FILM
IN NRW
Informa*on
on the Media Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Pina
Film
Rush
German films and interna*onal star cinema
Pina
Director: Wim Wenders
Prod cos: Neue Road Movies,
Eurowide Produc?on (F), ZDF,
ZDF Theaterkanal, Arte
Rush
Director: Ron Howard
Prod cos: ac?on concept, Egoli
Tossell Film New, New Revolu?on
Films (GB), Cross Creek (US)
With Daniel Brühl, Chris
Hemsworth, Alexandra Maria Lara,
Russell Crowe u.a.
Stromberg – Der Film
Director: Arne Feldhusen
Prod cos: Brainpool TV
With Christoph Maria Herbst,
Bjarne Mädel, Oliver K. Wnuk u.a.
Cloud Atlas
Directors: Tom Tykwer,
Andy & Lana Wachowski
Prod cos: A Company, X Filme,
Anarchos Produc?on, Degeto Film
With Tom Hanks, Halle Berry,
Jim Broadbent u.a.
Producers
2Pilots Filmproduk?on
58FILME
ac?on concept
Ani Magix Media
aquafilm
Arepo Media
augenschein Filmproduk?on
Bavaria Fernsehproduk?on,
Niederlassung Köln
Belle Epoque Films
Bilderstumm Fimproduk?on
Blinker Filmproduk?on
Boogiefilm
Broadview TV
Busse & Halberschmidt
CAMEO Film- und
Fernsehproduk?on
Cinema Ergo Sum Filmproduk?on
COINFILM
Conradfilm
D&D Film & Fernsehproduk?on
dagstar film
Dubini Filmproduk?on
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The success stories of the film The Physician (round about
3 million german movie audience) and Cloud Atlas (1.1
million movie audience in Germany) as well Hannah Arendt
by Margarethe von Tro@a (465,000 German admissions,
more than 300,000 in France, 1.2 million Dollars US boxoffice) and Pina by Wim Wenders (500,000 German cinema
admissions, more than 3 million Dollars US box office, Oscar
nomina?on) say a lot about the quality of North RhineWestphalia as a produc?on loca?on: Von Tro@a and Wenders are just two of many world-class directors who have
turned their stories into great cinema with the help of the
region’s skilled labour and first-class studios. Most recently,
Ron Howard, Lars von Trier, Jim Jarmusch, Sam Garbarski,
Tom Tykwer and XavierKoller were among the directors
shoo?ng their films here. And they were supported by
the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW.
Financially strong regional film funder
The Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW has been opera?ng since
1991 as a reliable partner for the film industry for financing
and strategic coopera?on. It supports films for cinema and
television in all phases of produc?on and exploita?on: from
story development through screenwri?ng and produc?on
to distribu?on and sales. It has supported around 1,800
film produc?ons with a total of 580 million Euros during
the past 24 years. Alongside the state of North RhineWestphalia, the shareholders include WDR, ZDF, RTL as
well as the regional media authority, Landesanstalt für
Medien NRW.
Based at the media harbour in Düsseldorf, the Film- und
Mediens?-ung has an annual funding budget of around
I have made three films in NRW over the last ten
years, gathering shoo?ng experience in Cologne,
Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Essen and other places
in the Ruhr region, and working a lot with local
crews, and I can only say one thing: things are
never made this easy anywhere else! And it is
simply amazing what fantas?c loca?ons you
can find in NRW.
Wim Wenders, director and ar9st
31 million Euros, making it one of Germany’s financially
strongest regional film funders. In 2013, around 20 million
Euros were invested in feature films and 4.1 million Euros
in TV films more than 3.4 million Euros in low budget films
and experimental films as well as newcomer projects and
short films. In addi?on, funding was made available for,
among others, development and preproduc?on (1.1m),
distribu?on, sales and release campaigns (2.8m), cinemas
and digi?sa?on (743,300 Euros), fes?vals and loca?on
promo?on projects (442,000 Euros) as well as innova?ve
audiovisual content (67,500 Euros).
Funding is subject to the principle of the NRW effect, i.e.
producers must spend at least 1.50 Euros in NRW for
every Euro of support received – investments benefiAng
the whole industry in the region. The uncapped funding is
awarded as a condi?onally repayable, interest-free loan.
The funding decisions are made by a commi@ee on a
selec?ve basis five ?mes a year and thus con?nuously
support the produc?on of outstanding films by the diverse
and crea?ve scene in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Interna*onal co-produc*ons
The renowned company Pandora Film (The Congress,
Only Lovers Le& Alive, 1001 Grams, The Cut), for instance,
has developed a unique brand over the past 30 years by
making remarkable interna?onal co-produc?ons, maintaining a con?nuous presence at the major ‘A’ fes?vals, and
winning numerous prizes. Heima>ilm has successfully
focused for more than ten years now on a high-quality
mix of interna?onal co-produc?ons and German in-house
produc?ons (Hannah Arendt, Bal – Honey. The Lies of the
Making films in NRW means for me now: an
evolved, comprehensive competence in all departments .... Many-faceted, contradictory and
consequently interes?ng images of Germany
.... The readiness to take ar?s?c risks, face
crea?ve challenges .... and good blood sausage.
Tom Tykwer, director
Stromberg – The Movie
Victors). With Zentropa Interna?onal Cologne, it has also
served as the co-producer on films by such directors as
Lars von Trier (An9christ, Nymphomaniac I&II). Ac?on
Concept/hands-on producers also takes part in interna?onal
co-produc?ons, such as Rush and Autobahn with Sir Anthony
Hopkins and Sir Ben Kingsley. Numerous NRW producers
are regularly involved in interna?onal co-produc?ons: from
Coin Film (It’s All So Quiet by Nanouk Leopold) through
Gringo Films (Bethlehem by Yuval Adler) and Ta>ilm
(Paradise trilogy by Ulrich Seidl) to unafilm (Heli, Cannes
Director’s Award 2013). Moreover, the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW supports other high-profile produc?ons
featuring interna?onal stars, such as Cloud Atlas and
The Physician.
German cinema
But, above all, German cinema would be unthinkable
without the contribu?on from NRW. Support from the
Films?-ung, for example, contributed to the making of
outstanding produc?ons by Maren Ade, Feo Aladag,
Fa?h Akin, Florian David Fitz, Dominik Graf, Philip Gröning,
Michael Bully Herbig, Christoph Hochhäusler, Sherry
Hormann, Caroline Link, Sandra Ne@elbeck, Oskar Roehler,
Margarethe von Tro@a, Tom Tykwer, Sönke Wortmann,
and many more. Important companies like Li@le Shark
Entertainment (Wrecked, The Miracle of Bern, Deutschland – Ein Sommermärchen) Westside Filmproduk?on
(The Crocodiles), and Wüste Film West (Emma’s Bliss, Kill
Me) produce box-office hits. NRW also has a long history
of successful comedy films, with Stromberg – The Movie
(Brainpool), 00 Schneider (Senator Film Cologne) and Not
My Day (Westside) being current examples. >
We had a very successful shoot in Germany.
I very much look forward to filming in Germany
again some?me in the near future.
Ron Howard, director, producer,
author and actor, 2012,
during the shoo9ng of “Rush”
Facts and Figures
> one of Germany`s financially strongest regional film
funders with an annual budget of € 31m
> About 1,000 movie shoo?ng days per year
> 34,000 workers in the film and TV industry
> 4,000 companies from the film and TV industry
> First-class infrastructure from produc?on to
post-produc?on
> Highly qualified specialist personnel
> Large variety of unusual shoo?ng loca?ons
> Award-winning and highly popular produc?ons
for the cinema
> Lively cinema culture: the largest number of screens
(860) in Germany
> Varied fes?val scene
> Film-Messe Köln, Film & Cinema Conference NRW,
German Camera Award, Filmpreis Köln
If you ever get the chance to
shoot here, do it.
Dame Helen Mirren, actress, 2010,
during the shoo9ng of István Szabó's
“The Door“ in the MMC studios
A great land for filmmaking.
Ari Folman, director and ar9st,
2011, during the shoo9ng of “The Congress“
I’m really happy to be here in NRW because I
think it’s important that germany invests in films
which have the huge ambi?on that we had with
the physician. It shows that germany can produce these huge movies on a big scale and they
can be very successful. I hope that it opens the
door for more produc?ons like the medicus because I think the crews are here and the talent
is here to make it happen.
Tom Payne, actor
Thanks also to MMC Studios and their excellent
facili?es here in Köln. And, most personally, I
want to thank all the amazing members of our
crew and produc?on for all their hard work,
their invaluable contribu?ons, and their incredible spirits. I will deeply miss working together
with all these truly wonderful collaborators.
Jim Jarmusch, director and ar9st,
2012, a&er the shoo9ng of
“Only Lovers Le& Alive“
Cloud Atlas
Producers
eastart pictures
elsani film
EM+Cox Filmproduk?on
ena Film
Engs>eld Film
enigma film
Ester.Reglin.Film
Produk?onsgesellschaEuropean Mo?on Pictures
Film- und Medienproduk?on
Eyeworks Germany
Filmfabrik
filmproduk?on loekenfranke
Filmpunkt
Florianfilm
gff Geißendörfer
Film- und Fernsehproduk?on
Gi-ed Films West
gilles.mann filmproduk?on
GRINGO Films
Heima>ilm
Homo Ludens Pictures
HUPE Film- und Fernsehproduk?on
Karibufilm
Lichtblick Film
Lich>ilm
Li@le Shark Entertainment
Made in Germany
MMC Movies
Network Movie
Neue Cameo Film
Palladio Film
Pandora Filmproduk?on
Philip Gröning Filmproduk?on
Propellerfilm Köln
Rif Film
schneider+groos filmproduk?on
Senator Film Köln
Splendid Film
SteelWorX Film Produc?on
Tag/Traum Filmproduk?on
Ta>ilm Produk?onsgesellschaThevissen Filmproduk?on
Tradewind Pictures
TrickStudio Lu@erbeck
unafilm
W-film
Westendfilme
Westside Filmproduk?on
Weydemann Bros.
Wüste Film West
Zeitsprung Pictures
Zentropa Interna?onal Köln
Zieglerfilm Köln
Film > 3
Nymphomaniac
Film
Nymphomaniac
Director: Lars von Trier
Prod cos: Zentropa Interna?onal
Köln, Zentropa (DK), Slot Machine
(F), Memfis Film (SE), Zentropa (SE)
With Charlo@e Gainsbourg, Stellan
Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf and others
The Physician
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Prod cos: UFA Cinema
With Tom Payne, Sir Ben Kingsley,
Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Mar?nez,
Elyas M’Barek and others
Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery
Director: Arne Birkenstock
Prod cos: Fruitmarket,
Tradewind Pictures, Telepool,
Senator Film Produk?on
Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot
Director: Sebas?an Dehnhardt
Prod cos: Broadview TV
Studios
blueBox Studios
Cubic Studios
infostudios
MMC Studios
Moviepark Studios
MP Medienparks NRW
nobeo
Studio450
Anima?onsstudio/
3D-Visualisierung
3DHandwerk
AKIKA Kommunika?on
animagix film
Anima?onsfabrik
Blanx Effects Interac?ve
Blickfischer
blueBox
Chamaeleon Digital Vision
Daywalker Studios
DigitalArtCore
The Physician
Strong documentaries
A strong documentary scene has been developing in North
Rhine-Westphalia for several years with support from the
Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW. Apart from Wim Wenders’
3D dance film Pina, the most recent successes include
Arne Birkenstock’s Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery (German
Film Award 2014), Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Pain9ng
(German Film Award 2012), Taste The Waste by Valen?n
Thurn (around 130,000 admissions), Sebas?an Dehnhardt’s
Klitschko (numerous interna?onal sales) and Nowitzki – The
Perfect Shot. Companies ranging from Lichtblick (Forget Me
Not) through Blinkerfilm (Szenario, Revision) to Tag/Traum
(Charlo:e Rampling – The Look) and Hupe (15 Corners of
the World) represent a prolific and constantly growing
documentary scene.
Successful children’s fims
The Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW has been suppor?ng
the produc?on of successful films for children and young
people for many years. This has led to the produc?on of
commercially successful literary adapta?ons such as Pe:son & Findus, Knight Rusty, Pinocchio, The Adventures of
Huck Finn, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue and Vampire Sisters 1
and 2 as well as original stories à la Pa:y’s Catchup.
TV movies
Whether it is event mini-series like Genera9on War and
The Adlon, docu-dramas such as Charlemagne or commi@ed
TV movies like Mord in Eberswalde and Auslandseinsatz:
the produc?on of TV fic?on has a centre in North Rhine-
In the last twenty years, a highly compe??ve
film and media industry with a unique profile
has developed in NRW.
Sönke Wortmann, CEO
Li:le Shark Entertainment
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Westphalia. High-quality television is developed, shot
and also funded targeted here by the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW.
Young cinema in NRW
A new genera?on of crea?ve and well-trained film-makers
is emerging from NRW’s talent labs such as Cologne’s
interna?onal film school (ifs) and the Academy for Media
Arts (KHM). Thanks to the excellent training situa?on,
an ac?ve promo?on of young talent by the Film- und
Mediens?-ung NRW, and the bursaries awarded by the
Films?-ung and the Mediengründerzentrum NRW, young
cinema from NRW is flourishing, as is also shown by the
prizes and fes?val invita?ons. The feature film debut Los
Ángeles by Damian John Harper, which was produced by
the Gründerzentrum bursary-holders Weydemann Bros.,
screened at the Berlinale in 2014 and won the First Steps
Award the same year. Sutor Kolonko won important
awards with its debut produc?on Sofia’s Last Ambulance
(dir: Ilian Metev) and The Chambermaid Lynn (dir: Ingo
Haeb). The ifs gradua?on film The Swing Of The Coffin
Maker by Elmar Ivánov won the Student Oscar in the
category of Foreign Film in 2012. And the Films?-ung
also supports the NRW talents for their “second film”:
for example, Imanov and Engin Kundag who were invited
to Cannes in 2014 with Torn. Georg Maas's second feature
film Two Lives, which was also backed by the Films?-ung,
managed to reach the Oscar pre-selec?on for the best
foreign language film in 2013. KHM graduate Jan Schomburg followed his highly praised debut Above Us Only Sky
with his new film Lose My Self with Maria Schrader and
Ronald Zehrfeld.
NRW is more varied than any other region in
Germany. As a consequence, I am constantly
coming across extraordinary shoo?ng loca?ons.
I think, though, that the special thing about
shoo?ng in NRW is also the people who live
here. I have never heard of a complete film
crew being provided with barbeque sausages
by a local resident at half past one in the middle
of the night. But I've experienced this in NRW.
Wolfgang Groos, director
Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery
Wim Wenders Scholarship
A further opportunity recently opened up for young filmmakers: Wim and Donata Wenders founded the Wim
Wenders Founda?on in Düsseldorf at the end of 2012.
In co-opera?on with the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW,
the Founda?on launched the Wim Wenders Scholarship
in February 2014. Applica?ons are accepted from young
film-makers whose goal is to enrich film language through
new aesthe?c and technical means. The first four scholarship holders were awarded a total of 95,000 Euros in 2014.
Anima*on
Anima?on from NRW has many facets. Leading agencies
like Parasol Island in Düsseldorf set standards in adver?sing,
while studios such as the Cologne-based Anima?onsfabrik (Keinohrhase and Zweiohrküken) or the TrickStudio
Lu@erbeck (Molly Monster – The Movie) produce feature
films and TV series. The MMC studios hosted Ali Samadi
Ahadi’s feature film Pe:son & Findus, which features
animated segments, as well as Anna Jus?ce’s TV twoparter Pinocchio, which was animated by LAVAlabs Moving
Images from Düsseldorf. LAVAlabs Moving Images was
also involved in Tom Tykwer’s Cloud Atlas.
State-of-the-art studios
Studios opera?ng in NRW offer top-notch services for
film produc?ons. The MMC Studios, for example, provide
one of Europe’s largest and state-of-the-art studio lots
with a floor space of 157,000 square metres. The Coloneum
in Cologne-Ossendorf has a total of 19 sound stages
available, some of them up to 2,600 sq m in area and with
a height of up to 23 metres that is unrivalled in Europe. In
My decision about loca?on was made according
to two principles: the patrio?c local anthem sung
by the Höhner, Dat Hätz vun de Welt, jo dat es
Kölle (“Cologne is the heart of the world”, which
I am quite happy to apply to the whole of NRW),
and applying Ar?cle 3 of the Cologne “cons?tu?on”
to film: Et hä@ noch immer jot jejange “Things
have always turned out OK”. No film would ever
be made without this basic convic?on.
Be;na Brokemper, CEO, Heima8ilm
Dirk Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot
addi?on to ren?ng out studios and loca?ons and building
sets, the company is also ac?ve through MMC Movies as
a film producer and financing partner. Produc?ons hosted
by MMC in recent years include The Physician by Philipp
Stölzl, Rush by Ron Howard, A Dangerous Method by
David Cronenberg and The Reader by Stephen Daldry.
Other studios are Cubic Studios in Düsseldorf and infostudios in Monheim as well as MP Medienparks NRW
in Hürth where, for example, Lars von Trier shot parts
of his film Nymphomaniac. >
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Constan9n Film AG
German films would be unthinkable without
NRW. And the same goes for X Filme. This is
obvious in the case of many produc?ons such
as “Run, Lola run”, “Good bye, Lenin!” and,
most recently,“The Sources of Life” and
“Cloud Atlas”.
Stefan Arndt, President
X Filme Crea9ve Pool
PANDORA has grown up with the media loca?on NRW and the Films?-ung, and we look
forward to making more great films together
as Best Agers.
Christoph Friedel, producer
Pandora Film
Anima?onsstudio/
3D-Visualisierung
Elevision Anima?on Studio
Grafik-Film
JEP-Anima?on
Trickfilmproduk?on
Parasol Island
Power-Toons
Radl Anima?on
REBUSmedia
Stefan Eling Moving Pictures
Toonsisters
TrickStudio Lu@erbeck
Associa?ons/Networks
dfi Dokumentarfilmini?a?ve
im Filmbüro NW
Dokumentarfilm-FrauenNetzwerk Köln
film- und fernsehproduzentenverband NRW e.V.
Filmbüro NW e.V.
filmothek der jugend nrw e.V.
Netzwerk Filmkultur NRW
Netzwerk Kinderfilmfeste NRW
Verband der Fernseh-, Film-,
Mul?media- und VideowirtschaVFFVmedia e.V.
Postproduc?on
ACT Videoproduk?on
ARRI Film & TV Services
cine plus Köln
Chaussee SoundVision
CuAng Crew
Daywalker Studios
Die Colorie
Edit Sta?on
Einschni@ Video- und
Postproduk?on
HeadQuarter
Industriesauger TV
LAVALabs Moving Images
LogoSynchron
MMC Movies
Pictorion Das Werk
Pixellusion
digital postproduc?on
Scanline VFX
Scope VFX
Schni@werk
Splendid-Synchron
Think Global Media
Torus
WeFadetoGrey
Ymagis
Film > 5
Halbe Brüder
Film
Halbe Brüder
Director: Chris?an Alvart
Prod cos: Bavaria Pictures,
Conrad Film
With Fahri Yardim, Sido,
Tedros Teclebrhan u.a.
Pe@son and Findus
Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi
Prod cos: Tradewind Pictures
With Ulrich Noethen, Marianne
Sägebrecht, Max Herbrechter u.a.
Frau Müller muss weg
Director: Sönke Wortmann
Prod cos: Li@le Shark Produk?on
With Anke Engelke, Ken Duken,
Justus von Dohnányi u.a.
Tod den Hippies –
Es lebe der Punk!
Director: Oskar Roehler
Prod cos: X Filme
With Tom Schilling, Frederick Lau,
Emilia Schüle u.a.
Global distribu?on
The Match Factory
Media Luna New Films
New Docs
Pandora
Distribu?on/marke?ng
3L Filmverleih
Atlas Film + Medien
Auten?c Distribu?on
Europe’s Finest
Film Kino Text
Filmlichter
Mindjazz Pictures
Pera Film
Rapid Eye Movies
Real Fic?on Filmverleih
Rif Film
Schwarz-Weiß Filmverleih
Splendid Film
Turbine Mediengroup
W-film Distribu?on
Pe:son and Findus
Top-level postproduc*on
The infrastructure in North Rhine-Westphalia also includes
many highly qualified service companies which have se@led
in the region to meet all of the requirements for film and
television produc?on. High standards are guaranteed, in
par?cular, in the area of post-produc?on by such serviceproviders as Chaussee SoundVision and Torus. There is
now a concentra?on of post-produc?on know-how in
North Rhine-Westphalia – with ACT Videoproduk?on,
ARRI Film & TV Services, CinePlus, Scanline VFX and many
others – with all of them mee?ng the most stringent of interna?onal standards for film and television as well as
new media. The renowned providers have been joined by
such new players as LAVAlabs Moving Images, a branch of
Gradient Effects & Anima?on, the well-known studio for
visual effects and 3D anima?on from Los Angeles.
Inspiring loca*ons
Haus Stapel in the Münsterland for Beloved Sisters by
Dominik Graf, the night shoot in the Hansa coking plant in
Dortmund for Ari Folman’s The Congress, a miners’ estate
in the style of the 1950's for Sönke Wortmann’s The
Miracle of Bern, dark forest moods for Lars von Trier’s
An9christ, the elevated railway in Wuppertal for Tom
Tykwer’s The Princess and the Warrior and Wim Wenders’s
Pina: from the Rhineland to Porta Wes>alica, from the
Ruhr region to the Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia
can offer a huge variety of inspiring and striking loca?ons.
The Film Commission NRW, which is based at the Film-
Producing in NRW – what o-en used to be
pure risk is nowadays almost always sheer
pleasure. What has grown up here in the last
20 years, with most of it having been planted
and tended by the Films?-ung, is what one
calls a success story.
Regina Ziegler, CEO
Zieglerfilm
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und Mediens?-ung NRW, provides an extensive ini?al
service to help find the suitable shoo?ng loca?on in NRW.
It has compiled a list of more than 4,500 loca?ons together
with the contact details of the responsible local authority
or loca?on scout at www.loca?onnrw.de. 39 ci?es and
rural districts in North Rhine-Westphalia, professional
loca?on scouts and the Film Commission form a collabora?on which is unparalleled in Europe.
Lively cinema culture on 860 screens
NRW’s film landscape is sustained by the vibrant cinema
culture in the Rhine and Ruhr region. In 2013, around 860
screens a@racted audiences into cinemas in North RhineWestphalia, making it top of the list in a na?onal comparison.
One of the best-known and most impressive cinemas in
Germany is the Lichtburg in Essen: It was built in 1928
and renovated with me?culous a@en?on to detail in 2003
thanks to film funding, and, with sea?ng for 1,250, it is
Germany’s largest movie theatre. In 2012, the old Residenz
cinema in Cologne reopened a-er extensive conversion
work as the Astor Filmlounge, adding another luxury film
theatre to the cinema scene in NRW.
But the industry is not le- alone on its difficult and costly,
but necessary, path to digi?sa?on. The Films?-ung NRW
has supported the conversion of 43 cinemas with one million
Euros since 2010. In addi?on, there is the annual Cinema
Programming Award as well as the funding of measures
for the modernisa?on, new construc?on and marke?ng
In my opinion, NRW/Cologne is the perfect
media hub because the extensive arts scene
means that there is a plurality of talents here
who are crea?ng new media content for a
large and interested audience.
Andreas Klein, CEO
Splendid Film
Frau Müller muss weg
Tod den Hippies – Es lebe der Punk!
of cinemas: In 2013 alone, the Film- und Mediens?-ung
NRW provided the region’s cinemas with 740,000 Euros
for various kinds of support. Since June 2012, the State of
North Rhine-Westphalia has collaborated with the Filmund Mediens?-ung NRW to offer a new programme
suppor?ng the conversion of smaller cinemas to digital
projec?on technology as a way of relieving the cinemaowners. The state government makes 3 million Euros
available for this from the European Fund for Regional
Development (EFRD) within the framework of its Digital
Media State NRW ini?a?ve. Cinema digi?sa?on will be
largely completed within NRW by the end of 2014.
A varied fes*val scene
The diverse range of film fes?vals in NRW is closely linked
to the local cinemas. This extremely lively scene is characterised by a high degree of professional specialisa?on. For
example, Germany’s most important short film fes?val is
based in NRW: the Interna?onal Short Film Fes?val Oberhausen, the world’s oldest and most tradi?onal fes?val
for short films is host each year to industry delegates from
50 countries and present awards amoun?ng to 40,000
Euros. Other fields covered by renowned fes?vals include
the German-language documentary (Duisburger Filmwoche), films by women (Interna?onales Frauenfilmfes?val Dortmund|Cologne), interna?onal film and television trends (Cologne Conference) and the German cinema
(Kinofest Lünen). Apart from some two dozen film fes?vals
in NRW, the scene also boasts special industry events,
The Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW, major
broadcasters, first-class film schools, and
funding for up-and-coming filmmakers unlike
any other – if we hadn't been born here, we
would have had to move here …
Jonas Katzenstein, producer
augenschein Filmproduk9on
including the Film-Messe in Cologne and the Film & Cinema
Conference NRW. Furthermore, Cologne is the venue for
events which are unique in Germany by concentra?ng on
par?cular aspects of film-making cra-: cinematography
(Deutscher Kamerapreis), edi?ng (Filmplus) and film scores
(SoundTrack_Cologne). <
Detmold is where I was born, Herne where I
grew up, Cologne where I'm now living, Dortmund has the world's best football club and
Düsseldorf the greatest film funding team led
by Petra Müller. This here is home for me, and
that's also because of the people. There isn't
any whining here, people just get on with
things. And that's why really special film projects are regularly being made.
Wotan Wilke Möhring, actor
I lived in Munich for 10 years and in Berlin for
10 years, and didn’t regret a second about
moving back to NRW. Within a very short ?me,
I got to know lots of highly mo?vated, professional and fun people and am already looking
forward to the next joint projects.
Peter Thorwarth,
director
For ARRI, it was an important and correct
decision to become involved in the provision
of services in Cologne. Major TV and movie projects are made in NRW, and the Films?-ung’s
commitment to those projects, not
only the regional ones, deserves great credit.
Film fes?vals/Awards
Bielefelder Kinderfilmfest
Blicke – Filmfes?val
des Ruhrgebiets
Cinepänz
Cologne Conference
Deutscher Kamerapreis
doxs! – Dokumentarfilme
für Kinder und Jugendliche
Duisburger Filmwoche
Exposed – Fes?val für erste Filme
Fantasy Filmfest
Filmplus – Forum für Filmschni@
und Montagekunst
Film- und Videowe@bewerb
Bielefeld
Filmfest Düsseldorf
Filmfes?val Münster
Filmpreis Köln
Gerd Ruge S?pendium
Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Int. Stummfilmtage Bonn
Int. Frauenfilmfes?val
Dortmund|Köln
Kinderfilmfest Bonn
KinderFilmFest Münster
Kinderfilmtage Ruhrgebiet
KinderKinoFest Düsseldorf
Kinofest Lünen
Kinoprogrammpreis
kurzundschön
Short Film Fes?val
SoundTrack_Cologne
Unlimited Kurzfilmfes?val
Videonale Scope
Funding
Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW
Crea?ve Europe Desk NRW
Contacts
www.films?-ung.de
nrw.germanfilmfinance.com
www.loca?onnrw.de
www.crea?ve-europedeutschland.eu
Josef Reidinger, CEO
ARRI Film & TV Services GmbH
Film > 7
Cologne Cathedral
Media Harbour Düsseldorf, Gehry Buildings
Media Region NRW
Television
WDR
RTL
VOX
Super RTL
n-tv
Phoenix
QVC
Landesstudios
SAT.1 Landesstudio
ZDF Landesstudio
Radio
WDR
Deutschlandfunk
Deutsche Welle
radio NRW
Producers Film/Televison
ac?on concept
Ansager & Schnipselmann
AZ Media
Brainpool TV
Broadview
Endemol
elsani film
Eyeworks Germany
filmpool
gff Geißendörfer
Heima>ilm
I&U
ITV Studios Germany
Li@le Shark Entertainment
Lichtblick Film
Made In Germany
MMC Movies
Network Movie
Pandora Filmproduk?on
Redseven Entertainment
Raab TV-Produk?on
Seapoint Produc?ons
Senator Film Köln
Sony Pictures FFP
Tresor TV
UFA Show & Factual
Westside Filmproduk?on
Wüste Film West
Zeitsprung Pictures
Zentropa Interna?onal Köln
Zieglerfilm Köln
Studios
blueBox Studios
Cubic Studios
infostudios
MMC Studios
Moviepark Studios
nobeo
WDR-Studios Köln-Bocklemünd
8
Welcome to North Rhine-Westphalia, the federal state of
media, communica?ons and the crea?ve industries. With
around 18 million inhabitants, NRW is not only the most
populous of the German federal states, but it is also one
of the most economically powerful metropolitan regions
in Europe. The media and communica?ons industry plays
a crucial role in this. With 25,000 companies in the media
and communica?ons sector (2013), approximately 414,000
employees (2013), and a turnover of 130 billion Euros (2012),
the federal state has developed into Germany’s leading
media and crea?ve hub and one of the strongest in Europe.
An incomparable cultural landscape ensures that the
region is a@rac?ve and offers a high quality of life as well
as produc?ve synergies between media, art and culture
that guarantee its crea?vity and innova?ve vitality.
Interna*onally opera*ng media companies
Two global players lead the ranks of the most influen?al
media companies in North Rhine-Westphalia. Bertelsmann,
the largest media concern in Europe and the number eight
in the world, has its headquarters in Gütersloh in East
Westphalia. The media giant operates in the following four
main business fields in more than 50 countries around the
world: television (RTL Group), books (Penguin Random
House), magazines (Gruner + Jahr) and media services
(arvato). Bertelsmann employs more than 110,000 people
globally and posted turnover of 16.4 billion Euros in 2013.
The city of Bonn, located some 200 kilometres southwestward from Gütersloh, is home to Deutsche Telekom. With
142.5 million mobile phone customers, 31 million landline
Bertelsmann is based in North Rhine-Westphalia and interna?onally. The media business is
experiencing rapid transforma?on. Digitaliza?on and crea?vity find the perfect innova?ve
environment to par?cipate in these changes in
North Rhine-Westphalia.
Thomas Rabe, Chairman of the Board
Bertelsmann
and more than 17 million broadband connec?ons, it is one
of the world’s market leaders. The company offers products
and services for landline telephones, mobile communica?ons, Internet and, increasingly, moving images via IPTV and
ICT solu?ons for corporate clients; it has a presence in
some 50 countries and has a workforce of 230,000
throughout the world. In 2013, the turnover of Deutsche
Telekom amounted to 60.1 billion Euros. The Essen-based
Funke Media Group also plays in the inter-na?onal media
league. It publishes no figures , but is
considered by the industry as one of the most profitable
media companies in Germany. Newspapers and magazines
are the tradi?onal focus of opera?ons for this company
in the heart of the Ruhr region.
Publishers with a future
Along with Bertelsmann and the Funke Media Group, the
DuMont Schauberg Media Group, the Handelsbla@ newspaper from Düsseldorf and the Ippen Group in Hamm are
among the most important na?onal players in the whole
of Germany. Nowadays, what used to be classic publishers
has now evolved into broad-based, interna?onally ac?ve
media corpora?ons facing up to the challenges of new
digital distribu?on and aware of how to take advantage
of them. The book publishers are also fit for the future.
More than 500 publishers from NRW generated a turnover
of 3.8 billion Euros in 2012, headed up by the German
market leader in the field of hardcover fic?on, Bastei Lübbe,
and the renowned publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch
in Cologne.
Deutsche Telekom is not only providing society
with infrastructure. We are also a reliable companion in the digital world. Both privately and
professionally. Any?me and anywhere. Simplifying and enriching people’s lives – that is our
mission. NRW is the home from where we take
on this responsibility – also in partnership with
the media.
Timotheus Hö:ges, CEO
Deutsche Telekom
Facts and Figures
Dortmunder U, centre for art and crea9vity
Germany’s number one television loca*on
WDR, RTL, VOX, Super RTL, n-tv, Phoenix and several others:
North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the biggest TV hubs in
Europe and the undisputed number one loca?on in Germany. The TV capital of Cologne is not only home to WDR,
Europe’s largest public broadcaster, and RTL, the most
successful commercial television sta?on in Germany, but
also to the majority of Germany’s most important TV producers. Their entertainment formats dominate the ra?ngs
figures: major players like UFA Show & Factual, ITV Studios
Germany, Brainpool, Endemol Deutschland and Eyeworks
produce such successful formats as Idol, I’m a Celebrity,
Get Me Out of Here!, Let’s Dance, Come Dine with Me,
Henssler – The Restauran:ester, Who wants to be a millionaire?, TV Total, Beat your Host. ZDF is also a successful
producer in NRW. Germany’s second na?onal channel
has a presence in Düsseldorf with the editorial offices for
the regional studio and the programme Volle Kanne, the
market leader of the morning magazine programmes.
Moreover, the ZDF audience favourite heute-show is r
ecorded in Cologne each week.
What’s more, there is also succesful fic?on produc?on –
TV events like Genera9on War, The Adlon, Hindenburg
and The Krupps, television films like Schimanski, Mord in
Eberswalde, Nichts mehr wie vorher and George, series
such as Lindenstrasse, Stromberg, Die Anrheiner, Alarm
for cobra 11 and The last cop, daily soaps such as Verbotene Liebe and Alles was zählt, sitcoms and comedy like
Pastewka, Switch reloaded, Ladykracher as well as the
NRW is one of Germany’s most important media
loca?ons. Cologne is especially important, above
all in the field of major entertainment shows and
long-running series. We see the func?oning network of crea?ve minds, producers and service
providers as well as the RTL Deutschland media
group’s geographical proximity to a large number of produc?on companies as being a key
factor of our success.
Anke Schäferkordt, Managing Director
RTL Group
> Germany’s leading media and communica?ons loca?on
> 25,000 companies, 414,000 employees, 130 billion Euros turnover
> Interna?onally opera?ng media and telecommunica?ons companies
> Bertelsmann, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Funke
> Strong newspaper and book publishing sector
> Leading TV broadcasters WDR, RTL, VOX, Super RTL, n-tv, Phoenix
> Cologne: German TV capital No. 1
> Majority of Germany's leading TV producers in Cologne
> Highly professional service-providers
> One-third of domes?c television programming produced here
> Lively and crea?ve film scene
> Financially strong film funding ins?tu?on
> Booming games cluster, strong Web scene
> Düsseldorf – adver?sing loca?on with the biggest turnover,
mobile capital
> Diverse art and cultural scene
> Highly qualified specialist personnel
> Excellent universi?es and colleges
highly popular NRW Scene of the Crime series from Münster, Cologne and Dortmund. The professional and produc?ve environment of North Rhine-Westphalia
generates an output unmatched elsewhere: more than
a third of the TV programming produced in Germany
comes from NRW.
German films and interna*onal star cinema
Cinema from NRW – we are talking about award-winning
produc?ons and box office smashes as well as arthouse
highlights. Outstanding movies for the cinema have been
produced here con?nuously for the past 20 years, including Til Schweiger’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Tom Tykwer’s Run, Lola, Run, Sönke Wortmann’s The Miracle of
Bern, Michael „Bully“ Herbig’s Manitou’s Shoe, Wolfgang
Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin!, Wim Wenders’ Oscar-nominated Pina, Philipp Stölzl’s The Physician, and Margarethe
von Tro@a’s Hannah Arendt. On top of this, many interna?onal produc?ons benefit from the federal state’s firstclass infrastructure, ideal produc?on condi?ons and a
wide variety of unusual loca?ons for shoo?ng. Thanks to
the crea?ve and financial input from North Rhine-Westphalia, Michael Haneke (Hidden), Ken Loach (The Wind
That Shakes the Barley) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul
(Uncle Boonmee) have won Golden Palms in Cannes,
Semih Kaplanoglu (Bal) has won a Golden Bear in Berlin,
Samuel Maoz (Lebanon) a Golden Lion in Venice, Philip
Gröning (Into Great Silence) the European Film Award, Gérard
Corbiau (Farinelli) and Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) a
Golden Globe each, and Kate Winslet an Oscar. >
The diversity of the a@rac?ve media region of
NRW is unique in Europe. With its crea?vity
and passion for cinema, WDR is an excellent
partner for exci?ng and modern projects. This
is where risks are taken and experiments carried out. We support the next genera?on of
film-makers and media crea?ves and offer
them a fer?le home at WDR.
Tom Buhrow, Director of
WDR
Zollverein Coal Mine
Industrial Complex
Postproduc?ons
ACT Videoproduk?on
ARRI Film & TV Services
Chaussee SoundVision
cine plus Köln
Industriesauger-TV
LAVALabs Moving Images
PICTORION das werk
RuhrSoundStudios
digital postproduc?on
ScanlineVFX
Torus
Distribu?on
Auten?c Distribu?on
The Match Factory
media luna new films
New Docs
Games
astragon So-ware
Blue Byte
Electronic Arts
Piranha Bytes/Pluto 13
RTL interac?ve
Turtle Entertainment
UbisoMobile
Coupies
E-Plus
Ericsson
Glanzkinder
KIT digital
netSTART Venture
Nokia
Seven Principles
RTL interac?ve
Sevenval
T-Mobile
Vodafone
WDR mediagroup
Internet
AdAudience
arvato
Bassier, Bergmann & Kindler
buch.de/bol.de
Clipfish.de
denkwerk
favsol
kalaydo.de
Pixelpark
RTL interac?ve
T-Systems Mul?media Solu?ons
UFA LAB NRW
WDR mediagroup digital
Media Region NRW > 9
RTL Group, Cologne
Funke media group, Essen
Media Region NRW
Publishers
Bertelsmann
Handelsbla@
Ippen Gruppe
M. DuMont Schauberg
Rheinische Post Verlagsges.
Funke Mediengruppe
Book Publishers
Bastei Lübbe
Emons Verlag
Random House
Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Taschen Verlag
Adver?sing/PR Agencies
BBDO
DDB Tribal
Grey
Grayling
Hering Schuppener
Jeschenko
Ketchum Pleon
McCann Erickson
MEC
MediaCom
Media Concept
muehlhausmoers
Ogilvy
Oliver Schro@ Kommunika?on
OMD
Op?media
Publicis
Saatchi & Saatchi
Scholz & Friends
Ströer
TBWA
Vok Dams
Weber Shandwick
Zenithmedia
Telecommunica?ons
Deutsche Telekom
Vodafone
E-Plus
Huawei
QSC
Ericsson
Nokia
LG Electronics
Samsung
Cable & Satellite TV
Unitymedia
NetCologne
Tele Columbus
Eutelsat
ASTRO Strobel
Kommunika?onssysteme
10
Radio
NRW's radio sta?ons are at the forefront as well: four
of the ten sta?ons with the highest audience figures in
Germany come from NRW, including the na?on's No. 1,
radio NRW. Large public broadcasters are also based here,
headed up by WDR, Germany's largest broadcaster with
six FM channels, as well as Deutschlandfunk and Deutsche
Welle. Nowhere else in Germany do more listeners tune
into their radios, and there is no comparably dense network of public and private sta?ons.
Games, Mobile, Internet, Start-up scene
NRW’s games industry also gets high scores: its turnover is
one of the highest in Germany. Electronic Arts and Ubiso-,
two of the world’s leading games developers, are based
on the banks of the River Rhine; moreover, a quarter of
all German games developers and arvato, one of the most
important distributors for the domes?c industry, operate
from here. The gamescom in Cologne is one of the three
biggest games trade fairs worldwide, and young talent in
the crea?ve field of game development has access to a wide
range of training opportuni?es. An ideal infrastructure is
also in place for the new mobile sector that is especially
involved in developing apps and benefits from the proximity to all of the market players: apart from the games
producers, there are numerous telecommunica?ons
companies, crea?ve developers, innova?ve so-ware companies and the top TV sta?ons as content-providers. In
total, 40 per cent of the companies involved in the mobile
sector in Germany are based in NRW. The Internet indus-
As a media loca?on, NRW is crea?ve, successful,
exci?ng, varied and lively. Here you will find the
biggest TV and radio broadcasters, more than 40
daily newspaper publishers, more than 10,000
adver?sing companies, and numerous growing
start-ups from the games and Internet scene, all
next door to each other. That is a very interesting and exci?ng crea?ve pool which generates
mutual inspira?on and new ideas!
Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren,
Minister of Federal Affairs, Europe and Media
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh
try with such players as Clipfish.de, Kalaydo.de, Mediakra-,
RTL interac?ve and WDR mediagroup digital is also highly
apprecia?ve of these first-class structures. A crea?ve and
confident start-up scene with one of the highest enterprise birth rates in Germany, leading Internet agencies
and important associa?ons for the digital economy are
addi?onal posi?ve factors for the region.
Music
Music is well posi?oned in NRW. A crea?ve scene in the
Rhine-Ruhr Region as well as four state-run music colleges
provide the basis. The concentra?on of extraordinary
venues is unique within in Europe, a@rac?ng major ar?sts
from the worlds of pop and classical music. Music companies like Rhingtön, Rough Trade, Al!ve, Medion and
Denon operate out of NRW where a total of around 2,400
companies are ac?ve in the music industry, genera?ng
around 2 billion Euros per year.
Adver*sing
The top address for the adver?sing and communica?on
business is Düsseldorf, Germany's adver?sing hub with
the largest turnover. The federal state capital is the base
for the largest network agencies BBDO, Grey and Heimat,
home to five of the ten biggest media agencies in Germany
(incl. MediaCom and OMD), the biggest event agency (Vok
Dams) as well as the na?on's second-largest PR agency
(Ketchum Pleon). Agencies and crea?ves appreciate the
interna?onal character, the large companies and media,
the quality of life, and the relaxed combina?on of lifestyle
North Rhine-Westphalia is an a@rac?ve loca?on for the crea?ve and cultural industries –
and thus also for the media sector. This is
where global players, an innova?ve SME sector
and a crea?ve, produc?ve start-up scene are
working closely together. For NRW offers
companies the complete package: brains,
capital and coopera?ons .
Garrelt Duin, Minister for
Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce
of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia
Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn
and business. In addi?on, the cultural environment provides a strong crea?ve input.
Cables, Connec*ons, Networks
Three of the four German mobile phone operators are
based in Bonn and Düsseldorf: Vodafone, T-Mobile and
E-Plus. Close to 90 per cent of the mobile phone market
in Germany is covered by the companies from NRW.
Major ITC companies and leading universi?es are present
throughout the whole of NRW. Thanks to its Entertain
TV service, Deutsche Telekom has become a player in the
cable market which is also well represented in NRW.
Unitymedia in Cologne is the second-largest cable network
operator in Germany, and NetCologne the largest city
carrier. They all benefit in turn from the presence of the
leading content providers.
Events and Awards
With so many professionals from the fields of media,
communica?on and crea?vity being located in NRW, there
is also a need for communica?on pla>orms and industry
events. A permanent fixture in the calendar for all in the
media industry is the Media Forum NRW in Cologne. In
2014, it was staged for the first ?me in coopera?on with
the conference for ANGA COM, Europe's leading trade fair
for cable, broadband and satellite. Each year, the Media
Forum is a venue for thought leaders from film, television,
radio, print, games, telecommunica?ons and media policy
to come together and exchange views. The gamescom is
one of the most important interna?onal trade fairs for
I put my faith in the media loca?on NRW
because it is so diverse, so exci?ng, so crea?ve
and so challenging. It never gets boring here
because things are moving all the ?me.
Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier, Director
State Media Authority of NRW
West German Broadcas9ng, Cologne
interac?ve entertainment. It is held at the koelnmesse trade
fair grounds, the same venue as for the photokina and
dmexco fairs.
As far as film fes?vals are concerned, North Rhine-Westphalia has a variety of events. Almost 30 events of regional
and interna?onal significance are organized during the
year for cineastes and film professionals. Europe’s largest
reading fes?val, lit.Cologne, has been making reading
into a popular event for the past 14 years. More than 200
individual events a@racted around 101,000 visitors in 2014.
And not least of all, NRW as Germany's centre of television
also serves as the venue for the most important German
television awards. The broadcasters WDR/ARD, ZDF, RTL
and SAT.1 have been presen?ng the German Television
Award (Deutscher Fernsehpreis) at the Coloneum in Cologne
each year since 1999. The awards ceremony for the German
Comedy Award (Deutscher Comedypreis) is held during
the Interna?onal Cologne Comedy Fes?val which underscores Cologne’s status as Germany's comedy capital anew
each year. Since 1964, works for television of outstanding
ar?s?c and journalis?c quality have annually been awarded
the Grimme Prize in Marl. And the venerated German
Camera Award (Deutscher Kamerapreis) is also at home
in NRW along with the enormously popular German Web
Video Award (Deutscher Webvideopreis) and the renowned
German Developers Award (Deutscher Entwicklerpreis)
from the field of digital media. <
We have been based in NRW since 1956. With
good reason: Düsseldorf is one of the leading
German centres of adver?sing with a strong
business environment. And there are numerous
TV and media companies in neighbouring Cologne. The region stands for communica?on and,
at the same ?me, for a lively art and cultural
scene. All of this a@racts crea?ve talents. This is
an environment where we can work successfully.
Frank Lotze, CEO
BBDO Germany
Events
1LIVE Krone
Advance
c/o pop Fes?val
Cologne Conference
Deutscher Comedypreis
Deutscher Entwicklerpreis
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Deutscher Kamerapreis
Deutscher Webvideopreis
Duisburger Filmwoche
DW-Global Media Forum
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
GDC Europe
Grimme Online Award
Grimme Preis
Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden
Int. Köln Comedy Fes?val
Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Int. Frauenfilmfes?val
Dortmund|Köln
Interac?ve Cologne
Karlsmedaille für Europ. Medien
Kinofest Lünen
Kinoprogrammpreis
lit.Cologne
Living Games Fes?val
Medienforum NRW
Radio Adver?sing Summit
red dot award
Rheinkultur
Ruhrtriennale
Summer Jam
Fairs
ANGA COM
Art Cologne
digi:media
drupa
dmexco
gamescom
photokina
Financing/Subsidies
Mediengründerzentrum NRW
Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW
Mediencluster NRW
NRW.BANK
NRW.Invest
Contacts
www.crea?ve.nrw.de
www.films?-ung.de
www.ikt.nrw.de
www.medien.nrw.de
www.nrwbank.de
www.nrwinvest.com
www.mediengruenderzentrum.de
Media Region NRW > 11
Funding & Financing
Funding Ins?tu?ons
Crea?ve Europe Desk NRW
Filmcommission NRW
Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW
Mediencluster NRW
NRW.Bank
NRW.Invest
Awards, Grants and Scholarships
Förderpreis für junge Künstlerinnen
und Künstler des Landes NRW
Förderpreise der Vodafone
S?-ung für Forschung
Games Factory Ruhr
Gründerpreis NRW
Mediengründerzentrum NRW
netSTART
Contacts
www.films?-ung.de
www.medien.nrw.de
www.mediengruenderzentrum.de
www.crea?ve-europedeutschland.eu
www.wimwenderss?-ung.de
www.crea?ve.nrw.de
www.ikt.nrw.de
www.nrwbank.de
www.nrwinvest.com
www.aim-mia.de
www.nrw.de/landesregierung/
staatskanzlei
www.mbem.nrw.de
www.mweimh.nrw.de
www.m+jks.nrw.de
Founded in 1991, the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW is one
of Germany’s financially strongest regional film funders
with an annual budget of 31 million Euros. Apart from
suppor?ng film and televison and innova?ve media content, its remit also includes loca?on marke?ng and development. Following the takeover of the Mediencluster
NRW in 2011, the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW has now
become an integrated funding ins?tu?on and the central
contact point for media in NRW.
In addi?on to its par?cipa?on in the most important funding ins?tu?ons, the federal state of NRW also supports
the film and media industry with compe??ons for the
development of innova?ve and convergence-oriented
business models in the digital media of the future. The
interests of the media are represented poli?cally by
the Ministry for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media,
located within the State Chancellery.
Since 1991, the Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW has supported around 1,800 film and television produc?ons with
funding amoun?ng to almost 580 million Euros. The focus
of the funding ac?vi?es is on films for cinema and television,
par?cularly interna?onal co-produc?ons. The support
is allocated in all phases of produc?on and exploita?on:
from story development through screenplay and produc?on to distribu?on and sales.
The Land of NRW
The Department of Culture at the Ministry for Children,
Youth, Culture and Sport supports media and cultural
projects in various different ways, ranging from fes?vals
to the region’s film houses and media workshops. NRW’s
Ministry of Finance supports the crea?ve industry and
the informa?on and communica?ons technology with
the associated clusters.
North Rhine-Westphalia is the place for ideas, for
crea?ve minds. They develop visions and stories,
and so they all make NRW into the most successful film and TV loca?on in Germany. Whether films
for cinema or TV, documentaries, soaps or the best
in entertainment – there is no other loca?on producing as much as the Rhine and Ruhr region. This
is a success story we owe to crea?ve minds from
film and TV. But the state has contributed a lot as
well. And it will stay that way. That’s a promise.
Marc Jan Eumann, State Secretary for
Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media
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Film- und Mediens*ung NRW
NRW is one of Europe’s leading media regions. In order
to consolidate this posi?on in economic, technological
and crea?ve terms, the federal state supports the industry
with sustainably effec?ve, mul?-faceted funding programmes and ins?tu?ons. Consequently, NRW is not only the
federal state with one of Germany’s financially strongest
regional film funding programmes – its commitment to
companies and projects in the field of new media, startups and young entrepreneurs also ensures that there are
outstanding opportuni?es for development.
Funding ac*vi*es
In addi?on, there is support for cinemas and radio plays
as well as recently introduced funding programmes for
digital content and innova?ve TV formats, and bursaries
for web video-makers and the young genera?on of filmmakers: 2011 saw the launch of the funding programme
for the development of innova?ve audiovisual projects in
the fields of games, Internet and mobile. The development
of non-fic?on, innova?ve TV formats in entertainment,
comedy, series, show, talk and serial formats has been
The development of both film and media culture and the film and media industry in NRW is
our mission, the funding of film, television and
innova?ve media content is our core competence. With the media region’s sustainability in
mind, we help create a network of companies
and players and promote NRW as the leading
hub for film and media, communica?on and
convergence in the middle of Europe.
Petra Müller, CEO
Film- und Mediens9&ung NRW
Facts and Figures
> Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW: one of Germany’s
financially strongest regional film funders with
31 million Euros
> Pilot funding programme for the development
of digital content
> Pilot funding programme for innova?ve TV formats
> Pilot funding programme for gradua?on films
from NRW film academies
> Bursary for the development of web videos,
Wim Wenders scholarship, Gerd Ruge scholarship
> Innova?on programme Create.Media.NRW
> Promo?onal awards and scholarships
for start-ups and young entrepreneurs
> NRW.Bank – financial partner of the crea?ve industries
> NRW.Invest supports companies re-loca?ng
to the region
> Commi@ed state media and loca?on policy
supported since 2012. In 2014, the na?on’s first bursary for
the development of web videos was awarded in coopera?on with the European Web Video Academy. The same
year saw the launch of a programme suppor?ng gradua?on
films from NRW film academies. The Wim Wenders Founda?on joined forces with the Film- und Mediens?-ung
to award scholarships from 2014 to promote innova?ve
cinema?c language.
Mediencluster NRW
Since 1999, the Film Commission NRW has served under
the umbrella of the Films?-ung as the first port of call
for na?onal and interna?onal crea?ves. It provides support
in scou?ng loca?ons in the region, applying for shoo?ng
permits and establishing contacts to service-providers.
The Cologne-based Mediengründerzentrum NRW supports
start-ups and young companies in the areas of cinema,
TV, new media and games with grants, seminars, consulta?on and coaching. The programme has an annual
intake of 12 media companies.
Since 1992, the Films?-ung has also housed one of Germany’s five Crea?ve Europe Desks who offer comprehensive advice in the prepara?on of funding applica?ons for
Brussels and network support for European coopera?on.
The NRW.Bank also offers appropriate possibili?es of
public funding and private capital loans to start-ups and
medium-sized businesses in NRW. Among other things,
it supports promising start-ups with micro and start-up
loans such as the crea?ve credit.
Film Commission NRW
Crea*ve Europe Desk
Create.Media.NRW funding compe**on
2012 saw the launch of the Digital Media innova?on
programme, ini?ated by the Land of NRW and financed
by the EU, to support NRW-based small and mediumsized enterprises, training and research ins?tu?ons in
the realisa?on of their projects and business concepts.
The funding compe??on was con?nued in 2014 under
the new name of CreateMedia.NRW.
North Rhine-Westphalia is the leading media
loca?on in Germany. Companies will find outstanding loca?on factors here: superb public
transport links and infrastructure, a highlydefined research scene, a qualified workforce,
and a unique quality of life.
Petra Wassner, CEO
NRW.Invest
The Mediencluster NRW is the regional contact point for
the digital media scene in NRW. Start-ups, young crea?ves
and companies are offered a comprehensive range of services and informa?on. It creates visibility for the industry
at trade fairs at home and abroad and makes an ac?ve
contribu?on for the networking and further development
of NRW as a digital hub.
Mediengründerzentrum NRW
NRW.Bank
NRW.INVEST
As the federal state’s own business development corpora?on, NRW.INVEST offers a one-stop service to poten?al investors from home and abroad by providing loca?on
informa?on and help in the search for premises as well
as liaison and assistance in nego?a?ons and permit
procedures. <
The varied media landscape in NRW offers the
best opportuni?es for training and qualifica?on. This represents an essen?al basis for a
sustainable development of the produc?on
hub. Young media professionals find ideal condi?ons here for entrepreneurial development
and sectoral prospects.
Joachim Ortmanns, CEO
Mediengründerzentrum NRW
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Producers & service-providers
Producers
> 2Pilots Filmproduk9on, Cologne
Jörg Siepmann, Harry Flöter
References: Hanna’s Journey“,
dir: Julia von Heinz/„Dr. Aléman“,
dir: Tom Schreiber/„Wallace Line“,
dir: Franz Müller
Phone +49-221-913 01 53
[email protected]
www.2pilots.de
> 58FILME, Cologne
Olaf Hirschberg, Tom Schreiber
References: „The Chambermaid
Lynn“, dir: Ingo Haeb/
„Dr. Aléman“, dir: Tom Schreiber
Phone +49-221-680 890 42
info@58filme.de
www.58filme.de
> ac9on concept Film- und
Stuntproduk9on, Hürth
Kay Niessen, Daniel Hetzer
References: „Autobahn“,
dir: Eran Creevy/ „Rush“,
dir: Ron Howard
„Alarm for Cobra 11“ (TV-Series)
Phone +49-2233-50 81 00
info@ac?onconcept.com
www.ac?onconcept.com
> augenschein Filmproduk9on,
Cologne
Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo
References: „My Brothers Keeper“,
dir: Maximilian Leo/„Tour du Faso“,
dir: Wilm Huygen
Phone +49-221-169 505 00
info@augenschein-filmproduk?on.de
www.augenschein-filmproduk?on.de
> Belle Epoque Films, Cologne
Nicole Ringhut
References: „Fritz Lang – Der Andere
in uns“, dir: Gordian Maugg/
„Bastard“, dir: Carsten Unger/
„The Nun“, dir: Guillaume
Nicloux
Phone +49-221-168 530 09
n.ringhut@belle-epoque-films.com
www.belle-epoque-films.com
> Berengar Pfahl Film, Haan
Berengar Pfahl
References: „Odyssey of Heroes“,
dir: Berengar Pfahl/ „Blue Sky
over Mexico“, dir: Berengar Pfahl/
„Shanghai Baby“, dir: Berengar Pfahl
Phone +49-2129-379 90
info@berengar-pfahl-film.de
www.berengar-pfahl-film.de
> Blinker Filmproduk9on, Cologne
Meike Martens
References: „Revision“,
dir: Philipp Scheffner/„Consequence“,
dir: Thomas Heise/„Nostalgia
de la Luz“, dir: Patricio Guzmán
Phone +49-221-53 97 460
mm@blinkerfilm.de
www.blinkerfilm.de
> Boogiefilm, Cologne
Janna Velber
References: „DessauDancers“,
dir: Jan Mar?n Scharf/„Romeos“,
dir: Sabine Bernardi/
„Mr Rücker“, dir: Anna Wahle
Phone +49-221-96 67 33 83
info@boogiefilm.de
www.boogiefilm.de
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> Broadview Pictures, Cologne
Leopold Hoesch
References: „Nowitzki.
The Perfect Shot“, dir:
Sebas?an Dehnhardt/„Klitschko“,
dir: Sebas?an Dehnhardt
Phone +49-221-579 64 30
[email protected]
www.broadview.tv
> Busse & Halberschmidt, Düsseldorf
Marcelo Busse,
Markus Halberschmidt
References: „Happy Birthday“,
dir: Denis Dercourt/„Armin“,
dir: Ognjen Svilicic/„In My Father’s
House are many Mansions“,
dir: Hajo Schomerus
Phone +49-211-862 85 95
[email protected]
www.bussehalberschmidt.de
> Coin Film, Cologne
Herbert Schwering
References: „It’s All So Quiet“,
dir: Nanouk Leopold/„The Rhino
and the Dragonfly“, dir: Lola Randl
Phone +49-221-32 20-53
info@coinfilm.de
www.coinfilm.de
> Color of May, Cologne
Eva Blondiau, Elmar Imanov
References: „Torn“,
dir: Elmar Imanov, Engin Kundag/
„The Swing Of The Coffin Maker“,
dir: Elmar Imanov
www.colorofmay.com
> dagstar film, Cologne
Dagmar Niehage
References: „Pa@y’s Katchup“,
dir: Tina von Traben/„Low Lights“,
dir: Ignas Miskinis
Phone +49-221-931 844-13
info@dagstarfilm.de
www.dagstarfilm.de
> eastart pictures, Cologne
Ewa Borowski, Dennis Todorovic
References: „Schwester Weiss“,
dir: Dennis Todorovic/ „Sascha”,
dir: Dennis Todorovic
Phone +49-221-169 089 76
[email protected]
www.eastart.de
> elsani film,Cologne
Anita Elsani
References: „The Last Mentsh“,
dir: Pierre-Henry Salfa?/„Like It
Or Not!“, dir: Ben Verbong/
„Vivere“, dir: Angelina Maccarone
Phone +49-221-510 85 85
[email protected]
www.elsani.com
> Er&tal Film, Siegburg
Klaus Dohle
References: „Omamamia“,
dir: Tomy Wigand/„Young Goethe
in Love“, dir: Philipp Stölzl/
„Killing Is My Business, Honey“,
dir: Sebas?an Niemann
Phone +49-2241-122 101
info@er-tal-film.de
www.er-tal-film.de
> Ester.Reglin.Film, Cologne
Roswitha Ester, Torsten Reglin
References: „Alleine war gestern“,
dir: Dagmar Seume/ „Offside Trap“,
dir: Stefan Hering/„One Day…“,
dir: Iain Dilthey/„Sonny Boy“,
dir: Maria Peters
Phone +49-221-169 251 95
post@ester-reglin-film.de
www.ester-reglin-film.de
> Eyeworks Germany, Cologne
Sabine de Mardt
References: „Broken Glass Park“,
dir: BeAna Blümner/„Berlin 36“,
dir: Kaspar Heidelbach/
„Lorna’s Silence“,
dir: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Phone +49-221-93 47 08 100
[email protected]
www.eyeworks.tv
> FFP New Media, Cologne
Michael Smeaton
References: „Pinocchio“,
dir: Anna Jus?ce
Regie: Anna Jus?ce
www.ffpnewmedia.com
> Filmfabrik, Cologne
Kadir Sözen
References: „Takiye“,
dir: Ben Verbong/„God is Dead“,
dir: Kadir Sözen
Phone +49-221-934 76 70
info@filmfabrik.net
www.filmfabrik.net
> FilmForm Köln, Cologne
Petra Seeger,
Joachim von Mengershausen
References: „In Search of Memory“,
dir: Petra Seeger/ „Among Peasants“,
dir: Ludi Boeken/ „Teza“,
dir: Haile Gerima
Phone +49-221-38 88 35
mail@filmform.tv
www.filmform.tv
> Florianfilm, Cologne
Marianne Schäfer
References: „Deutschboden“,
dir: André Schäfer/„The World
According To Irving“,
dir: André Schäfer/„Perry Rhodan –
cosmic hero“, dir: André Schäfer
Phone +49-221-200 52 80
post@florianfilm.de
www.florianfilm.de
> Fruitmarket, Cologne
Arne Birkenstock
References: „Beltracchi – The Art of
Forgery“, dir: Arne Birkenstock/
„Die Moskauer Prozesse“,
dir: Milo Rau
Phone +49-221-887 55 13
Offi[email protected]
www.arnebirkenstock.de/fruitmarket
> gff Geißendörfer Film- und
Fernsehproduk9on, Cologne
References: „Ruby Red“,
dir: Felix Fuchssteiner/ „Uncle
Boonmee“, dir: Apitchatpong
Weerasethakul
Phone +49-221-220 52 90
info@geissendörfer-film.de
www.geissendörfer-film.de
> Gi&ed Films West, Cologne
Reza Bahar
References: „Das Löwenmädchen“,
dir: Vibeke Idso/ „The Nun“,
dir: Guillaume Nicloux/„Bastard“,
dir: Carsten Unger/„Teenage Angst“,
dir: Thomas Stuber
Phone +49-221-168 530 04
info@gi-edfilms.de
www.gi-edfilms.de
> gilles.mann filmproduk9on, Cologne
Marco Gilles, Daniel Mann
References: „Go West – Freedom
At Any Price“, dir: Andreas Linke/
„Bibliothèque Pascal“,
dir: Szablocs Hajdu
Phone +49-221-355 85 54
[email protected]
www.gilles-mann.de
> Gringo Films, Cologne
Sonja Ewers, Steve Hudson
References: „Bethlehem“,
dir: Yuval Adler/„True North“,
dir: Steve Hudson/„Lebanon“,
dir: Samuel Maoz
Phone +49-221-16 84 26 58
mail@gringo-films.com
www.gringo-films.com
> Gruppe 5 Filmproduk9on, Cologne
Alexander Hesse
References: „Konrad Adenauer –
The Hours Of Decision“, dir: Stefan
Schneider/„The Germans”, dir:
div./„The Germanic Tribes“, dir: div.
Phone +49-221-946 70 70
info@gruppe5film.de
www.gruppe5film.de
> Heima8ilm, Cologne
BeAna Brokemper
References: „Die Einsamkeit
des Killers vor dem Schuss“,
dir: Florian Mischa Böder/
„Hannah Arendt“, dir: Margarethe
von Tro@a/„Bal – Honey“,
dir: Semih Kaplanoglu/ „Quissa“,
dir: Anup Singh
Phone +49-221-977 799-0
post@heima>ilm.biz
www.heima>ilm.biz
> Hupe Film- und
Fernsehproduk9on, Cologne
Andreas Brauer, Mar?n Roelly,
Erik Winker
References: „An Island named Udo“,
dir: Markus Sehr/„Work Hard –
Play Hard“, dir: Carmen Losmann/
„Keep Up the Good Work“,
dir: Konstan?n Faigle
Phone +49-221-205 337 00
hupe@hupefilm.de
www.hupefilm.de
> Karibufilm, Cologne
Hans Eddy Schreiber
References: „Hilfe, ich habe
meine Lehrerin geschrump-“,
dir: Sven Unterwaldt
Phone +49-221-954 328 30
office@karibufilm.de
www.karibufilm.de
> Lichtblick Film- und
Fernsehproduk9on, Cologne
Joachim Ortmanns,
Carl-Ludwig ReAnger
References: „Houston“,
dir: Bas?an Günther/„David
Wants to Fly“, dir: David Sieveking/
„What You Don`t See“,
dir: Wolfgang Fischer
Phone +49-221-92 57 52-0
info@lichtblick-film.de
www.lichtblick-film.de
> Lich8ilm, Cologne
Wolfgang Bergmann
References: „Sweet Poison“,
dir: Peter Heller/„Russia’s Wonder
Children“, dir: Irene Langemann/
„The Magical Journey Of The
Useless Things“, dir: Katja Schupp,
Hartmut Seifert
Phone +49-221-972 65 17
info@lich>ilm.de
www.lich>ilm.de
> Li:le Shark Entertainment, Cologne
Tom Spieß
References: „Frau Müller muss weg“,
dir: Sönke Wortmann/
„Wrecked“, dir: Sönke Wortmann/
„The Miracle of Bern“,
dir: Sönke Wortmann
Phone +49-221-33 61-10
li@leshark@[email protected]
[email protected]
> Made in Germany Filmproduk9on,
Cologne
Melanie Andernach, Knut Losen
References: „The Arrangement“,
dir: Peter Bösenberg/„Tales of
the Defeated“, dir: Yael Reuveny/
„I Want My Country Back“,
dir: Astrid Schult
Phone +49-221-272 636 11
info@madeingermany-film.de
www.madeingermany-film.de
> The Match Factory, Cologne
Michael Weber
References: „Stratos“,
dir: Yannis Economides/
„Berberian Sound Studio“,
dir: Peter Strickland
Phone +49-221-53 97 090
[email protected]
www.the-match-factory.de
> Network Movie, Cologne
Wolfgang Cimera
References: „Lollipop Monster“,
dir: Ziska Riemann/„Die Kirche bleibt
im Dorf“, dir: Ulrike Grote/ „Das Ende
einer Nacht“, dir: MaA Geschonneck
Phone +49-221-94 88 80
[email protected]
www.networkmovie.de
> Palladio Film, Cologne
Niko von Glasow
References: „My Way To Olympia“,
dir: Niko von Glasow/„Everything
will be Alright“, dir: Niko von Glasow/
„No Body’s Perfect“,
dir: Niko von Glasow
Phone +49-221-168 684 75
mail@palladiofilm.de
www.palladiofilm.de
> Pandora Filmproduk9on, Cologne
Christoph Friedel
References: „Lose My Self“,
dir: Jan Schomburg/„Only Lovers
Le- Alive“, dir: Jim Jarmusch/
„The Congress“, dir: Ari Folman
Phone +49-221-973 320
info@pandorafilm.com
www.pandora-film.com
> Propellerfilm, Cologne
Christoph Bauer
References: „The Big Sellout“,
dir: Florian Opitz/„The Visitor“,
dir: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
Phone +49-221-397 59 88
mail@propeller-film.de
www.propeller-film.de
> Senator Film Köln, Cologne
Ulf Israel
References: „Der Koch“,
dir: Ralf Hue@ner/„Mr. Morgan’s Last
Love“, dir: Sandra Ne@elbeck/
„00 Schneider – Im Wendekreis der
Eidechse“, dir: Helge Schneider
Phone +49-221-88 88 46 12
[email protected]
www.senator.de
> Splendid Produk9on
Andreas R. Klein
References: „Systemfehler – Wenn
Inge tanzt“, dir: Wolfgang Groos
Phone +49-221-954 23 20
info@splendid-produk?on.com
www.splendid-produ?on.com
> Sutor Kolonko, Cologne
Ingmar Trost
References: „Cooking Cats“,
dir: Isabelle Stever/ „The Chambermaid Lynn“, dir: Ingo Haeb
Phone +49-221-789 448 40
[email protected]
www.sutorkolonko.de
> Tag/Traum Filmproduk9on, Cologne
Gerd Haag
References: „The Look –
Charlo@e Rampling“, dir: Angelina
Maccarone/„Brasch – Das Wünschen
und das Fürchten“, dir: Christoph
Rüter /„Invisible“, dir: Michal Aviad
Phone +49-221-650 259 011
[email protected]
www.tagtraum.de
> Thevissen Filmproduk9on, Cologne
Juliane Thevissen
References: „Sternstunde“,
dir: Erica von Moeller/„Home In The
Ice“, dir: Heike Fink/„Rockabilly Ruhrpo@“, dir: Chris?n Feldmann,
Claudia Bach
Phone +49-221-788 799 11
mail@thevissenfilm.de
www.thevissenfilm.de
> Tradewind Pictures, Cologne
Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer
References: „Pe@son and Findus“,
dir: Ali Samadi Ahadi/
„Chandani – The Daughter
of the Elephant Whisperer“,
dir: Arne Birkenstock/„Beloved
Berlin Wall“, dir: Peter Timm
Phone +49-221-912 56 10
[email protected]
www.tradewind-pictures.de
> TrickStudio Lu:erbeck, Cologne
Richard Lu@erbeck, Ma@hias Bruhn
References: „Duck, Death And
The Tulip“, dir: Ma@hias Bruhn/
„Post!“, dir: Chris?an Asmussen,
Ma@hias Bruhn
Phone +49-221-216 427
[email protected]
www.trickstudio.de
> unafilm, Cologne
Titus Kreyenberg
References: „Heli“, dir: Amat
Escalante/„Colors in The Dark“,
dir: Sophie Heldman/„Future Lasts
Forever“, dir: Özcan Alper
Phone +49-221-34 80 280
office@unafilm.de
www.unafilm.de
> Westside Filmproduk9on, Krefeld
Chris?an Becker
References: „Today is not my Day“,
dir: Peter Thorwarth/
„Agent Ranjid saves the world“,
dir: Michael Karen/„The Crocodiles“,
dir: Chris?an Di@er
Phone +49-2151-626 66 20
info@westside-film.de
www.westside-film.de
> Weydemann Bros., Cologne
Jonas Weydemann,
Jakob D. Weydemann
References: „Los Angeles“,
dir: Damian John Harper/„Panihida“,
dir: Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu/„1949“,
dir: Paul Florian Müller
Phone +49-221-630 605 290
[email protected]
www.weydemannbros.com
> Wüste Film West, Cologne
Hejo Emons
References: „Kill Me“,
dir: Emily Atef/„Alive and Ticking“,
dir: Andi Rogenhagen/„Emma’s Bliss“,
dir: Sven Taddicken
Phone +49-221-51 05 067
wueste@wueste-film-west.de
www.wuestefilm.de
> Zeitsprung Pictures, Cologne
Michael Souvignier
References: „Landauer“,
dir: Hans Steinbichler/
„Frau Böhm says No“,
dir: Connie Walther/„Contergan“,
dir: Adolf Winkelmann
Phone +49-221-949 802-0
[email protected]
www.zeitsprung.de
> Zentropa Interna9onal Köln, Cologne
BeAna Brokemper
References: „Nymphomaniac“,
dir: Lars von Trier/„Melancholia“,
dir: Lars von Trier/„Dear Wendy“,
dir: Thomas Vinterberg
Phone +49-221-977 79 90
offi[email protected]
www.zentropa.dk
> Zieglerfilm Köln, Cologne
Elke Ried
References: „The Man with the
Bassoon“, dir: Miguel Alexandre/
„Henry IV“, dir: Jo Baier/
„Call of The Toad“, dir: Robert Glinski
Phone +49-221-27 27 260
mail@zieglerfilmkoeln.de
www.zieglerfilmkoeln.de
> Zinnober Film, Aachen
Dieter Zeppenfeld
References: „Two Lives“,
dir: Georg Maas
www.zinnoberfilm.de
Anima*onsstudio/
3D-Visualiza*on
> 3DHandwerk
Marcin Wieczorek
www.3dhandwerk.de
> AKIKA Kommunika9on
Michael Hoffmann
www.akika.de
> animagix film
Kay Go@hilf
www.animagix.eu
> Anima9onsfabrik
Bianca Ohlig
www.anima?onsfabrik.de
> Blanx Effects Interac9ve
Michael Gairing & Sebas?an Kühne
www.blanx.de
> ARRI Film & TV Services
Markus Klaff
www.arri.com
> Media Luna New Films
Ida Mar?ns
www.medialuna.biz
> Chamaeleon Digital Vision
Oliver Rudolph
www.chamaeleon-dv.de
> cine plus Köln
Denis Vaupel
www.cine-plus.de
Distribu*on
> Auten9c Distribu9on
Anne Hufnagel
> DigitalArtCore
Frank Stratmann
www.digitalartcore.de
> Edit Sta9on
Ulrike Leipold
www.editsta?on.de
> Blickfischer
Theo Kerp
www.blickfischer.jimdo.com
> Daywalker Studios
Bolle Bollmann
www.daywalker-studios.de
> Elevision Anima9on Studio
Athanasios Papapostolou
www.elevision-film.com
> Grafik-Film
Carsten Christochowitz, Chris?an
Hund, Uwe Wältring
www.gucc.de
> JEP-Anima9on
Jürgen Egenolf
www.jep-anima?on.de
> Parasol Island
Charles Bals, Sebas?an Druschel,
Philip Hansen, Moritz von Schrö@er
www.parasol-island.com
> Power-Toons
Michael Schwertel
www.power-toons.de
> Radl Anima9on
Albert Radl
www.radl-anima?on.com
> REBUSmedia
Ralph Huchtemann
www.rebusmedia.net
> Stefan Eling Moving Pictures
Stefan Eling
www.eling.com
> Toonsisters
Vera Lalyko
www.toonsisters.de
> TrickStudio Lu:erbeck
Richard Lu@erbeck, Ma@hias Brun
www.trickstudio.de
Studio
> Cubic Studios
Sven Schrömbgens
www.cubic-studios.de
> infostudios
Reinhard Becker
www.infostudios.de
> MMC Studios
Friedhelm Bixschlag
www.mmc.de
> Moviepark Studios
Wouter Dekkers, José Diaz Gomez,
Isidoro Diez Caveda, Guido Zucchi
www.b2b.moviepark.de
> MP Medienparks NRW
Hans-Jörg Hegerl, Klaus Mundorf,
Thierry Potok
www.medienparks.de
> nobeo
Stefan Hoff
www.nobeo.de
> studio450
Dr. Lars Tu@
www.studio450.de
Postproduc*on
> ACT Videoproduk9on
Robert Groß
www.actvideo.de
> Chaussee SoundVision
Tilo Busch
www.chaussee-soundvision.com
> New Docs
Elina Kewitz
www.newdocs.de
> Cu;ng Crew
Nicole Derboven
www.cuAng-crew.tv
> Film Kino Text
Jürgen Lütz
www.filmkinotext.de
> Einschni: Video- und Postproduk9on
Karl-Heinz Satzger
[email protected]
> Mindjazz Pictures
Manuel Stremmel,
Holger Recktenwald
www.mindjazz-pictures.de
> Farbkult
Erhard Giesen
www.farbkult.de
> HeadQuarter
Andreas Fröhlich
www.hd-quarter.de
> Industriesauger TV
Sebas?an Kaltmeyer
www.industriesauger-tv.de
> LAVALabs Moving Images
Michael Brink
www.lavalabs.de
> LogoSynchron
Bernd Lutzer
www.logosynchron.de
> MMC-Postproduk9on
David Merzenich
www.mmc.de
> Pictorion Das Werk
Frank Evers
www.das-werk.de
> Pixellusion
Sebas?an Stanek
www.pixellusion.de
> Ruhr Sound Studios
Guido ZeAer
www.ruhrsound.de
> digital postproduc9on
André Weijde
www.digitalproduc?on.com
> Scanline VFX
Thomas Zauner
www.scanlinevfx.com
> Scope VFX
Arnold Sakowski
www.scope-vfx.com
> Schni:werk
Jörg Kadler
[email protected]
> Splendid Synchron
Oliver Fay
www.splendid-synchron.com
> Think Global Media
Thomas Wolf
www.t-g-m.de
> Torus
Stephan Colli, Falk Möller,
Josef Steinbüchel
www.torus-gmbh.de
> WeFadeToGrey
Swen Linde
www.wefadetogrey.de
Global Distribu*on
> The Match Factory
Michael Weber
www.the-match-factory.com
> Filmlichter
Andreas Niemand
www.filmlichter.de
> Pandora
Thomas Matlok
www.pandorafilm.de
> Rapid Eye Movies
Stephan Holl, Antoine@e Köster
www.rapideyemovies.de
> Real Fic9on Filmverleih
Joachim Kühn, Dirk Steinkühler
www.realfic?onfilme.de
> Schwarz-Weiß Filmverleih
Jürgen Lütz
www.schwarzweiss-filmverleih.de
> Splendid Film
Andreas R. Klein
www.splendid-film.de
> W-film Distribu9on
Stephan Winkler
www.wfilm.de
Cas*ng-Agency
> Anja Dihrberg Cas9ng
Anja Dihrberg
www.dihrberg.de
> Die Besetzer
Iris Baumüller
www.diebesetzer.de
> Cologne Cas9ng Pool
Thomas Müller
www.colognecas?ngpool.de
> Filmcast
Sabine Schwedhelm
www.filmcas?nfo.de
> Finalcast
Emrah Ertem, Patricia Enderer
www.finalcast.de
> Horst D. Scheel
Horst D. Scheel
www.horstdscheel.de
> Kris9n Diehle Cas9ng
Kris?n Diehle
www.diehle-cas?ng.de
> Marc Schö:eldreier Cas9ng
Marc Schö@eldreier
www.mscas?ng.de
> Outcast
Clemens Erbach
www.outcast.de
> supremeCast
Bärbel Bodeux
www.supremecast.de
> Susanne Ri:er Cas9ng
Susanne Ri@er
www.ri@er-cas?ng.de
> Tigercast
Dana Cebulla
www.?gercast.de
Producers > 15
Contacts
State Chancellery NRW
Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media in the Federal State of NRW
Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren
Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and
the Media State/Representa?ve at federal level
Stad@or 1 | 40219 Düsseldorf
Telephone +49-211-837-161 0
Personal advisor: Dr. Deniz Alkan
Press officer: Nina Heil
Dr. Marc Jan Eumann
State Secretary for the Minister for Federal Affairs,
Europe and the Media
Telephone +49-211-837-151 3
Telephone +49-030-275 75-170 (Berlin)
Dr. Benedikt Berg-Walz
Referatsleiter MedienwirtschaAm Fürstenwall 21 | 40219 Düsseldorf
Telephone + 49-211-837 117 3
[email protected]
www.mbem.nrw.de/medien/
Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Wes)alen (lfm)
Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier
Director
Zollhof 2 | 40221 Düsseldorf
Telephone +49-211-770 07-165
[email protected]
www.lfm-nrw.de
The promo?on of North Rhine-Westphalia as a media loca?on is a departmental task of the Minister
for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media, Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren. Among other things, media
policy covers the development of media law, media industry funding and loca?on development, the
alloca?on of frequencies for radio broadcas?ng and accompanying the digitalisa?on of broadcas?ng,
as in DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcas?ng – Terrestrial), for example.
Film funding, especially with respect to educa?on and training in the media industry, is a further
focus of media policy, as is the promo?ng of media competence among the state’s ci?zens. As
a central event for the media industry, the annual Medienforum NRW in Cologne is supported
by the state. Minister Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren and her State Secretary Dr. Marc Jan Eumann
are supported in mee?ng their departmental responsibili?es by the media department in the
State Chancellery.
The lfm is responsible for private radio and television. It decides upon the licensing of broadcasters, monitors and accompanies developments in the media through research ac?vi?es as
well as by gran?ng awards such as the LfM-Hörfunkpreis for outstanding journalis?c achievements in private radio. Further areas of responsibility are the monitoring of Internet sites
where the owner of the domain is based in NRW, and the promo?on of media competence.
Dr. Peter Widlok
Head of Publicity
Telephone +49-211-770 07-141
[email protected]
Mediencluster NRW GmbH
Anastasia Ziegler
CEO
Kaistraße 14 | 40221 Düsseldorf
Telephone +49-211- 930 50 301
[email protected]
Till Hardy
Consultant
Kaistraße 14 | 40221 Düsseldorf
Telephone +49-211- 930 50 42
[email protected]
Mediengründerzentrum NRW GmbH
Joachim Ortmanns
CEO
Schanzenstr. 36 | 51063 Köln
Telephone +49-221- 611 07 48
[email protected]
www.av-gruenderzentrum.de
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The Mediencluster NRW is the regional contact point for the digital media and startup scene in
the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and located in Dusseldorf. They connect, consult and inform
about funding and financing, and look a-er companies during the process of loca?ng, founding
and expanding their business models.
The Mediencluster create visibility for the digital content industries at home and abroad, thereby
helping to develop the media region in general. Their innova?ve network embraces large and
small companies, na?onal and interna?onal players, media-related service providers, universi?es
and research ins?tu?ons as well as funding and financing partners.
Launched in May 2006, the Mediengruenderzentrum NRW is aimed at start-ups and young
companies from the media industry. Budding entrepreneurs are supported by accompanying
consulta?on and the awarding of grants. Thanks to the close coopera?on with NRW’s media
and communica?ons industry and targeted know-how transfer, the Mediengruenderzentrum
prepares young professionals for the future.
Film- und Mediens*ung NRW GmbH
Petra Müller
CEO
Telephone +49-211-930 50 11
petramueller@films?-ung.de
Film und Medien
S?-ung NRW GmbH
Kaistraße 14
40221 Düsseldorf
Telephone +49- 211- 930 500
info@films?-ung.de
www.films?-ung.de
Chris?na Bentlage
Head of Film Funding
Telephone +49-211-930 50 20
chris?nabentlage@films?-ung.de
Helga Binder
Deputy Head of Film Funding
Telephone +49-211-930 50 75
helgabinder@films?-ung.de
Isabel Krolla
Consultant Cinema –
Funding Applica?ons
Telephone +49-211-930 50 35
isabelkrolla@films?-ung.de
Mar?na Horbach
Consultant Cinema –
Funding Applica?ons
Telephone +49-211-930 50 25
mar?nahorbach@films?-ung.de
Achim Strack
Consultant TV and Entertainment
Telephone +49-211-930 50 47
achimstrack@films?-ung.de
Susanna Felgener
Consultant Funding ScriptDevelopment and Prepara?on
Telephone +49-211-930 50 27
susannafelgener@films?-ung.de
Anna Fantl
Consultant Low Budget and
Young Talents
Telephone +49-211-930 50 76
annafantl@films?-ung.de
Sven Ilgner
Consultant Low Budget and
Documentary
Telephone +49-211-930 50 77
svenilgner@films?-ung.de
Bri@a Lengowski
Chief Consultant Distribu?on,
Sales and Cinema
Telephone +49-211-930 50 13
bri@alengowski@films?-ung.de
Till Hardy
Consultant Digital Content
Telephone +49-211-930 50 42
?llhardy@films?-ung.de
Heike Meyer-Döring
Head of Crea?ve Europe Desk NRW
Telephone +49-211-930 50 14
[email protected]
Andrea Baaken
Film Commission NRW
Telephone +49-211-930 50 19
andreabaaken@films?-ung.de
Sabine Bull
Head of Marke?ng
Telephone +49-211-930 50 17
sabinebull@films?-ung.de
Katharina Blum
Head of Conferences and Events
Telephone +49-211-930 50 48
katharinablum@films?-ung.de
Founded in 1991 and with an annual funding budget of 31 million
Euros the Film- und Medien-s?-ung NRW is one of the financially
strongest regional film funding ins?tu?ons in Germany. Among
its shareholders are WDR and the federal state of North RhineWestphalia, as well as ZDF, RTL and the state media authority,
the Landesanstalt für Medien. The goal of the founda?on is to
promote film and media culture as well as the film and media
industry in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW is the central contact point
for media in NRW. It provides funding for films for cinema and
television in all stages of produc?on and exploita?on: from
story and project development through produc?on to distribu?on and sales. In addi?on, there is support for cinemas. In
2011, Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW also became an integrated funding body for film and media and, a-er the takeover of
Mediencluster NRW GmbH, opened up to the funding of innova?ve media content. Apart from funding measures, the Films?-ung’s brief also includes the marke?ng and development of
the region NRW.
Within its responsibility for film and media in the federal state,
the Films?-ung NRW also holds interests in numerous ins?tu?ons and companies: Mediencluster NRW, ifs interna?onale
filmschule köln, Mediengründerzentrum NRW, Grimme-Ins?tut and German Films.
Tanja Güß
Head of Communica?ons
Telephone +49-211-930 50 23
tanjaguess@films?-ung.de
Contacts > 17
Contacts
Media representa*ves of the ci*es
> Stadt Aachen
Fachbereich Presse und
Marke?ng
Harald Beckers
Haus Löwenstein
Markt 39
52062 Aachen
Phone +49-241-432-13 11
harald.beckers@
mail.aachen.de
> Wirtscha&sförderung
Arnsberg
Ulrike Richtscheid
Rathausplatz 2
59759 Arnsberg
Phone +49-2932-201 222 1
[email protected]
> Bielefeld Marke9ng
Elke Kringel
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
33602 Bielefeld
Phone +49-521-516 779
elke.kringel@
bielefeld-marke?ng.de
> Stadt Bochum
Herbert Schmitz
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2-6
44777 Bochum
Phone +49-234-910 358 1
[email protected]
> Stabsstelle Veranstaltungskoordina9on Stadthaus Bonn
Berliner Platz 2
53103 Bonn
Phone +49-228-775 555
[email protected]
> Dinamit GmbH Dinslaken
Monika Melles
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 44-46
46535 Dinslaken
Phone +49-2064-605 304
[email protected]
> Stadt Dortmund
Hans-Werner Rixe
Friedensplatz 3
44122 Dortmund
Phone +49-231-502 581 4
[email protected]
> Gesellscha& für
Wirtscha&sförderung
Duisburg mbH
Susanne Kirches
Dr.-Hamacher-Straße 49
47051 Duisburg
Phone +40-203-363 935 1
[email protected]
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> Stadt Düsseldorf
Theresa Winkels
Marktplatz 1-2
40213 Düsseldorf
Phone +49-211-899 305 6
theresa.winkels@
stadt.duesseldorf.de
> Kreis Düren
Josef Kreutzer
Bismarckstr. 16
52351 Düren
Phone +49-2421-222 383
pressestelle@
kreis-dueren.de
> Stadt Lünen
Simone Kö@er
Willy-Brandt-Platz 1
44532 Lünen
Phone +49-2306-104 150 1
[email protected]@
luenen.de
> Wirtscha&sförderung
Rhein-Er& GmbH
Andrea Barisic
Willy-Brandt-Platz 1
50126 Bergheim
Phone +49-2271-994 99-11
[email protected]
> Fröndenberg an der Ruhr
Bahnhofstraße 2
58730 Fröndenberg/Ruhr
Phone +49-2373-976 224
[email protected]
> Kreis Me:mann
Marion Strack
Düsseldorferstraße 26
40822 Me@mann
Phone +49-2104-992 030
kulturamt@
[email protected]
> Filmservice Münster.Land
Nicola Ebel
Klemensstraße 10
48143 Münster
Phone +49-251-492 138 0
[email protected]
> Kreis Siegen-Wi:genstein
Hans-Peter Langer
Koblenzer Straße 73
57072 Siegen
Phone +49-271-333 116 1
hp.langer@
[email protected]
> Essen Marke9ng GmbH
Anke Borm
Rathenaustrasse 2/
Theatergasse
45127 Essen
Phone +49-201-887 204 5
[email protected]
> Stadt Hamm
Katja Johannpeter
Werler Straße 3
59065 Hamm
Phone +49-2381-173 484
johannpeter@
stadt.hamm.de
> Pro Herford
Stadtmarke9ng GmbH
Manfred Bischoff
Goebenstraße 3-7
32052 Herford
Phone +49-221-189 150
[email protected]
> Stadt Herne
Ju@a Daniel
Rathaus
Rathausplatz
44626 Herne
Phone +49-2323-16-224 9
Phone +49-2323-16-258 3
[email protected]
> Stadt Hürth
Claudia Dahmann
Christa Derigs
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 40
50354 Hürth
Phone +49-2233-531 80
[email protected]
[email protected]
> Wirtscha&sförderungsGesellscha&
Stadt Kevelaer mbH
Ruth Keuken
Venloer Straße 33-35
47623 Kevelaer
Phone +49-2832-953 7 0
[email protected]
> pro Wirtscha& GT GmbH
Julia Peschke
Herzebrocker Straße 140
33334 Gütersloh
Phone +49-5241-851 086
julia.peschke@
pro-wirtscha--gt.de
> Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Sabine Ohnesorge
Portastraße 13
32423 Minden
Phone +49-571-807-221 30
s.ohnesorge@
minden-luebbecke.de
> Köln
Stabsstelle Medien Köln
Roland Berger
Stadthaus Deutz –
Westgebäude
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
50679 Köln
Phone +49-221-221-245 71
Roland.berger@
stadt-koeln.de
Stabsstelle Medien Köln
Andreas Füser
Stadthaus Deutz –
Westgebäude
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
50679 Köln
Phone +49-221-221-246 61
andreas.fueser@
stadt-koeln.de
> KulturStadtLev
Kulturbüro
Anke Holgersson
Am Büchelter Hof 9
51373 Leverkusen
Phone +49-214-406 4170
anke.holgersson@
kulturstadtlev.de
> Mülheim an der Ruhr
Volker Wiebels
Ruhrstr. 1
45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Phone +49-208-455 135 0
Volker.Wiebels@
stadt-mh.de
> WFMG Wirtscha&sförderung Mönchengladbach
GmbH
Pascal Hermanns
Lüpertzender Straße 6
41061 Mönchengladbach
Phone +49-2161-823 798 9
[email protected]
> Stadt Ne:etalWirtscha& und Marke9ng
Christoph Kamps
Doerkesplatz 11
41334 Ne@etal
Phone +49-2153-898 800 2
christoph.kamps@
[email protected]
> Tourismus und Marke9ng
Oberhausen GmbH
Helmut Kawohl
Essener Str. 51
46047 Oberhausen
Phone +49-208-824 573 3
helmut.kawohl@
tmo.oberhausen.de
> Stadt Recklinghausen
Reinhold Hegemann
Rathausplatz 3
45655 Recklinghausen
Phone +49-2361-501 351
[email protected]
> Stadt Rees
Ludger Beltermann
Markt 1
46459 Rees
Phone +49-2851-511 76
ludger.beltermann@
stadt-rees.de
> Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Robert Abts
Oberstraße 91
41460 Neuss
Phone +49-2131-928 750 0
robert.abts@
wfg-rhein-kreis-neuss.de
> Wfg Wirtscha&sförderung
Kreis Soest GmbH
Sonja Peck
Villa Plange
Sigefridwall 20
59494 Soest
Phone +49-2921-30-226 1
[email protected]
> Stadt Viersen
Axel Greuvers
Heimbachstr. 12
41747 Viersen
Phone +49-2162-101 463
[email protected]
> Stadt Wiehl
Angelika Stückemann
Zentrale Koordina?on
Bahnhofstr. 1
51674 Wiehl
Phone +49-2262-992 55
[email protected]
> Wuppertal
Lutz Ahr
c/o Bergische
Entwicklungsagentur GmbH
Kölner Str. 8
42651 Solingen
Phone +49-212-881 606 70
[email protected]
Wuppertal Marke9ng GmbH
Simone Neutert
Friedrich-Engels-Allee 83
42285 Wuppertal
Phone +49-202-563 283 9
neutert@wuppertalmarke?ng.de
To Life
Imprint
Publisher
Film und Medien
S?-ung NRW GmbH
Kaistraße 14
40221 Düsseldorf
Phone +49-211- 930 500
Telefax +49-211- 930 505
info@films?-ung.de
www.films?-ung.de
© Film und Medien
S?-ung NRW GmbH,
Februar 2015, 4. Auflage
Editorial Team
Sabine Bull (Leitung)
Stefanie Hadding
Loraine Lenz
Design and Layout
Design: Anna B. Design
Layout und Satz:
Layout and SeAng:
Stephanie Cremer
bfg-cremer.de
Transla9on
Mar?n Blaney
Print
Labude.corporate products
Thank you
We thank all the contributors
from the media state of
North Rhine-Westphalia who
provided a quota?on and
thus assisted in the crea?on
of this brochure.
The selec?on of the companies and loca?ons described
serves as an example for the
region and does not claim to
be complete.
Photos
From le- to right
Cover
UFA Cinema/
Foto: Stephan Rabold
p. 2, 3
NFP, ac?on concept,
Brainpool/Willi Weber,
X Verleih, Wenders Images,
Film und Mediens?-ung
NRW (2x), Kurt Krieger,
Pandora Film (2x),
Ron Howard
p. 4, 5
Concorde, UFA Cinema/
Foto: Stephan Rabold,
www.mafredesser.de, NFP,
Li@le Shark Entertainment,
Wolfgang Groos, Heima>ilm,
Constan?n Film AG,
X Filme/Chris?ne Halina
Schramm, Pandora Film
p. 6, 7
Universal Pictures Interna?onal, Tradewind Pictures/Senator Film, Constan?n
Filmverleih, X Verleih, Ziegler
Film, Splendid Film, Film und
Mediens?-ung NRW (2x),
ARRI Film & TV Services,
Augenschein
p. 8, 9
Kölntourismus, Düsseldorf
Marke?ng & Tourismus
GmbH, Mark Ansorg/
Dortmund, Schütze/
Rodemann/BildarchivMonheim, Bertelsmann
SE & Co. KGaA,
Deutsche Telekom,
RTL/Pick, WDR/Sachs
p. 10, 11
RTL, Funke Mediengruppe,
Bertelsmann, Deutsche
Telekom AG, WDR,
Staatskanzlei NordrheinWes>alen/Ralph Sondermann, Staatskanzlei NRW,
Landesanstalt für Medien/
Fox Foto Uwe Völkner, BBDO
p. 12, 13
Staatskanzlei Nordrhein
Wes>alen/Fotoagentur Fox,
Film und Mediens?-ung
NRW/Heike Herbertz,
NRW.Invest
p. 16, 17
Staatskanzlei NordrheinWes>alen/Ralph Sondermann,
Staatskanzlei NordrheinWes>alen/Fotoagentur Fox,
Staatskanzlei NRW,
Claudia Nussbauer,
Ralph Sondermann,
CREATIVE.NRW, IKT.NRW,
Film und Mediens?-ung NRW
(16x), Anastasia Ziegler,
Mediengründerzentrum
NRW
p. 19
Camino Filmverleih
Imprint > 19
Film- und Mediens?-ung NRW GmbH
Kaistraße 14
40221 Düsseldorf
Phone +49-211 930 500
info@films?-ung.de
www.films?-ung.de

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