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Cologne's Bildersturm Filmproduktion has been making meaningful cultural and political documentaries for over 15 years.  Working with the broadcasters ARD and ARTE and other partners, Bildersturm has produced a number of prize-winning films and television programs. 

 

Frank Sinatra, the pope and I - Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium (WT) We are delighted to have received a grant from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW foundation to further develop material for our project “Frank Sinatra, the Pope, and I – the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro” (“Frank Sinatra, der Papst und ich – Das Maracanã-Stadion in Rio de Janeiro”). And we are invited to pitch the project at the Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon in April. more ...

Half of Heaven (WT) In its most recent funding meeting, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW foundation resolved to provide financial support to Claudia Schmid’s new documentary film project “Die Hälfte des Himmels” (Half of Heaven) as part of the “Produktionsförderung 2” funding programme. more ...

The Lawyers – A German Story – Phoenix Documentary Film Prize The film "The Lawyers – A German Story" by Birgit Schulz has been awarded the PHOENIX Documentary Film Prize for 2010 more ...