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Funding is provided for innovative film and serial formats with high production costs and expenditure in Germany. This is to create a special incentive for digital film-making in Germany. The funding programme contributes to drawing the international film industry's attention to Germany as a place to realise film and serial formats and to making the country more attractive especially compared with other European countries.
A study on the economic significance of the film industry in Germany (in German) commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy shows the close link between the film industry and other sectors. Every euro of gross value added generated by the film industry results in €1.6 of value added generated by the German economy as a whole.
Now that the German Motion Picture Fund has been running for several years, it is clear that the programme is a success. The German Motion Picture Fund initiated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has contributed to establishing Germany as a production location for high-end series. "Babylon Berlin", "Deutschland 86", "You Are Wanted", "Dark", "Berlin Station" and other serial projects that are successful at national and international level would not have been realised in Germany without the GMPF.
The new guidelines (in German) entered into force on 24 October 2018. The funding programme is managed by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) (in German).
Projects receiving funding in 2018
| Project | Grant | Production company | Co-producers |
| Counterpart, Series 2 | EUR 1,800,250.00 | 41. Babelsberg Film GmbH | Company Prime LLC |
| Dark, Series 2 | EUR 2,823,694.00 | Dark Series GmbH | |
| Oktoberfest | EUR 665,316.00 | Zeitsprung Pictures GmbH |
Projects receiving funding in 2017
| Project | Grant | Production company | Co-producers |
| Acht Tage | EUR 1,926,249.83 | NeueSuper Produktions GmbH | - |
| Beat | EUR 1,435,000.00 | Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion GmbH | Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH |
| Berlin Station, Series 2 | EUR 4,000,000.00 | Neununddreißigste Babelsberg Film GmbH | Paramount Overseas Productions Inc.--Incoporated |
| Berliner Hunde | EUR 2,260,000.00 | Syrreal Dogs GmbH | |
| Deutschland 86 | EUR 1,615,000.00 | UFA Fiction GmbH | - |
| Geschichte eines Parfums | EUR 1,438,934.00 | Constantin Filmproduktion GmbH | Moovie GmbH |
| You Are Wanted, Series 2 | EUR 1,842,792.09 | Pantaleon Film | Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH |
Projects that received funding in 2016
| Project | Grant | Production company | Co-producers |
| Berlin Station, Series 1 | EUR 2,500,000.00 | Sechsunddreißigste Babelsberg Film GmbH | Paramount Production Overseas Inc. (USA) |
| Babylon Berlin, Series 1 | EUR 4,000,000.00 | X Filme Creative Pool GmbH | Beta Film GmbH, ARD Degeto, Sky |
| Babylon Berlin, Series 2 | EUR 2,200,000.00 | X Filme Creative Pool GmbH | Beta Film GmbH, ARD Degeto, Sky |
| You Are Wanted, Series 1 | EUR 1,437,584.83 | Pantaleon FilmsGmbHProduktionsfirma | Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH |
| Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer | EUR 2,500,000.00 | Rat PackFilmproduktion GmbH | Malao Film Inc. (USA), Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH, 26. Babelsberg Film GmbH, Constantin Film Produktion GmbH |
| Dark | EUR 2,500,000.00 | Dark Series GmbH | - |
| Bad Banks | EUR 750,000.00 | LetterboxFilmproduktion GmbH | Iris Productions SA (Lux) |
| Mute | EUR 1,000,000.00 | 35. Babelsberg Film GmbH | Liberty Films Entertainment Limited (UK) |