- Screen Daily has gathered some more details on the upcoming financing slate for the Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Fund. The Ffhsh is a film funding entity that provides subsidies for both features and TV productions that promise high-quality content as well as showcasing the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. As we reported yesterday, the institution has funneled $1.26 million into Fatih Akin’s upcoming comedy Soul Kitchen. That represents the largest single contribution of a $4.8 million initiative to fund new films by local auteurs Tom Tykwer (left), Hans Weingartner (center), and Akin (right). Also included in the allocation is funding for international co-productions helmed by France’s Eleonore Faucher (A Common Thread), Norway's Sara Johnsen (Kissed by Winter) and Poland's Radek Wegrzyn, the lone fresh face of the bunch. Details are scarce on the various projects. Along with the Akin’s comedy, Wegrzyn will be mining for laughs with Father, Son
- 6/11/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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