Established in 2011 through a collaboration between Meetings on the Bridge, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, and the Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Funds, the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund aims to foster feature-length co-productions and cultural exchange between the two countries. Open to Germany-Türkiye co-production projects still in development, the fund continues to be a crucial resource, supporting emerging voices and pushing the boundaries of international collaboration in cinema.

The selected projects are intended to reflect strong creative collaboration between filmmakers from Germany and Türkiye, foster intercultural partnerships, and bring unique cinematic stories to the screen.

Among the 67 films supported by the fund to date are A Tale of Three Sisters (Emin Alper), which premiered in the Berlinale Main Competition; Album (Mehmetcan Mertoğlu), showcased at Cannes Critics’ Week; All of a Sudden (Aslı Özge), which premiered in Berlinale Panorama; Until I Lose My Breath (Emine Emel Balcı), featured in Berlinale Forum; Blue Bicycle (Ümit Köreken) and Come to My Voice (Hüseyin Karabey), both of which premiered in Berlinale Generation; The Wounded Angels (Kıvanç Sezer) and Brothers (Ömür Atay), which competed in the Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s main competition; When I’m Done Dying (Nisan Dağ), which premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; Zuhal (Nazlı Elif Durlu), featured at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival; and Les Enfants Terribles (Ahmet Necdet Cupur), which premiered at Visions du Réel. Additionally, Ela with Hilmi and Ali (Ziya Demirel) returned from the Istanbul Film Festival with four awards, while Snow and the Bear (Selcen Ergun) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and The Dormitory (Nehir Tuna) at the Venice Film Festival.

Supported projects of 2024 have been announced, please visit here for the results.