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Yesterday, the city of Marburg became the first to be awarded the new »Film-Friendly Location« label. This designation recognizes cities, municipalities, and filming locations that actively support film productions, making shoots easier and positioning themselves as particularly welcoming to filmmakers.

As part of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, we teamed up with the Hessian Ministry of Science and the Arts to host the traditional »Äppleritivo«, welcoming around 500 guests to the Hessian reception at the state representation in Berlin.

Oscar news! »September 5«, directed by Tim Fehlbaum, is officially in the running for an Academy Award in the category of Best Screenplay.

We’re excited to announce the next round of our collaboration with the European Film Market (EFM) Toolbox program at the Berlinale! We’re seeking producers based in Hesse from marginalized communities who want to join either the Fiction Toolbox or Doc Toolbox program at the 2025 EFM in Berlin.

Thriller has been set as opener of the Venice Film Festival’s cutting edge Horizons and Horizons Extra section.

The Production Finance Market and its New Talent strand of the BFI London Film Festival are open to feature film projects, including feature documentaries.

The 41st Munich International Film Festival is showing six Hessian projects, three of which are in the running for the New German Cinema Award with a total of eight nominations.

»Focus Germany meets UK and Ireland«

German Films and FOCUS Germany appearing together at the »German Pavilion«, the platform for the German film scene at the Festival de Cannes (14 – 25 May, 2024).