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Jan Ole Gerster, Sebastian Schipper projects among seven backed by Germany’s national film fund
German Federal Film Fund (FFA) awards €2.5m to seven projects.
Joachim Trier, Ruben Östlund, Juliette Binoche call on EU to prioritise cinema support
They are among 4.500 signatories of an open letter praising the impact of Creative Europe Media.
Womack Group, Anta Asset Management launch €80m fund to invest in Spanish audiovisual sector
Venture capital fund aims to raise €80m to invest in companies and productions.
Documentary projects lead Thailand’s Purin Film Fund spring 2026 selection
Two fiction projects to also receive a share of $160,000.
UK filmmakers Adura Onashile and Dionne Edwards among ICO bursary recipients
Further recipients include ’The Taste Of Mango’ filmmaker Chloe Abrahams and Scala!!! co-director Ali Catterall.
John Lee Hancock’s ‘Monsanto’, starring Laura Dern and Jonathan Bailey, to shoot in Germany for Netflix
Jonathan Bailey replaces Glen Powell.
Northern Ireland Screen explores all-Ireland co-funding mechanism and cash-flowing tax credit in four-year strategy
Northern Ireland Screen-backed projects have generated £477m for the local economy across four years (2022-26).
Euro film and TV bodies call for €2.83bn funding support from AgoraEU programme
The European Union’s proposed AgoraEU programme is set to replace Creative Europe from 2028.
Franco-German fund to support films by female directors from Ukraine, India and Lebanon
The fund has previously supported Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Competition title ’Minotaur’,
BBC Small Indie Fund 2026 reveals film, TV and digital recipients
A total of 29 production companies are being supported by £1.1m of funding.
BFI unveils recipients of latest Audience Projects Fund
EXCLUSIVE: The first funding round of 2026-2029 has backed 23 recipients with a combined total of £9.3m.
Mubi lost 200,000 subscribers in 2025 due to Sequoia controversy, according to Wall Street Journal
However, CEO Efe Cakarel said the company had reached a record 1.7million subs by the end of Q1 2026.
Netherlands Film Fund names new CEO
Exec takes over from Sandra den Hamer on May 1.
Mubi, IPR.VC launch co-financing pact for European films
Pact begins with Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’, van Groeningen’s ‘Let Love In’.
Finland’s Kehittämö programme at risk of closure; selects five features for 2026
Programme received €150,000 in gift funds from Finnish parliament to keep it afloat this year.
Screen Australia backs new features starring Naomi Watts, Odessa A’zion, Mia Wasikowska
Screen Australia sets $20.4m AUD funding for 91 narrative projects across features, shorts and series.
Allegro Finance’s UK film & TV debt lending platform receives £2m facility
Allegro Finance launched film and TV credit facility with $500m last week.
Radu Jude, Hong Khaou and Maryam Zaree receive regional German fund backing for feature projects
Frankfurt’s Hessen Film & Medien is supporting the projects via companies including One Two Film and Komplizen Film.
UK Global Screen Fund head outlines details of minimum guarantee strand and revamped strategy
“The goal is to support UK sales agents to be able to take on films and to be more risk-taking,” said Denitsa Yordanova today.
UK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
