The production of a series and a feature film as well as the VFX production of a feature film will be supported with a total of 1.45 million euros. A subcommittee of the FFF Award Committee for Film Funding decides on the awarding of grants within the framework of the FFF International Film and Series Funding Program.
Bavaria’s Digital Minister Judith Gerlach: “Bavaria’s film industry is becoming more and more international. Rounding off the year 2019, we will once again be funding three exciting productions that demonstrate the breadth of our creative talents here in Bavaria. This is exactly what we at the Digital Ministry are specifically supporting. Every production with Bavarian participation proves the creative potential of and promotes Bavaria as a film location in Germany and abroad.”
The projects which received funding in November 2019 are:
The Rescue
The Munich-based company ScanlineVFX is the executive producer of the action film The Rescue, which is being produced with co-production partners in China and Hong Kong. The film is about a rescue unit of the Chinese Coast Guard that is forced to overcome personal differences in order to overcome a crisis. The director is Dante Lam. FFF Bayern is funding the project with 550,000 euros.
Souls
The lives of the three women Allie, Hanna and Linn are irreversibly thrown off-kilter when ten-year-old Jacob, after a serious car accident, claims he can remember his former life as a pilot of a lost passenger plane. Creator of the series is Alex Eslam, based on an idea by Malte Can. The scripts are being written by Alex Eslam, Lisa van Brakel, Senad Halilbasic and Erol Yesilkaya. The Munich branch of Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion will realize the eight-part series, with Hana Geißendörfer and Malte Can serving as producers. Sky Deutschland will be the participating broadcaster, with Marcus Ammon, Frank Jastfelder and Lucia Vogdt as executive producers. Worldwide distribution rights are being handled NBCU Global Distribution. FFF Bayern is supporting the project with 500,000 euros.
Transatlantic 473
Rat Pack Filmproduktion is working on a vampire film. A transatlantic night flight from Düsseldorf to New York: The plane is hijacked in the middle of the Atlantic. The hijackers fly back east, towards the rising sun. But one passenger on board has a problem: Nadja. She wants to avoid daylight at all costs because she’s a vampire. Peter Thorwarth will stage the action drama for which he and Stefan Holtz wrote the script. Uwe Stanik is responsible for the set design and Yoshi Heimrath for cinematography. Producer is Christian Becker. FFF Bayern is supporting the project with 400,000 euros.