MFA+ European Film Distribution Call 2025

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Owner of MFA+ FilmDistribution e.K., Christian Meinke has been in the film industry since 1981. MFA+ FilmDistribution built up a reputation of high profile family entertainment, having distributed classic children's films based on books by Erich Kästner, Astrid Lindgren and Sven Nordqvist. Still the company’s profile has always included high quality feature films for adults as well. In the last couple of years, the company released exceptional and awarded films, e.g. ELLE, ANTICHRIST, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, FRANCES HA, A ROYAL AFFAIR, SIGHTSEERS, MASTER CHENG, VELVET QUEEN, SNOWPIERCER, NOSTALGIA and COMPLÈTEMENT CRAMÉ!. The film FLOW, which is also distributed by MFA+, won the Oscar in 2025. Always interested in talented directors MFA+ released films by Lars von Trier, Joachim Trier, Ben Wheatley, David Cronenberg, Mario MartoneBong Joon-Ho, Kelly Reichardt, Luca Guadagnino, Margarethe von Trotta, László Nemes, Denys Arcand , Mika Kaurismäki and Gints Zilbalodis among others. The Federal Commission of Culture and Media (BKM) selected MFA for their programme 1996, 2004 and 2020 with the “AWARD FOR THE BEST DISTRIBUTION COMPANY”. The budget generated out of the admissions achieved in 2024 will be reinvested in financing new film acquisitions (Minimum guarantees), and in financing of release costs of European, non-national films.