12-12-2016

Polish and German Funds Sign Landmark Partnership Agreement

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    Polish and German Funds Sign Landmark Partnership Agreement photo: M. Kułakowski / PISF

    WROCLAW: Polish Film Institute has signed an agreement with German film funds that will boost the annual budget of the Polish-German Film Fund from 300,000 EUR to 500,000 in 2017.

    Magdalena Sroka, Head of the Polish Film Institute, signed the landmark agreement with Peter Dinges, Head of Filmförderungsanstalt, Kirsten Niehuus, Head of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and Claas Danielsen, Head of Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, in Wroclaw on 9 December 2016.

    The co-operation agreement adds the FFA Federal Film Fund (Filmförderungsanstalt) as a new partner of this initiative. The contribution of PISF to the fund will be increased to 150,000 EUR annually.

    For full details click HERE for the press release.