German genre films get funding from the FFHSH
- The Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein has given the go-ahead for 21 projects to receive more than €3 million
A group of grumpy animated characters, a choreographer and people returning from outer space are the protagonists of some of the 21 projects that the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) is set to back with a total of more than €3 million after the CEO of the film fund, Maria Köpf, and the selection committee decided to lend their support to various genre-film projects.
Among the greenlit productions is the post-apocalyptic science-fiction thriller Shipbreaker by Tim Fehlbaum (Hell [+see also:
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In Cunningham 3D, renowned choreographer Merce Cunningham gives an insight into the universe of dance in three dimensions. The innovative experiment, which is being produced by achtung panda! from Berlin, received €120,000 in production support. Another €250,000 go to Missing Link Films in Berlin: in the drama Andrea, ordinary life gets a little complicated when a woman moves in with her boyfriend but starts an affair with his son. And forbidden love is also an issue in the German-Danish co-production Candy Boy, in which a German teenager from an ultra-conservative family falls in love with the daughter of a Danish porn producer in the 1970s. For this project, Hamburg-based Tamtam Film and Toolbox Film in Copenhagen received €17,500 in development support.
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