03/12/2003

During its last session of 2003, the FFA (Filmförderungsanstalt) has decided to appropriate a total of 2.970.000 Euros to finance cinematographic projects, including:

Von Suchen und Finder der Liebe ("Seeking and Finding Love")
Production: Diana Film GmbH, München Fanes Film GmbH
Director: Helmut Dietl
Screenplay: Patrick Süskind, Helmut Dietl
700,000 Euros

Oh, wie schön ist Panama ("Panama’s So Beautiful")
Production: Papa Löwe Filmproduktion GmbH, Berlino
Director: Martin Otevrel
Screenplay: Guido Schmelich
600,000 Euros

Es ist ein Eich entsprungen ("An Oak Tree is Grown")
Production: Sam Filmproduktion GmbH, München
Director: Wolf-Armin Lange
Screenplay: Andreas Steinhöfel
400,000 Euros

Herr der Diebe ("The Lord of Thieves")
Production: Comet Film GmbH, Bottrup
Director: Richard Claus
Screenplay: Cornelia Funke
400,000 Euros

Sommersturm ("Summer Storm")
Production: Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH, München
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Screenplay: Thomas Bahmann, Marco Kreuzpaintner
250,000 Euros

Winterreise ("Winter Journeys")
Production: d.i.e. Film GmbH
Director: Ulrich Aselmann Screenplay: Martin Rauhaus 250,000 Euros It was also decided to appropriate 20,000 Euros and 25,000 Euros for Cartoon Movie 2004 and Berlinale Talent Campus 2004 as well as for the course in specialization for working cinematographs as suggested by the French-German Commission, which also decided to appropriate 400,000 Euros for the co-production of Offset, to be directed by Didi Danquart. This sum will be divided into 300,000 Euros from Integral Film in Berlin and 100.000 Euros bya Unlimited in Paris.

(Translated from Italian)