The committee for funding in the International Feature Films and Series program met yesterday and recommended six projects: Julia von Heinz is bringing Oscar and Golden Globe winners to Bavaria, Paul Greengrass is filming in Penzing and Hager Moss Film is producing a series about a criminal case in divided Cyprus. Three Bavarian companies are also involved in the digital image design of major projects as line producers. A total of 4.6 million euros in FFF funding is being invested in the six productions.
The award-winning director Julia von Heinz is directing a comedy that is being created as a German-American co-production. Seven Elephants is realizing She Gets It From Me with the company 3311 Productions, which is based in West Hollywood. World sales are handled by Embankment. The executive producer on the German side is Anna Werner, the American producer is Jennifer Dana. The screenplay was written by the renowned author Jay Reiss. She Gets It From Me tells the story of a woman who finds her birth mother shortly before her wedding. The complications begin. A true story that begins where all other adoption mysteries end. The main roles are played by Golden Globe-winning actress Rachel Zegler and Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei. Photography will be handled by Maryse Alberti, while a Bavarian team will be responsible for editing, production design, costumes, make-up and music. Distribution for Germany will be handled by the Munich-based distribution company SquareOne Entertainment. Most of the filming will take place in Bavaria. The FFF Bayern is supporting the production with 1.2 million euros and is also providing 10,000 euros for an intern incentive.
A simple farmer starts a rebellion against King Richard II in plague-ridden 14th century England and inadvertently becomes a legend of resistance. This is the subject of the feature film The Rage, which the award-winning writer and director Paul Greengrass (Golden Bear, Sundance Audience Award, Oscar nomination, among others) will direct from his own screenplay. The leading roles are played by Andrew Garfield (Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee) and Thomasin McKenzie (nominated for the Critics’ Choice Movie Award, Independent Spirit Award etc.). The production designer is Renato Cseh (Poor Things). Filming will take place entirely in Bavaria, both at the Penzing Studios and on location in Upper Bavaria and Franconia. The Film Commission of the FFF Bayern supported the crew in their search for suitable locations. The Rage is a German-British co-production, with Supernix GmbH, based in Munich, realizing the project on the German side. Leonine Studios is distributing the film for Germany and Austria, Focus Features is distributing it in the US and Filmnation is distributing it worldwide. The FFF Bayern is supporting the production with 2 million euros.
Munich-based Hager Moss Film GmbH is producing the film together with DEAL Productions S.A. from Luxembourg (Alexandra Hoesdorff and Désirée Nosbusch) and Blonde Audiovisual Productions S.A. (Fenia Cossovitsa) from Greece for an international co-production. The broadcasting partner on the German side is ARD Degeto Film (Christoph Pellander and Sebastian Lückel). Brothers will be a six-part series set in Nicosia: The son of a German politician is found dead in the no man’s land that divides Cyprus. Greek investigator Eleni and Turkish detective Fatih work together for the first time in the country’s history under a UN mandate and uncover not only the murder, but also a conspiracy that reaches all the way to political Berlin, Munich and the financial world of Luxembourg. The executive producers on the German side are Sabine Wenath-Merki, Lara Stump and Sophie von Uslar, while the international broadcasters are RTL Luxembourg and Cosmote TV Greece. It is directed by Simon Farmakas, who is also head writer for the scripts together with Nicki Bloom and Marco Wiersch . The cast includes Mehmet Atesci, Désirée Nosbusch and many more. Part of the plot is set in Munich, where filming will also take place. The FFF Bayern is funding the production with 500,000 euros, plus an intern incentive of 6,000 euros.
Three projects in the area of line producer digital image design were also funded: Rise FX South is involved in two international productions, Trixter in a series for an international streaming platform. The FFF Bayern is funding the three projects with a total of 927,000 euros.