PRODUCTION / FUNDING Germanyby Olivia Popp29/01/2026 - The funded projects include works by Alexandre Koberidze, Kamal Aljafari, Julia von Heinz, Ina Weisse and Sebastian SchipperIn its first funding round of the year, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) has handed out over €5.8 million to 20 projects in progress; 49 applications were originally submitted with a total requested amount of €14.2 million. Out of these 20, 12 films and three series were awarded production funding, while five movies were awarded development funding. €600,000 in production funding have gone to Toter Mann (lit: “Dead Man”) by Sebastian Schipper, best known for his one-shot crime-thriller Victoria (2015). MBB awarded the film €300,000. In terms of series production funding, MBB presented Die Barmherzigen (referring to the religious meaning of “the merciful” or “the compassionate”) with €400,000, helmed by Vietnamese-German director and DoP Ngo The Chau.