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# Berlin Fund Puts $600,000 Behind Cinema Releases for Wim Wenders and Andreas Dresen
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/10/08/medienboard-distribution-funding-wenders-dresen/
- Published: 2026-10-08T07:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:35:12.000Z
- Description: The Berlin-Brandenburg fund pays toward the cinema launch of 15 films, from new work by Andreas Dresen and Wim Wenders to ten films by women directors.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Money, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Wim Wenders, Andreas Dresen, Leonine Distribution, Marie Kreutzer, #pool-2026-10-08, #ai-generated

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the regional film fund for Berlin and Brandenburg, awards €515,000 (roughly $600,000) in distribution support for the cinema release of 15 films, ten of them directed by women. The largest awards, €100,000 (\~$117,000) each, go to Leonine Distribution for Sonja Heiss's "Komplizinnen", opening January 22, 2027, and to X Verleih for Helena Hufnagel's "Lieblingsmenschen", opening November 19, 2026, followed by €80,000 to Tobis Film for Justina Jürgensen's "Mädchen in Uniform" and €50,000 to Pandora Film Medien for Andreas Dresen's "Alte Liebe". Wim Wenders' Peter Zumthor documentary "From Inside Out", a Venice premiere, gets €20,000 for its release through DCM, and Marie Kreutzer's Cannes premiere "Gentle Monster" gets €25,000 through Alamode Filmdistribution.

**Primary**: [Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, press release, 8 October 2026](https://www.medienboard.de/presse-events/pressemitteilungen-und-publikationen/mitteilung/News/mit-mbb-foerderung-auf-die-grosse-leinwand-verleih-von-15-filmen-gefoerdert?ref=scrolletta.com)