The drama Remembering the Now (377,247 euros, Tamtam Film, Hamburg) by Director Friedrich Tiedtke from Eckernförde is about Lea, a geriatric nurse who works on a dementia ward. When the much younger resident Hedda imperceptibly reminds her of her own mother, the boundaries between care and loss of self become blurred. Script Writer Manuel Ostwald from Hamburg wrote the script together with Friedrich Tiedtke, Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen and Stefanie Reinsperger. The project is part of the "Nordlichter" talent programme from NDR, nordmedia and MOIN Film Fund.
Following his Berlinale film about the pet pig "Gunda", Victor Kossakovsky's new documentary Greenworld (130,000 euros, Doppelplusultra, Hamburg) is a cinematic exploration of the secret life of trees - and the dissonance between living organism and consumer product, especially at Christmas time. The film has eight shooting days in the funding region.
In her drama The Closed Book (200,000 euros, Tamtam Film, Hamburg), Danish Director and Script Writer Charlotte Sieling takes cinema audiences back to Copenhagen in 1880: young Frederikke is engaged to conservative theology student Christian when she meets progressive doctor Frederik Faber. Fascinated by his ideas about freedom and equality, she follows him into a modern, unconventional married life - and soon realises that freedom has its price. Joining us from Hamburg: Katrin Aschendorf for Costume Design, Stefanie Gredig is responsible for Hair & Make Up.
Also among the funded films: the short film project Amber Light (28,000 euros, Run Way Pictures, Hamburg) by Cannes winner Mohammad Rasoulof about an Iranian Script Writer in exile, the novel adaptation Superbusen by Paula Irmschler under the Directors of Constanze Klaue (100.000 euros, Wüste Film, Hamburg) and the animated adventure Stormy Island - Opus and the Wind (72,000 euros, Ulysses Filmproduktion, Hamburg) by "The Amazing Maurice" Director Florian Westermann from Hamburg.
FUNDING DECISION HIGH END
637,000 euros will go to seven projects.
The Closed Book
Directors + script: Charlotte Sieling; Production company: Tamtam Film (Hamburg); Funding: 200,000 euros (production)
Superbusen
Directors + script: Constanze Klaue; Production company: Wüste Film (Hamburg), Funding: 100,000 euros (production)
Stormy Island - Opus and the wind
Directors: Florian Westermann; Script: Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir; Production company: Ulysses Filmproduktion (Hamburg); Funding: 72,000 euros (project development)
A fever dream
Directors: Ronny Trocker; Script: Ronny Trocker, Vinije Haabo; Production company: Junafilm (Hamburg), Funding: 70,000 euros (project development)
Ponyheart - The beginning of an animal friendship
Directors: Sarah Winkenstette; Script: Markus Dietrich, Hanna Reifgerst; Production company: Leitwolf Filmproduktion (Hamburg); Funding: 55,000 euros (project development)
A summer in Italy - World Cup 1990
Directors: Nadja Kölling, Vanessa Goll; Script: Nadja Kölling, Vanessa Goll, Nils Suling; Distribution: Tobis Film (Berlin); Funding: 60,000 euros (distribution)
Yellow letters
Directors: İlker Çatak: Script: İlker Çatak, Ayda Çatak, Enis Köstepen; Distribution: Alamode (Munich): Funding: 80,000 euros (Distribution)
Find out more about the funded high-end projects here.
The funding decision was made on 3 December 2025: Murat Isgüder, Ole Kampovski, Wenka von Mikulicz, Caroline von Senden, Ipek Zübert and Helge Albers.
The High End Committee is responsible for films and series with production costs of over 2.5 million euros and cinema documentaries with production costs of over 1.5 million euros.
FUNDING DECISION DIRECTOR'S CUT
760,321 euros will go to ten projects.
Remembering the now
Directors: Friedrich Tiedtke; Script: Manuel Ostwald, Friedrich Tiedtke, Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen, Stefanie Reinsperger; Production company: Tamtam Film (Hamburg); Funding: 377,247 euros (production)
Greenworld
Directors + script: Victor Kossakovsky Production company: Doppelplusultra (Hamburg); Funding: 130,000 euros (production)
Heirloom
Directors + script: Upamanyu Bhattacharyya; Production company: Fabian&Fred (Hamburg); Funding amount: 50,000 euros (production)
Elby's Christmas adventures - The great Rolf Zuckowski hands-on cinema
Directors: Ole Hellwig; Script: Henriette Ahrens, Maike Rasch; Production company: Curly Pictures (Hamburg); Funding: 40,000 euros (project development)
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Directors: Kim Frank; Script: Kim Frank, Hannah Sioda; Production company: Kim Frank Produktion (Hamburg): Funding amount: 35,000 euros (project development)
At the beginning of something
Directors + script: Willy Hans; production company: Fünferfilm (Hamburg), funding amount: 30,000 euros (project development)
In search of colours
Directors + script: Jochen Hick; Production company: Galeria Alaska Productions (Hamburg); Funding amount: 16,974 euros (project development)
As if it were easy
Directors: Milan Skrobanek; Script: Eibe Maleen Krebs, Milan Skrobanek; Distribution: Port au Prince Pictures (Berlin); Funding: 40,000 euros (distribution)
Biermann
Directors + script: Jens Meurer; Distribution: Majestic Filmverleih (Berlin); Funding: 40,000 euros (distributor)
Rabauken cinema 2026
3001 cinema, funding amount: 1,100 euros
Find out more about the funded Director's Cut projects here.
The funding decision was made on 11 December 2025: Vanessa Ciszewski, Anita Elsani, Sara Fazilat, Gabor Greiner, Timo Großpietsch and Helge Albers.
The Director's Cut Committee is responsible for films with production costs of less than 2.5 million euros and cinema documentaries with production costs of less than 1.5 million euros.
FUNDING DECISION SHORT FILM
131,500 euros will go to five projects.
Hiding the Elephant
Directors + script: Sandra Trostel; Production company: FAIRY BOT (Hamburg); Funding amount: 35,000 euros
Above borders
Directors + script: Denis Pavlovic; Production company: Glass Frog Films (Hamburg); Funding amount: 35,000 euros
Amber Light
Directors + script: Mohammad Rasoulof, production company: Run Way Pictures (Hamburg); funding amount: 28,000 euros
Roots
Directors + script: Alexander Armas Kereklidis Turpin: Production company: a group therapy film (Hamburg); Funding amount: 18,500 euros
Fictional Healing
Directors + script: Daniel Hopp; Production: Daniel Hopp (Hamburg); Funding: 15,000 euros
Find out more about the funded short film projects here.
The funding decisions in the Short Film Committee were made on 9 December 2025: Johanna Jannsen-Lafrenz, Friedrich Tiedtke, Sophia Ayissi Nsegue and Nicola Jones.
INNOVATIVE FUNDING DECISION
77,000 euros go to two projects
Escape Velocity
Directors + script: Radoš Vujaklija; Production: Radoš Vujaklija (Hamburg); Funding: 42,000 euros
Crossing Borders
Directors + script: Martin Prinoth, Martina Mahlknecht; Production company: TÒSU Film (Hamburg); Funding amount: 35,000 euros
Find out more about the funded Innovativ projects here.
The funding decisions in the Innovative Committee were made on 2 December 2025: Lars Rummel, Britta Schewe, Ulrich Schrauth and Nicola Jones.
FUNDING DECISION NEST
In the latest NEST funding decisions, 546,532 euros went to 14 projects. Of these, 501,532 euros went to NEST Space and 45,000 euros to NEST Classic. The decision has been made by the NEST Community since last year. More about the process.
Ice Breaking (feature film) by Susanna Salonen
God pays the bill (feature film) by Dela Dabulamanzi
Heimatland (feature film) by Esther Bialas and Nathan Nill
Journey to the west (series) by Dužan Duong
Old Money (feature film) by Jakob Lass and Eleonore Belasi
She is a House (Documentary) by Tamara Dondurey
Transmissions (Innovative) by Dennis Reinmüller
Roots - Roots (series) by Jan Hinrik Drevs
NEST Classic
Boyman (feature film) by Markus Erhart
The Others (feature film) by Oliver Bassemir
One must go (feature film) by Florian Kuhn
Once Queer through Germany (feature film) by Florian von Bornstädt
Gisela (series) by Heike Rübbert
Lulu (feature film) by Milena Aboyan and Selin Kavak
