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German Films’ “DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT” proves a success
2006-01-12
Christian Dorsch, managing director of German films, commented on the program’s success: “The consistently positive repsonse, from both German world sales companies and international distributors, shows that our support program is right on target. After just a few months, Distribution Support has proven to be an important aspect of sales negotiations and a great help for distributors.”
In the past year, German Films supported 26 films in 15 countries:
AGNES AND HIS BROTHERS in France and USA
GO FOR ZUCKER! AN UNORTHODOX COMEDY in Israel and USA
BAREFOOT in Russia and Hungary
BIBI BLOCKSBERG AND THE SECRET OF THE BLUE OWLS in Russia
FRATRICIDE in France
CROSSING THE BRIDGE in Great Britain and Israel
THE EDUKATORS in Argentina
HEAD-ON in Great Britain
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL in Chile
INTO GREAT SILENCE in Switzerland
HEIMAT 3 - A CHRONICLE OF ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS in Israel
THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG in France and Mongolia
KEBAB CONNECTION in France
LUTHER in Spain
MARSEILLE/EN ROUTE/SCHOOL TRIP (La Nouvelle Vague Allemande) in France
NAPOLA in USA
THE NINTH DAY in Argentina, Spain and Czech Republic
RHYTHM IS IT! in Poland
SEVEN DWARVES in Russia und Slovenia
SUMMER STORM in Great Britain
SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS in Great Britain and Japan
THE FOREST FOR THE TREES in USA
LOVE IN THOUGHTS in Japan
THE MIRACLE OF BERN in Japan
The Distribution Support funds serve to help finance additional promotion measures of international distributors for German films abroad. The maximum support per film per country is €50.000 and is granted as a conditionally repayable loan, repayment depending on the success of the film in the cinema. Funding up to €10.000 may also be granted as a subsidy.
The new guidelines and application forms for Distribution Support 2006 can soon be downloaded from the German Films website: www.german-films.de/support.
For further information, please contact Stephanie Wimmer per email at: wimmer@german-films.de.