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# Jeremy Strong Starrer "The Passenger" and Rasoulof's "Grey Matter" Win German Funding
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/09/24/rasoulof-grey-matter-passenger-ffa-funding/
- Published: 2026-09-24T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T05:35:36.000Z
- Description: Mohammad Rasoulof's "Grey Matter” and Magnus von Horn's "The Passenger" lead eight projects backed by the feature film jury of the FFA, Germany's federal film board.
- Author: Scrolletta Staff
- Tags: Made In Europe, Jeremy Strong, Mohammad Rasoulof, Magnus von Horn, FFA, Sibel Kekilli, #pool-2026-09-24, #ai-generated, #focus-y5

Mohammad Rasoulof's "Grey Matter", his first film made entirely outside Iran, about Kimia, a German-raised neurosurgeon of Iranian origin who operates on a patient who resembles her father, and Magnus von Horn's "The Passenger", adapted from Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz's novel "Der Reisende" with Jeremy Strong as Otto Silbermann, a Berlin businessman who becomes a refugee overnight in November 1938, lead eight projects backed by the feature film jury of the FFA, Germany's federal film board. Detailfilm gets €650,000 (roughly $760,000) for "Grey Matter" and Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion €600,000 (\~$700,000) for "The Passenger"; both directors' previous films were Oscar-nominated for Best International Feature in 2025\. The €2,947,000 (\~$3.4 million) round also funds Florian Cossen's "Everything I Am", the true story of 14-year-old solo sailor Laura Dekker, Visar Morina's "Wherever You Are, I Leave You The Keys" and Veit Helmer's "Alpha Juliet Tango", plus development of Sibel Kekilli's directing debut "Letzte Reise".

**Primary**: [FFA press release, 24 September 2026](https://www.ffa.de/pressemitteilungen-detailseite.html?meldung=reisende-29-millionen-euro-kulturelle-filmfoerderung-fuer-acht-spielfilmprojekte&ref=scrolletta.com)