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and Harry, Horst Tappert and Fritz Wepper. Lars Buechel’s and
Ruth Toma’s Erbsen auf halb sechs, with Fritzi Haberlandt
and Hilmir Snaer Gudnason in the leading roles, and Yueksel
Yavuz’ A Little Bit of Freedom (Kleine Freiheit),
which has already been very successful on the festival circuit,
including screenings in Saarbruecken, Cannes, Luenen, Warsaw,
Hamburg, New York and Copenhagen, will open in German
cinemas on 4 March 2004 . March 11th will see Jan Schuette’s
SuperTex open, followed by the award-winning (San
Sebastian, Locarno) co-production Spring, Summer, Fall,
Winter and Spring by Kim Ki-Duk. And another Hamburgsupported
film, Rolf Schuebel’s Blueprint with Franka
Potente in a double role, opened already in January.
NEW FILM PROMOTION LAW
The new German Film Promotion Law went into effect
on 1 January 2004 with the goal of strengthening the economic
and cultural success of German films at home and abroad.
Reforms in the new law include, among others, an expansion of
support possibilities to include festival prizes and high ratings,
increased marketing support for film sales, as well as the improvement
of the international representation of German films.
FFA STUDY ON FILM PIRACY
Following its first report on film pirating, the German
Federal Film Board (Filmfoerderungsanstalt, FFA)
has released a new study, Brenner-Studie 2, on the copying
of CDs and DVDs, the downloading of content from the
Internet, as well as the consumption behavior of copiers and
downloaders in Germany. The figures, based on a survey of
10,000 participants, point toward a strong trend of film copying:
from January – August 2003, 5.1 million end-users made 30.3
million copies of feature films, as compared to the year 2002
with 27 million copies. To fight this development, the German
film and video industry has initiated a campaign, with the primary
support of the FFA, against pirating. The new Brenner-Studie 2
can be downloaded (in German) at www.ffa.de.
MFG SCREENPLAY AWARD
AT THE BERLINALE
During the Berlinale the MFG Filmfoerderung will present
for the fifth time its Screenplay Award. The prize, endowed
with €25,000, is awarded to a screenplay whose story is set in
Baden-Wuerttemberg and will be presented during the MFG’s
traditional reception in Berlin.
And from 13 - 21 March 2004, the Bergamo Film Meeting
will host films from the ”four motors“ agreement between the
international regions Baden-Wuerttemberg, Lombardy, Rhône-
Alpes and Catalonia. Anne Wild will represent Baden-
Wuerttemberg with her film My First Miracle (Mein
erstes Wunder). France will present Quand tu descendras du
ciel from Eric Guirado, Catalonia will show Les mains vides from
Marc Recha, and Lombardy will be represented by the film Il
dono by Michaelangelo Frammartino.
FILMBOARD BECOMES MEDIENBOARD
The film funding (Filmboard) and the media office
(Medienbuero) for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg have
merged together: the new Medienboard Berlin-
Brandenburg started up for business on 1 January 2004, with
Petra Mueller, responsible for strategy and location marketing,
as CEO. Professor Klaus Keil, CEO and director of the
Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, will terminate his contract at the
end of March. Keil will move on to the position of co-director
of the Erich Pommer Institut in Potsdam-Babelsberg and will
continue to consult the new Medienboard until the end of 2004.
The advisory board also decided to continue the principle of
directorial decision-making for applications for film funding.
The goal of the newly formed Medienboard is to further
strengthen the media region of Berlin and Brandenburg and to
integrate the area’s media and cultural activities. The
Medienboard will be the central address for the media in Berlin
and Brandenburg.
MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIEN
FOERDERUNG CELEBRATES
ITS 5TH BIRTHDAY
After five years of commitment in and around the area, the
media location of middle Germany has developed to an international
level. Young innovative TV films and high-rated series
are produced in the area. Harvey Keitel, Jackie Chan and Joseph
Fiennes brought a breath of Hollywood with them and the
Leipziger film market celebrates European cinema year for year.
Multiplex theaters and arthouse cinemas alike are opening up all
over the region. New companies have been established – some
of whom moved from Munich and Berlin to set up in the area.
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