Network Meeting Benelux Meets NRW

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg share a common living and economic area with North Rhine-Westphalia in the heart of Europe. In previous years the FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE has already established close relationships to the Benelux countries. This year, too, we celebrated the friendly relations to our neighbors with a special program section for our audience and the industry. We presented current successful collaborations and once again put the focus on fostering future connections. Furthermore, the work stipends of the ministry for culture and science in North Rhine-Westphalia were given out at this event.

Host: Ute Soldierer, Journalist, Cologne

2:00-2:30 p.m., Welcoming talk
Uta Loeckx, Liaison Officer of the State of NRW at the General Secretariat of the Benelux Union, Brussels
Lene ter Haar, Cultural Officer, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Düsseldorf

2:30-4:00 p.m., Presentation of cross-border projects

99 – EINE:R SCHLÄGT SIE ALLE
Oli Fuchs, Managing Director, Fabiola, Cologne

DER PFAU & MEINEN HASS BEKOMMT IHR NICHT
Christophe Hollebeke, Executive Producer, Frakas Productions, Liège
Bastie Griese, Managing Director, MMC Film & TV Studios Cologne, Cologne 
Lutz Heineking, jr., Managing Director/Creative Director, eitelsonnenschein, Cologne 
Virginie Nouvelle, Directrice Général, Wallimage, Mons
Jean-Yves Roubin, Producer, Frakas Productions, Liège
Magnus Vortmeyer, Head of Marketing & Publicity, Tobis Film GmbH, Berlin

LOST TRANSPORT & DIE MUCKLAS
Andre Fetzer, Producer, Amour Fou Film Production, Luxembourg
Christine Kiauk, Producer, COIN Film, Cologne
Helmut Weber, Managing Director, Tradewind Pictures, Cologne

DREIGROSCHENFILM & LILIANE SUSEWIND
Sebastian Schelenz, Producer, Velvet Films, Brussels

4:00 p.m.
Award of the working scholarships »Film« of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW
Ruth Schiffer, Film Officer, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW, Düsseldorf

5:30 p.m., Screening, Filmpalast 7
DO NOT HESITATE
Director: Shariff Korver • Feature Film • NL • 91‘ • English subs

6:45 p.m., Screening, Filmpalast 4
UN MONDE
Director: Laura Wandel •Feature film • B 2021 • 73' • English subs