Money 8 October 2026

Berlin Fund Puts $600,000 Behind Cinema Releases for Wim Wenders and Andreas Dresen

Collage of a black-and-white cinema lobby with empty poster frames, an orange paper stack of coins rising like stairs toward the doors, and orange tickets scattered on the floor. — Illustration: AI-generated, courtesy of Magnific CPP.

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