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- 23.04.26
FFF Bayern supports international co-production with Jonathan Bailey and Laura Dern
The FFF Bayern is supporting Monsanto, an international co-production for Netflix with a star cast. The feature film is being produced in Bavaria and will also be shot here for the most part. The committee of the FFF funding program for international films and series decided on the funding recommendation of 500,000 euros yesterday.
- 11.02.26
4.2 million euros for five international films and series/ Komplizen Film and Aoife McArdle realize feature film in Bavaria
Five major international projects are being created with Bavarian participation: Komplizen Film, Elation Pictures and Rabbit Track Pictures are producing the theatrical adaptation Foxfinder with writer and director Aoife McArdle. The series Hamburg Days by W&B Television, Turbine Studio, ZDF/BBC with showrunner Christian Schwochow and the series remake Pope Joan by Constantin Film directed by Katrin Gebbe will also be filmed in Bavaria. Two projects will receive line producer funding: the feature film Ghostwriter (AT), in which Rise FX South is involved, and the Prime Original series Superior (AT), which Zodiac Pictures is realizing al...
- 11.12.25
FFF-funded feature film "The Weight" celebrates world premiere at Sundance
The German-American co-production The Weight, which was funded and shot exclusively in Bavaria, has been invited to the Premieres series of the Sundance Film Festival (22.1-1.2.2026), the festival announced yesterday. The crew also used spectacular locations in the Bavarian Forest as cover backdrops for Oregon.
- 21.11.25
140 shooting days planned in Bavaria: FFF Bayern supports three series productions for the international market
The FFF Bayern is supporting three new series productions for the international market that will be shot entirely or largely in Bavaria. A total of around 140 days of filming are planned. A Netflix sports drama, in which the Munich studio RiseFX South is involved as line producer for digital image design, is also receiving FFF funding. The committee for the "International Films and Series" program decided on the grants today.
- 11.11.25
FFF-funded feature films "Cotton Queen" and "Karla" win main prizes in Thessaloniki
The 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (30.10. - 9.11.2025) came to an end on Sunday. Three out of four German films in the international competition were made with FFF funding. Two of them won several prizes, including the main prizes of the festival jury and the Fipresci jury.
- 23.09.25
Michelle Rodriguez and Richard Gere shoot FFF-funded international co-production in Munich
The FFF Bayern is supporting three productions in the International Cinema Films and Series program with a total of 925,000 euros: two projects whose image design will be digitally co-created in Bavaria, as well as a feature film by Ben Younger with Michelle Rodriguez and Richard Gere about a rescue mission above the clouds, which will be shot entirely in Bavaria.
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08.05.26Drehstart von "Hamburg Days"
Die Dreharbeiten zur sechsteiligen FFF-geförderten Dramaserie „Hamburg Days“ haben kürzlich begonnen.
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07.05.2679. Internationale Filmfestspiele in Cannes
Am 13. Mai starten die 79. Internationalen Filmfestspiele in Cannes. Zwei FFF-geförderte Filme laufen im Programm des Festivals.
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07.05.26Im Kino: "Der verlorene Mann"
Welf Reinharts Spielfilmdebüt "Der verlorene Mann" startet am 7. Mai im Filmwelt Verleih in den Kinos.
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