15/05/2017 - The films supported by the FFA include the upcoming titles by Sebastian Schipper, Florian Gallenberger, Patrick Vollrath and Ute von Münchow-Pohl

The German Federal Film Board (FFA) has greenlit four feature films with support totalling €1.69 million. Among the filmmakers whose new feature-film projects will be boosted are writer-director Sebastian Schipper (Victoria [+see also:
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For Schipper’s road movie Roads [+see also:
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A gardener gets ready for take-off with his old plane in As Green as It Gets [+see also:
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film profile], about the hijacking of an Airbus A319. Augenschein Filmproduktion has received €350,000 in production support to carry through the project.

Finally, in Die Heinzels – Rückkehr der Heinzelmännchen, Ute von Münchow-Pohl introduces us to a group of busy Brownies, who find their destiny in a confectionary shop in Cologne. Written by Jan Strathmann, the animated film is being produced by Akkord Filmproduktion, which has received €500,000 in production support.