GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZ Prod Lists - April 14 2004

CACHE
(Wega Film) Backers: Filmfonds Wien. Thriller. Prod: Veit Heiduschka. Dir/scr: Michael Haneke. Cast: Juliette Binoche.
Contact: Wega Film, (43) 1 982 57 42

CRASH TEST DUMMIES
(Amour Fou Filmproduktion) Co-prod: Catpics Co-productions (Switz). Backers: OFI, ORF, Filmfonds Wien. A Romanian couple are stranded in Vienna without any money, drift apart and have both changed when they are finally reunited. Prods: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu. Dir/scr: Joerg Kalt. DoP: Eva Testor. Ed: Monika Willi. Art dir: Christoph Kanter. Cast: Bogdan Domitrache, Maria Papistasi, Simon Schwarz, Barbara Albert. To shoot in Vienna and Lower Austria from June 2004.
Contact: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Amour Fou Filmproduktion, (43) 1 99 4 99 11 0

KEBAB ALI - NOX VERSTEHEN
(Wega Film) Backer: Filmfonds Wien. Documentary on the recruiting of Turkish "guestworkers" to Austria 40 years ago. Prod: Veit Heiduschka. Dir: Kenan Kilic.
Contact: Wega Film, (43) 1 982 57 42

KELLER
(Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion). Backer: Filmfonds Wien. Coming of age drama. Prod: Franz Novotny. Dir/scr: Eva Urtaler.
Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, (43) 1 478 71 70

KLIMT
(epo-Film) Co-prods: Film-Line (Ger), Boomerang Productions (Fr). Backers: Filmfonds Wien, ORF. Drama on the last 20 years in the life of the famous artist. Prod: Dieter Pochlatko, Arno Ortmair. Dir: Raul Ruiz. Cast: John Malkovich, Georg Friedrich. To shoot in Vienna, Upper Austria and Germany from August 2004.
Contact: epo-Film, (43) 1 812 37 18

KOTSCH
(Lotus Film) Backer: Filmfonds Wien, OFI. Comedy about four slackers in Styria. Prod: Erich Lackner. Dir: Helmut Koepping.
Contact: Erich Lackner, Lotus Film, (43) 1 786 33 87

NITRO
(Dor Film) Backer: Flimfonds Wien, OFI. Comedy about three young car thieves, a stolen video camera and a dead dog... Prods: Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker. Dirs: Mike Majzen, David Schalko. To shoot in Vienna and Budapest.
Contact: Dor Film, (43) 1 427 10 11

TERRA SANTA - UNTER GLAEUBIGEN
(Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion) Backer: Filmfonds Wien. Documentary on the Holy Land seen from a new perspective. Prod/dir/scr: Ruth Beckermann.
Contact: Ruth Beckermann, Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion, (43) 1 533 25 08

DIE LETZTEN TAGE
(Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion) Backers: OFI, Land of Lower Austria, ORF. Documentary on redundancies in Waldviertel region. Prod/dir/DoP: Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Ed: Wolfgang Widerhofer.
Contact: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, (43) 1 891 3700

DIE VIERTELLITERKLASSE
(Dor Film) Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, ORF. Prod: Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker. Dir: Roland Dueringer, Florian Kehrer. Scr: Roland Dueringer. DoP: Thomas Kuerzl. Ed: Paul Sedlacek. Cast: Roland Dueringer, Eva Billisich, Loretta Pflaum. Shooting in Austria from March 1.
Contact: Dor Film, (43) 1 427 10 11

GUTEN MORGEN OSTERREICH
(Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion) Backers: BKA, Land of Lower Austria, Land Salzburg, Land of Upper Austria, ORF. Documentary about daily working life in Austria 2004. Prods: Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer. Dir/scr/ed: Hannelore Tiefenthaler. Shooting in Austria in spring 2004
Contact: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, (43) 1 891 3700

IM JAHR DES PFERDES
(Wildart Film) Backers: BKA, Land Upper Austria. Documentary. Story of the Asian community in Vienna and the Khmer in Oslo and Cambodia. Prod: Vincent Lucassen. Dir/scr: Ebba Sinzinger. DoP: Wolfgang Thaler. Ed: Karina Ressler. Shooting in early 2004 in Oslo, Vienna, Linz and Pnom Penh.
Contact: Vincent Lucassen, Wildart Film, (43) 1 595 29 91

NIAN NIAN YOU YU - ALLE JAHRE FISCH
(Virgil Widrich Film) Co-prod: Minotaurus Film (Lux). Backers: OFI, Success, Luxembourg Film Fund, ORF. Documentary on three Chinese villages. Prods: Bady Minck, Virgil Widrich. Dirs/scrs: Ina Ivanceanu, Elke Groen. DoPs: Elke Groen, Alexander Binder. Shooting in Beisuzba, Jiangjiazhai and San Yuan in October-November 2003 and June-July 2004.
Contact: Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktion, (43) 1 523 74 39 0

OPERATION SPRING
(Schnittpunkt Film & Multimedia) Backers: BKA, Filmfonds Wien, Media Plus, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, ORF. Documentary on the trials against three African women accused of being part of the "Nigerian drug mafia". Prod: Tristan Sindelgruber. Dirs/scrs: Angelika Schuster, Tristan Sindelgruber. DoP: Robert Angst. Shooting in Austria from autumn 2003 to early 2004.
Contact: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, (43) 1 891 3700

VOLVER LA VISTA/DER UMGEKEHRTE BLICK
(Amour Fou Filmproduktion). Backers: Filmfonds Wien, BKA, Cine Tirol, Land Tirol, Land Salzburg, ORF. Documentary about Mexicans living in Austria and Austrians with close link to Mexico. Prods: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu. Dir/scr: Fridolin Schoenwiese. DoP: Johannes Hammel, Rafael Ortega, Joerg Burger. Ed: Karina Ressler. Mus: Michael Palm, Antonio Fernandez Ros. Shooting in Austria and Mexico from October 2003 to May 2004.
Contact: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Amour Fou Filmproduktion, (43) 1 99 4 99 11 0

WASSER
(Lotus Film) Co-prod: Samsa Film (Lux). Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, Fonds national de soutien a la production audiovisuelle, Luxembourg, ORF. Documentary about man's relationship to water. Prods: Erich Lackner, Anne Schroeder. Dir: Udo Maurer. Scrs: Maurer, Michael Glawogger, Ursula Sova. DoP: Attila Boa. Shooting in Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, China and Australia from August 2003 to May 2004.
Contact: Erich Lackner, Lotus Film, (43) 1 786 33 87

"...AUF WOLKE 7"
(Allegro Film) Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien. Prods; Helmut Grasser. Dir: Michael Grimm.
Contact: Allegro Film, (43) 1 712 50 36

AUGENLEUCHTEN
(Fischer Film) Backers: OFI, Land of Upper Austria, ORF. Prod: Markus Fischer. Dir: Wolfram Paulus.
Contact: Fischer Film, (43) 732 600 606

BLACKOUT JOURNEY
(epo-Film) Co-prods: Film-Line (Ger), Raymaxfilm (Ger), Towers of London (UK). Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, FFF Bayern, MDM, ORF. Prods: Dieter Pochlatko, Arno Ortmair, Maximilian Vogt, Harry A. Towers. Dir: Sigi Kamml.
Contact: epo-Film, (43) 1 812 37 18

DALLAS
(Allegro Film) Co-prods: Uj Budapest Filmstudio (Hun), MTM Medien & Television Muenchen (Ger). Backers: Filmfonds Wien, Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation, FFF Bayern, BR. Prods: Helmut Grasser, Laszlo Kantor, Andreas Bareiss. Dir/scr: Robert Adrian Pejo.
Contact, Allegro Film, (43) 1 712 50 36

DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE
(Coop 99) Co-prod: Mille Et Une Productions (Fr), Saga Film (Bel). Backer: Vienna Film Fund, Prods: Martin Gschlacht, Barbara Albert, Edouard Mauriat, Hubert Toint. Dir/scr: Hubert Sauper.
Contact: Coop 99, (43) 1 319 5825

DER TRAUM VOM SCHWEBEN
(Bonusfilm) Co-prod: Troika Entertainment (Ger), BBR Productions (Can). Backer: BKA, Cine Tirol, Filmstiftung NRW, ARTE. Prods: Robert Winkler, Christian Vizi, Susanne Girard. Dir/scr: Barbara Graftner.
Contact: Bonusfilm, (43) 1 523 55 15

DER WEG...NACH HEIMAT
(Bonusfilm) Co-prod: Zegglfilm, Kick Film (Ger). Backers: Filmfonds Wien, Cine Tirol. Prods: Robert Winkler, Heinz Zeggl, Joerg Bundschuh. Dir: Barbara Graeftner.
Contact: Bonusfilm, (43) 1 1 523 55 15

HOTEL
(coop 99 Filmproduktion) Co-prods: Essential Film (Ger). Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, ORF, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW. Prods: Antonin Svoboda, Philippe Bober. Dir/scr: Jessica Hausner.
Contact: coop 99, (43) 1 319 5825

JAHRHUNDERT/WENDE (working title)
(Paul Rosdy Film) Backers: Filmfonds Wien, Austrian Film Institute. Prod/dir/scr: Paul Rosdy. DoP: Wolfgang Thaler, Robert Winkler.
Contact: Paul Rosdy Film, (43) 1 319 8142

KURZ VOR EUROPA
(Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion) Co-prods: Hektor + Rydzewski Bild+Ton Produktion (Ger), halbtotal Filmproduktion (Ger). Backers: Filmfonds Wien, Filmstiftung NRW, Filmbuero NW, Hessische Filmfoerderung, HR, ZDF/3sat. Prods: Ulrich Rydzewski, Andrzey Klamt, Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Dirs: Ulrich Rydzewski, Andrzey Klamt.
Contact: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, (43) 1 891 3700

NICHT ZU VERKAUFEN - EIN HAUS STELLT SICH QUER
(Mini Film, Lotus Film) Co-prods: Maximage (Switz). Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, Federal Office for Culture, Eurimages, ORF, SF DRS. Prods: Katja Dor-Helmer, Fiona Meisel, Erich Lackner, Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler.
Contact: Erich Lackner, Lotus Film, (43) 1 786 33 87

SILENTIUM
(Dor Film) Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, ORF. Prods: Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker. Dir: Wolfgang Murnberger.
Contact: Dor Film, (43) 1 427 10 11

TINTENFISCHALARM
(Wega Film) Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, ORF. Prod: Veit Heiduschka. Dir/scr: Elisabeth Scharang.
Contact: Wega Film, (43) 1 982 57 42

UEBER DIE GRENZE
(Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion) Backers: OFI, ORF, Filmfonds Wien. Prod: Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer. Dirs: P. Lozinski, J. Gogola, P. Kerekes, R. Lakatos, B. Cakic-Veselic.
Contact: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, (43) 1 891 3700

WELCOME HOME
(Wega Film) Co-prod: Colonia Film (Ger). Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien.Cine Culture Carinthia. Land of Upper Austria, Filmstiftung NRW, ORF, ZDF. Prods: Veit Heiduschka, Frank Doebmann. Dir: Andreas Gruber, Scrs: Gruber, Martin Rauhaus.
Contact: Wega Film, (43) 1 982 57 42

WORKINGMAN'S DEATH
(Lotus Film) Co-prod: Quinte Film (Ger). Backers: OFI, Filmfonds Wien, MFG, Eurimages, ORF, ARTE. Prods: Erich Lackner, Miriam Quinte. Dir: Michael Glawogger
Contact: Erich Lackner, Lotus Film, (43) 1 786 33 87

DON'T COME KNOCKING
(Reverse Angle Production) Backers: FilmFoerderung Hamburg, FFA, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW. Int'l sales: Hanway. Road movie. Aging move star sets off to Montana to find his adult son. Prod: Peter Schwartzkopff. Dir: Wim Wenders. Scr: Sam Shepard. DoP Phedon Papamichael. Cast: Shepard, Jessica Lange. To shoot in the USA in summer 2004.
Contact: Peter Schwartzkopff, Reverse Angle Production, (49) 40 80 81 82 0

EIN FREUND VON MIR
(X-Filme creative pool) Prod: Maria Koepf and Tom Tykwer. Dir/scr: Sebastian Schipper. DoP: Oliver Bokelberg. Cast: Daniel Bruehl, Juergen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo.
Contact X-Filme creative pool, (49) 30 230 83 30

EMMAS GLUECK
(Wueste Filmproduktion) Melodrama. Prods: Stefan Schubert, Ralf Schwingel. Dir: Sven Taddicken. Scrs: Claudia Schreiber, Ruth Toma. To shoot in autumn 2004.
Contact: Wueste Film Produktion, (49) 40 431 7060

HELEN
(MTM West Television & Film). Co-prod: Grosvenor Park (UK). Backer: Filmstiftung NRW. Dir/scr: Sandra Nettelbeck. To shoot in 2004 in Canada.
Contact: MTM West Television & Film, (49) 2 21 949 7210

ICH LEBE - DURCH DIESE NACHT SEHE ICH KEINEN EINZIGEN STERN
(Avista Film) Co-prods: BR and ARTE. Backers: FFF Bayern, BKM, Hessische FilmFoerderung, FFA. Int'l sales: Cinepool. Dist [Ger]: Movienet. Drama. Bozena Nemcova, the most famous Czech woman writer, writes against time before death takes possession of her. Prod: Alena Rimbach. Dir/scr: Dagmar Knoepfel. DoP: Jan Malir. Cast: Corinna Harfouch, Boleslav Polivka, Petr Forman. Shooting in and around Prague from mid-May 2004.
Contact: Alena Rimbach, Avista Film, (49) 89 448 12 98

IN ORBIT
(MMM Filmproduktion) Co-prods: Laura Film, FischerFilm (Austria). Backers: FFA, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MFG, BKM, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Hessen/HR. Int'l sales: Media Luna Entertainment. Dist (Ger): Ventura Film. Drama. Iranian woman forced to take identity of a man to survive in Germany. Prod: Ulrike Zimmermann. Dir. Angelina Maccarone. Scrs: Maccarone, Judith Kaufmann. DoP: Judith Kaufmann. Cast: Jasmin Tabatabai, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Hinnerk Schoenemann, Simon Schwarz.
Contact: Ulrike Zimmermann, MMM Filmproduktion, (49) 40 24 64 57

KONTAKT
(busse & halberschmidt filmproduktion) Co-prods: MACT Prod (France), Sector Film (Macedonia). Backers: ZDF/ARTE, Filmstiftung NRW. Story of two misfits who are the victims of the times and circumstances. Prod: Marcelo Busse. Dir: Sergej Stanojkovski. Scrs: Stanojkovski, Gordan Mihic. Cast: Labina Mitevska, Ljupco Todorovski, Zvoran Cvijanovic. To shoot in Macedonia from summer 2004.
Contact: Marcelo Busse, busse & halberschmidt filmproduktion, (49) 211 862 85 98

MARIA AN CALLAS
(BB Film/Moonfilm). Backer: Filmstiftung NRW, MSH. Dist (Ger): Nighthawks Pictures. Romantic drama. Man starts correspondence by email with a girlfriend of his late wife under her name. Prods: Erik Stappenbeck, Michael Braun. Dir/scr: Petra Katherina Wagner. DoP: Peter Polsak. Cast: Götz George, Vadim Glowna, Elisabeth Trissenaar.
Contact: CH Media, (49) 331 233 79 60

OHNE GNADE
(Top Story Filmproduktion) Co-prod: Dragon Motion Picture [UK]. Dist [Ger]: Buena Vista International. Comedy. Prods: Jutta Rabe, Kaj Holmberg, Birgit Stein, Terence S. Potter. Dir/scr: Birgit Stein. Cast: Barbara Schoene, Til Schweiger, Birgit Stein, Vladimir Klitschko. To shoot in Cologne, Hanover and Berlin from June 2004.
Contact: Top Story, (49) 331 74 04 940

SOPHIE SCHOLL - DIE LETZTEN TAGE
(Neue Goldkind Filmproduktion) Co-prods: Broth-Film, BR. Backers: FFF Bayern. Last days of the resistance fighters Sophie and Hans Scholl in 1943 as seen from her perspective. Prods: Christoph Mueller, Sven Burgemeister, Fred Breinersdorf, Marc Rothemund. Dir: Rothemund. Scrs: Breinersdorf, Rothemund.
Contact: Neue Goldkind Filmproduktion, (49) 89 360 49 12 0

ZEPPELIN!
(Gordian Maugg Film- und Fernsehproduktion) Co-prod: Transit Film. Backers: MFG, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Hessische Filmfoerderung, Nordmedia. Drama. Three generations of a German family and the dark secret about the Hindenburg catastrophe of 1937. Prods: Gordian Maugg. Dir/scr: Maugg. DoP: Christine A. Maier. Ed: Monika Schindler. Cast: Bruno Cathomas, Alexander May, Olaf Rauschenberg.
Contact: Gordian Maugg Film- und Fernsehproduktion, (49) 62 2178 12 36

ZWIEBERL UND DER ENTFUEHRTE PRINZ
(TV-60 Filmproduktion) Backer: FFF Bayern. Children's film. Schoolchildren witness the kidnapping of a prince and set off on his trail with a detective. Dir: Oliver Dommenget. Scr: Jochen Kahn. Cast: Dirk Bach, Goetz Otto.
Contact: TV-60 Filmproduktion, (49) 89 360 4910

BERGKRISTALL
(Perathon Film- und Fernsehproduktion/Clasart Filmproduktion) Dist (Ger): Concorde Film. Backers: FFF Bayern, Cine Tirol. Family entertainment. Prods: Joseph Vilsmaier, Markus Zimmer. Dir: Joseph Vilsmaier. Scr: Klaus Richter, based on novel by Adalbert Stifter. Cast: Dana Vavrova, Daniel Morgenroth, Max Tidof, Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann. Shooting in Gaschurn (Vorarlberg), Kramsach (Tyrol) and Moelltaler glacier (Carinthia) from March 2 to June 2004.
Contact Margit Preiss, (49) 89 600 879 0

BRIEFE VON FELIX II
(Neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft) Co-prods: Caligari Film, Mondo Igel Media, ZDF. Animation film about a little rabbit writing to his girlfriend Sophie about his world travels. Prods: Matthias Walther Gabriele M. Walther. Dir: Giuseppe Maurizio Lagana. Mus: Danny Chang. Shooting in Hamburg and Munich to December 2004.
Contact: Christiane Beckers, ndf, (49) 89 958 26 155

DER ALTE SACK
(TFC Trickcompany Filmproduktion) Co-prod: Senator Film Produktion. Dist [Ger]: Senator Film Verleih. Animation. Comedy based on episodes from the lives of the little asshole and the old sod from the comic books by Walter Moers. Prods: Michael Schaack, Thomas Walker. Dir: Michael Schaack. Scr: Walter Moers. Shooting to end of 2004.
Contact: Michael Schaack, TFC, (49) 40 39 88 19 206

DER KLEINE EISBAER II
(Rothkirch/Cartoon Film) Co-prods: Warner Bros., MaBo Investitionsverwaltung. Int'l sales/dist: Warner Bros. Backers: FFA, Filmstiftung NRW, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, MDM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Animation film, sequel to Little Polar Bear. Prods: Thilo Graf Rothkirch, Willi Geike. Dirs: Rothkirch, Piet de Rycker. Shooting at studios in Berlin, Halle, Cologne and Hamburg.
Contact: Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, (49) 40 226 500

DEUTSCHE IN AMERIKA
(Engstfeld Film) Co-prods: WDR/arte, Goethe Institut Inter Nationes. Feature documentary about German emigrants to the USA. Prod: Axel Engstfeld. Dir: Fritz Baumann. Scrs: Baumann, Andreas Orth, Gisela Keuerleber. DoP: Roland Breitschuh. Shooting in USA, Prague and NRW from autumn 2003 to early 2004.
Contact: Engstfeld Film, (49) 221 120 510

DIE BLAUE GRENZE
(Discofilm) Backers: BKM, Filmstifting NRW, MSH. Love story/tragicomedy of a young man coming to terms with his father's death. Prods: Arne Ludwig, Felix Blum. Dir/scr: Till Franzen. DoP: Michael Toette. Eds: Franzen, Sebastian Schulz. Cast: Antoine Monot Jr, Hanna Schygulla, Jens Muenchow. Shooting in Flensburg from March-April 2004.
Contact: Felix Blum, Discofilm, (49) 221 120 87 78

LAURAS STERN
(Cartoon-Film) Co-prods: Warner Bros. Filmproduktion, Comet Film. Backers: MDM, German Federal Film Board, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, BKM, Filmstiftung NRW. Dist [Ger]: Warner Bros. Animation. Friendship between a seven year old girl and a star. Prods: Thilo Rothkirch, Willi Geike. Dir: Thilo Rothkirch, Piet De Rycker. DoP: Joern Radel. Shooting in Cologne, Hamburg, Halle and Berlin from July 2002 to August 2004.
Contact: Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, (49) 40 226 500

LITTLE BIG PANDA
(Benchmark Entertainment Productions) Backer: FFF Bayern. Animation film. Prod: Michael Schoemann. Dirs: Greg Manwaring, Jimmy Murakami. Scr: Pierre Frankch. Shooting in Munich studio.
Contact: Benchmark Entertainment Productions, (49) 89 242 07 49 0

LIVELY UP YOURSELF
(Egoli Tossell Film) Co-prod: Zephyr Films (UK). Backers: FFA, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Media II. Feelgood movie. A wannabe German country singer mistakes Jamaica for Nashville. Prod: Judy Tossell. Dir: Ed Herzog. Scr: Herzog, Jessica Townsend. DoP: Sebastian Edschmid. Cast: Heike Makatsch. Shooting in NRW and Jamaica from the beginning of April 2004.
Contact: Egoli Tossell Film, (49) 30 246 5650

MOBY DICK: THE LEGEND RETURNS
(Trixter Film) Co-prods: Terraglyph (Ire), Happy Life Animation (Swe). Backers: FFF Bayern, Irish Film Board, Eurimages. Animation feature. Two young people chase the legendary whale. Dir: Michael Coldewey. Animation director: Juergen Richter. Scr: Marcus Flemming, based on Moby Dick II or The Missile Whale by Patricia Highsmith. Voices: Juergen Prochnow. Animation work from autumn 2002 to early 2004 in Ireland, Germany and Sweden.
Contact: Michael Coldewey, Trixter Film, (49) 89 9599 5590

OFSAYT
(Wueste Filmproduktion) Drama about a young woman footballer whose life is changed overnight after her diagnosis with breast cancer. Prods: Stefan Schubert, Ralf Schwingel. Dir: Buket Alakus. Scrs: Alakus, Jan Berger. DoP: Marcus Lambrecht. Shooting from April 2004.
Contact: Wueste Film Produktion, (49) 40 431 7060

VOM SUCHEN UND FINDEN DER LIEBE
(Diana Film, Fanes Film) Co-prods: GFP, Constantin Film. Backers: FFF Bayern, FFA, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Melodramatic comedy based on Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Prods: Helmut Dietl, Norbert Preuss. Dir: Dietl. Scrs: Dietl, Patrick Suskind. DoP: Juergen Juerges. Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Moritz Bleibtreu, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Anke Engelke, Harald Schmidt. Shooting in Berlin and Greece from April.
Contact Diana Film, (49) 89 38 39 25 0

WINNETOONS
(asl - Animationsstudio Ludewig) Co-prods: AniMagix, MotionWorks. Backer: FilmFoerderung Hamburg. Animation feature based on Karl May's Wild West tales. Dir: Gert Ludewig. Scrs: Lee Maddux, Jeffrey Scott. Shooting until February 2005.

Contact: asl, (49) 40 20 00 19 20

AGNES UND SEINE BRUEDER
(X-Filme creative pool) Backers: Filmstiftung NRW, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, BKM, FFF Bayern, WDR, BR, arte. Dist [Ger]: X-Verleih. Prod: Stefan Arndt. Dir/scr: Oskar Roehler.
Contact: X-Filme creative pool, (49) 30 2308 3311

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
(Walden Entertainment [US]) Co-prod: Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures. Backers: Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MDM. Int'l sales:Nordisk Entertainment. Dist [Ger]: Universum Film. Prods: Bill Badalato, Hal Lieberman. Co-prods: Thierry Potok, Henning Molfenter. Dir: Frank Coraci.
Contact: Felix Neunzerling, ZOOM Medienfabrik, (49) 30 331 721 21 31

ATINA & HERAKLES
(SLM/Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion) Backers: MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, FFF Bayern. Prods: Sebastian Harrer, Daniel Zuta. Dir/scr: Sebastian Harrer.
Contact: Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion, (49) 69 25 37 35

AUS DER TIEFE DES RAUMES
(schlicht und ergreifend Filmproduktion, d.i.e.film) Co-prod: ZDF. Prods: Johannes Schmid, Philipp Budweg, Ulrich Aselmann, Robert Marcniak. Dir/scr: Gil Mehmert.
Contact: schlicht und ergreifend Filmproduktion, (49) 89 649 81 138

BIBI BLOCKSBERG UND DAS GEHEIMNIS DER BLAUEN EULEN
(Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH, Kiddinx Filmproductions GmbH) Co-prods: BR, Gustav Ehmck Filmproduktion. Backers: FFF Bayern, MDM, FFA. Dist (Ger): Constantin Film. Prods: Uschi Reich, Karl Blatz. Dir: Franziska Buch.
Contact: Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH, (49) 89 64 99 28 72

CHESTNUT - HERO OF CENTRAL PARK
(Studio Hamburg World Wide Pictures) Int'l sales: Keystone Entertainment. Prod: Wolfgang Esenwein. Dir: Robert Vince.
Contact: Stefan Eggerstedt, Public Imaging, (49) 40 40 19 99 19

COWGIRL
(Allmedia Film & Fernsehen) Co-prods: ZDF, Cowgirl Pictures. Backer: FilmFoerderung Hamburg, FFF Bayern Filmstiftung NRW, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FFA. Prod: Uwe Schott. Dir: Mark Schlichter.
Contact: Edith Kleibel, Media Office, (49) 30 887 1440

DER DOLCH DES BATU KHAN
(Mediopolis) Co-prods: MDR, RBB. Backers: MDM, BKM. Prods: Joerg Rothe, Alexander Ris. Dir: Guenter Meyer.
Contact: Mediopolis, (49) 3 41 913 68 36

DER NEUNTE TAG
(Provobis Film) Co-prods: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Videopress (Lux). Backers: FFF Bayern, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle, Luxembourg. Int'l sales Telepool. Dist [Ger]: Progress Film-Verleih. Prod: Juergen Haase. Dir: Volker Schloendorff.
Contact: Iris Schoenfelder, Progress Film, (49) 30 24 00 34 71

DER UNTERGANG - HITLER UND DAS ENDE DES 3. REICHS
(Constantin Film) Backers: FFF Bayern, ARD. Int'l sales: EOS. Dist [Ger]: Constantin Film. Prod: Bernd Eichinger. Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Contact: Ilona Huettersen, Cine-Promotion, (49) 89 3402 3929

DREI GEGEN TROJA (THREE AGAINST TROY)
(Condor Deutschland) Backer: ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel. Prods: Sonja Moor, Kristian Widmer. Dir/scr: Hussi Kutlucan.
Contact Sonja Moor, Condor Communications, (49) 30 52 000 560

ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
(Equity Pictures) Int'l sales: Capitol Films. Prod: Andreas Thiesmeyer. Dir: Joel Zwick.
Contact: Equity Pictures, Gerd Koechlin, (49) 89 69 77 87 30

EN GARDE
(X-Filme creative pool) Backers: ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nordmedia. Prod: Maria Koepf. Dir/scr: Ayse Polat.
Contact: X-Filme creative pool, (49) 30 2308 3311

GESTRANDET
(Flying Moon Filmproduktion) Co-prods: Das kleine Fernsehspiel, RBB, HFF Babelsberg. Backers: MDM. Prods: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Annedore von Donop. Dir: Susanne Zacharias.
Contact: Flying Moon Filmproduktion, (49) 345 682 33 60

GHETTO
(Dragon Cine Venture Images Entertainment) Co-prods: New Transit Entertainment, Big Mother Pictures. Backers: FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Filmstiftung NRW. Dist (Ger): Pegasus. Prods: Thees Klahn, Alma Cepiene, Audrius Juzenas, Gintautas Dailyda. Dir: Audrius Juzenas.
Contact: Dragon Cine, (49) 40 742 48 01

HAPPINESS (YOU ARE MY HAPPINESS)
(Cineart Tv) Co-prods: Negativ, Pallas Film, Czech TV. Prods: Viktor Schwarz, Pavel Strnad, Karl Baumgartner. Dir/scr: Bohdan Slama.
Contact: Cineart Tv, (420) 261 711 108

KAUKASISCHER COUP
(Egoli Tossell Film Muenchen). Backers: FFF Bayern, SWR and BR. Int'l sales: Telepool. Prod: Judy Tossell. Dir/scr: Tatiana Brandrup.
Contact: Stefanie Brummer, Egoli Tossell Film, (49) 30 24 65 65 0

KEBAB CONNECTION
(Wueste Filmproduktion) Co-prod: WDR, Creado Film. Backer: FilmFoerderung Hamburg. Comedy drama. A young Turk becomes a star overnight thanks to an ad he shot in his uncle's kebab shop. Prods: Stefan Schubert, Ralf Schwingel. Dir: Anno Saul. Scr: Fatih Akin, Ruth Toma. DoP: Hannes Hubach. Cast: Denis Moschitto, Nora Tschirner. Shooting in Hamburg from Feb 10 to March 24.
Contact: Wueste Film Produktion, (49) 40 431 7060

LATTENKNALLER
(Hager Moss Film) Co-prods: RTL, German Film Productions. Backer: FFF Bayern. Dist (Ger): ottfilm. Dir: Sherry Hormann. Scr: Benedikt Gollhardt.
Contact: Hager Moss Film, (49) 89 206 0800

MAEDCHEN MAEDCHEN 2
(Olga-Film) Backers: FFF Bayern. Dist [Ger]: Constantin Film Verleih. Int'l sales: Bavaria Film International. Prods: Molly von Fuerstenberg, Harald Kuegler. Dir: Peter Gersina.
Contact: Thorsten Schaumann, Bavaria Film International, (49) 89 64 99 26 87

MATHILDE
(ET Fiction Group [It]) Co-prods: Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion, ICC [Sp], Zephyr Films [UK]. Backers: Eurimages, Investitionsbank Hessen, ZDF. Prod: Gherada Pagliei. Dir: Nina Mimica.
Contact: Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion, (49) 69 25 37 35

MEIN BRUDER IST EIN HUND
(Tradewind Pictures) Co-prods: WDR, F&ME [UK], Bos Bros [Neth]. Backers: Filmstiftung NRW, MDM, FFA, BKM, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, MEDIA, Dutch Film Fund. Int'l sales: Bavaria Film International. Dist (Ger): Solo Film, (Neth): Warner Bros. Prods: Thomas Springer, Helmut G. Weber. Dir: Peter Timm.
Contact: Tradewind Pictures, (49) 221 912 56 10

METALLIC BLUES
(Gemini Filmproduktion) Co-prods: Metallic Blues Ltd. Partnership (Israel), Production Bleu Blanc Rouge (Can). Backers: FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Telefilm Canada, Israel Film Fund. Prods: Danny Verete, Klaus Rettig, Suzanne Girard, David Silber. Dir/scr: Danny Verete.
Contact: Gemini Film, (49) 221 934 70 80

NAPOLA
(Olga Film) Co-prod: Seven Pictures. Backer: FFF Bayern. Historical drama set in Nazi elite school in 1942. Prods: Kerstin Dobbertin von Fuerstenberg, Viola Jaeger, Harald Kuegler. Dir: Dennis Gansel.
Contact: Olga Film, (49) 89 278 29 50

NEVER ENOUGH
(Filmex Romania). Co-prod: Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion. Backer: Investitionsbank Hessen. Prod: Titi Popescu. Dir/scr: Bogdan Dreyer.
Contact: Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion, (49) 69 25 37 35

NOT A LOVE STORY
(Wanowski Brothers; Blue Angel Entertainment Film Productions) Co-prods: EuroArts Medien, MPF Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. Zweite KG. Thriller and love story set in the Berlin of 1968 and the present day. Prods: Aaron Allred, Doris Kirch, Katja Morici. Dir: Aaron Allred. Scrs: Allred, Florian Eberhorn. DoP: Tobias Castorph. Prod des: Marita Karin Schwalm. Cost des: Dirk Schaf. Cast: Patrick Pinheiro, Katinka Haerte, Sissi Perlinger, Matthias Friedrich, Birol Unel, Hannelore Elsner, Oliver Korritke. Shooting in Berlin from January 29 to late March 2004.
Contact NIC, (49) 30 30 30 630

PLAYA DEL FUTURO
(Bosko Biati Film, Kinowelt Filmproduktion). Int'l sales: Kinowelt International. Dist [Ger]: Kinowelt. Prod: Joern Rettig. Dir: Peter Lichtefeld.
Contact: Bosko Biati Film, (49) 30 28 44 940

SCHATTEN DER ZEIT
(Diana Film) Co-prods: Fanes Film, Mondragon, CP Medien. Backer: FFA, FFF Bayern. Prods: Helmut Dietl, Norbert Preuss. Dir/scr: Florian Gallenberger.
Contact: Diana Film, (49) 89 383 9250

SCHNEELAND (SNOWLAND)
(GFF Geissendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH), Co-prod: Omegafilm (Sweden). Backers: Filmstiftung NRW, FFA, BKM. Dist (Ger): Concorde Filmverleih. Prod/dir/scr: Hans W. Geissendoerfer. DoP: Hans Guenther Buecking. Ed: Peter Przygodda. Mus: Hans Zimmer. Prod des: Bengt Svendberg. Cast: Julia Jentsch, Thomas Kretschmann, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Mühe, Joachim Krol. Shooting in Funasdalen, Kall (Sweden) from August 11 to September 5, 2003 and from February 9 to March 6, 2004.
Contact: GFF Geissendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion, (49) 221 2 20 52 90

SERGEANT PEPPER
(MTM Medien & Television Muenchen) Co-prod: Constantin Film, Bavaria Film, Mikado Film (It), Sgt. Pepper Ltd. (UK) . Backer: FilmFoerderung Hamburg, FFF Bayern, FFA. Int'l sales: Bavaria Film International. Dist [Ger]: Constantin Film. Prod: Andreas Bareiss. Dir/scr: Sandra Nettelbeck.
Contact: Kerstin Boeck, Just Publicity, (49) 89 20 20 82 60

SKINDEEP
(Peter Rommel Productions) Co-prod: German Film Productions, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel. Backers: MDM, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Prod: Peter Rommel. Dir: Andrew Hood.
Contact: Peter Rommel Productions, (49) 30 693 70 78

SIEBEN ZWERGE
(Zipfelmuetzen Film) Co-prods: VIP Medienfonds, Universal Pictures, MMC Independent, Rialto Film. Backer: Filmstiftung NRW. Dist (Ger): UIP. Comedy. Dir: Sven Unterwaldt.
Contact: Zipfelmuetzen Film (49) 40 329 08 115

STRANGERS
(Pandora Film) Co-prod: STI (Pol). Backer: Filmstiftung NRW, Eurimages. Dir: Malgorzata Szumowska.
Contact: Pandora Film, (49) 221 973 320

SUEPERSEKS
(Magnolia Filmproduktion): Co-prods: Valerian Film, Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures, ZDF. Backers: Filmstiftung NRW, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Dist [Ger]: Warner Bros. Prods: Nina Bohlmann and Babette Schroeder. Dir: Torsten Wacker.
Contact: Magnolia Filmproduktion, (49) 40 28 41 98 78

(T)RAUMSCHIFF SURPRISE - PERIODE 1
(HerbX Film) Backer: FFF Bayern. Dist [Ger]: Constantin Film. Prod: Michael Bully Herbig. Line prod: Michael Waldleitner. Dir: Michael Bully Herbig.
Contact: Ilona Huettersen, Cine-Promotion, (49) 89 3402 3929

WILLENBROCK
(UFA Filmproduktion) Prod: Norbert Sauer. Dir: Andreas Dresen. Scr: Laila Stieler. DoP: Michael Hammon. Contact Kristian Mueller, UFA, (49) 331 7060 378.

INTO SILENCE
(Recycled TV/Biograph Film) Music feature documentary. A musical road movie with the most important European producer of contemporary music Manfred Eicher of the label ECM. Dirs/scrs: Norbert Wiedmer, Peter Guyer.
Contact: Recycled TV, (41) 31 318 53 53

L'ACCORDEON
(Broken Silence) Co-prod: Temple Film (Romania). Coming of age story of two girls in the countryside who work together to clear their families' secret. Prods: Claudia Sontheim, Alice Schmid. Dir: Schmid. Scrs: Sontheim, Alice Schmid.
Contact: Claudia Sontheim, Broken Silence, (41) 41 729 40 61

SENNENTUNTSCHI
(C-Films) Horror thriller a young woman suffering from amnesia who arrives in a little mountain village. Prods: Peter Reichenbach, Michael Steiner. Dir: Tobias Fueter. Scr: Michael Steiner, Stephanie Japp.
Contact: C-Films, (41) 1 253 65 55