Kirsten Niehuus, CEO at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, which funds films and TV series production in the Berlin region, and Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, which promotes and su…
Three Medienboard-funded films are in this year’s Competition: Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s “Four Daughters,” Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner’s “Club Zero,” and U.S. helmer Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City.”
Commenting on the ongoing discussions about a reform of Germany’s Federal Film Fund, the DFFF, Niehuus said: “That’s not for me to decide, but if it were me to decide, I think it’s high time we introduced an automatic funding system that is competitive when you look at Hungary or Poland or France. When the DFFF was introduced, it was hot shit, but now it’s got a bit too old, and it needs renovating. I think Austria is a great example of how you can shape a very attractive, automatic fund.
The garden party, held on the lawns of the Mondrian Hotel, attracted, among others, German actor Christian Friedel, who is a lead actor in Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” which is a favorite for the Palme d’Or in Cannes; and German actor Sandra Hüller, who appears in two films in competition in Cannes: “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest,” and is best known as the star of Oscar nominated “Toni Erdmann.
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