The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has announced the recipients of its latest grants for experimental film. Highly acclaimed filmmakers and artists popular for their previous video installations have been selected to receive financial aid from the institution.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s much-awaited Memoria [+leggi anche:
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The second-largest grant (€30,000) went to Albert Serra’s Liberté [+leggi anche:
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Furthermore, three projects have been supported with an amount of €25,000 each: Isabell Heimerdinger’s Cool Islands, Roee Rosen’s Kafka for Kids (produced by Volte Slagen) and Clemens von Wedemeyer’s Montagendemonstration (an Austrian production). 

Four additional projects have each been backed by the German institution to the tune of €20,000: The President by Yael Bartana, Havelland Fontane by Bernhard Sallmann, A Treatise on Limnology by Dane Komljen and James Lattimer (produced by Flaneur Films), and Theater of the Invisible by Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner. 

Finally, Ati Maier has received €10,000 worth of support for her film Beyond the Wall, which is being staged by FilmKunstKommerz Klaus Knoesel Filmproduktion.