]

> Stadt NettetalWirtschaft und Marketing Sabine Monz Doerkesplatz 11 41334 Nettetal Phone +49-2153-898 800 2 sabine.monz@ nettetal.de

> Bergische Struktur- & Entwicklungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH Lutz Ahr Kölner Straße 8 42651 Solingen Phone +49-212-881 606 70 [email protected]

> Kreis Mettmann Dr. Barbara Bußkamp Düsseldorfer Straße 26 40822 Mettmann Phone +49-2104-992 029 kulturamt@ kreis-mettmann.de

> Rhein-Kreis Neuss Robert Abts Oberstraße 91 41460 Neuss Phone +49-2131-928 750 0 robert.abts@ wfg-rhein-kreis-neuss.de

> Kreis Minden-Lübbecke Pressestelle Sabine Ohnesorge Portastraße 13 32423 Minden Phone +49-571-807 221 30 s.ohnesorge@ minden-luebbecke.de

> OWT Oberhausener Wirtschafts- und Tourismusförderung GmbH Helmut Kawohl Centroallee 269 46047 Oberhausen Phone +49-208-850 36 33 Helmut.kawohl@ owtgmbh.de

> Wuppertal Marketing GmbH Simone Neutert Friedrich-Engels-Allee 83 42285 Wuppertal Phone +49-202-563 283 9 neutert@ wuppertalmarketing.de

> Mülheim an der Ruhr Volker Wiebels Ruhrstraße 1 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr Phone +49-208-455 135 0 Volker.Wiebels@ stadt-mh.de

> Stadt Rees Sigrid Mölleken Markt 1 46459 Rees Phone +49-2851-511 76 Sigrid.moelleken@ stadt-rees.de

> Stadt Wiehl Daniela Tomasini Zentrale Koordination Bahnhofstraße 1 51674 Wiehl Phone +49-2262-992 55 [email protected]

The Elfkins – Baking a Difference

Imprint Publisher Film- und Medienstiftung NRW GmbH Kaistraße 14 40221 Düsseldorf Phone +49 - 211-930 500 Fax +49 - 211-930 505 [email protected] www.filmstiftung.de © Film und Medien Stiftung NRW GmbH, October 2019, 9th edition Editorial Team Sabine Bull (Editor-in-Chief) Wolfram Lotze Jelka Lüders (Assistant) Sven von Reden Design and Layout Design: Anna B. Design Layout and Setting: Büro für Gestaltung Stephanie Cremer bfg-cremer.de Translation Martin Blaney Print   alphaprint, Düsseldorf

Thank you We thank all the contributors from the media state of North Rhine-Westphalia who provided a quotation and thus assisted in the creation of this brochure. Special thanks to Christina Bentlage Erna Kiefer Katharina Müller Claudia Westkämper We would like to point out that, for reasons of clarity and ease of reading, the personal designations used in this report are only formulated in one gender form and apply equally to women and men. The selection of the companies and locations described serves as an example for the region and does not claim to be complete.  

Photos from left to right cover 1/4 Photo Carole Benthuel p. 2, 3 UGC, Warner Bros., NFP, avanti media fiction, Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures, Peter Lindbergh, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Kurt Krieger, Pandora Film (2x), Ron Howard p. 4, 5 Concorde, UFA Cinema/ Foto: Stephan Rabold, Matthias Bothor, Pandora/ Alcatraz, Little Shark Entertainment, Wolfgang Groos, Heimatfilm, Constantin Film, The Match Factory, Pandora Film p. 6, 7 Constantin, Tradewind Pictures/Senator Film, Julia Terjung, Photo Carole Benthuel, X Filme/Christine Halina Schramm, Carsten Sander, augenschein, MADE IN GERMANY, Gruppe 5| Filmproduktion, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Elsani Film p. 8, 9 Kölntourismus, Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus, Mark Ansorg/Dortmund, Schütze/Rodemann/ Bildarchiv-Monheim, Bertelsmann, Deutsche

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