08/12/2006

At its sixth session this year, the German Films Distribution Support fund for films abroad has granted €55,000 to seven films.

One of the beneficiaries, Pingpong [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Matthias Luthardt
interview: Sebastian Urzendowsky
film profile] by young Dutch-born director Matthias Luthardt – which screened at Cannes Critics Week 2006, Montreal, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Kiev and Tallinn and opened on German screens a few weeks ago – will benefit from supplementary funding for its French release.

Rhythm is it!, the wonderful ballet directed by Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch and sold by Boomtown Media, will receive funding for its Spanish release.

German Films have also granted funding for the release of Hans-Christian Schmid’s Requiem [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Sandra Hueller
film profile] (see Focus) in Spain and Andorra, while Detlev Buck’s Tough Enough [+see also:
trailer
film profile] has been backed for its release in the Czech Republic.

Hit title Into Great Silence [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Philip Groening
film profile] by Philip Gröning (see Focus) will be funded for its release in the UK and Ireland, as well as the US. The Cloud [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Gregor Schnitzler will also change continents and be presented to Japanese audiences.

The aforementioned funding is provided to foreign distributors who have already acquired rights for German films. The sums are presented in the form of loans, with a €50,000 ceiling, in addition to subventions of €10,000.

Request forms are available on the German Films web site.

(Translated from French)