German Films allocates €134,000 for foreign theatrical releases

by German Films

26/09/2011 - During its fifth sitting for 2011, German Films' Distribution Support committee awarded 21 theatrical campaigns for the release of German films abroad a total of €134,000.

The committee decided to support the following films:
Almanya [trailer] in the Netherlands (Moonlight Film) and in Spain (Golem Film)
El Bulli – Cooking in Progress [trailer] in France (Zootrope Films)
Charlotte Rampling – The Look in Switzerland (Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh)
Three/Drei [trailer] in South Korea (TCAST) and in the US (Strand Releasing)
Gerhard Richter in the United Kingdom/Ireland (Soda Pictures)
Jane's Journey [trailer] in the USA (First Run Features)
Khodorkovsky in France (Happiness Distribution)
Kinshasa Symphony [trailer] in France (Hevadis)
My Words, My Lies, My Love/Lila, Lila [trailer] in South Korea (Boomerang Productions)
Lollipop Monster in the Czech Republic (Cinemart)
The Silence / Das letzte Schweigen [trailer] in Denmark (Sunrise Film Distribution ApS), in Hungary (Mozinet) and in the United Kingdom (Soda Pictures)
The Day I Was Not Born [trailer] in Norway (AS Fidalgo Filmdistribusjon)
Pina [trailer] in Argentina (A. Zeta Cinema ) and Italy (BIM Distribuzione)
Die Singende Stadt in Switzerland (Mira Film GmbH)
Taste the Waste in Austria (Poool Filmverleih)
If Not Us, Who/Wer wenn nicht wir [trailer] in Hungary (Cirko Film)

The Distribution Support funding programme has existed since 2005 and supports the theatrical release of German films abroad. Subsidies are awarded for additional measures over and above the release campaign which had already been planned by the foreign distributors. The support to a maximum of €50,000 is granted in the form of a conditionally repayable loan. Funding of up to €10,000 can also be allocated as a grant.