How important are the German regional film funding institutes for a production company like Pandora?
They are very important. They are valuable especially for co-productions not set in Germany. For German films with German crews you can apply to national funding institutions like the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) or the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Pandora exclusively produces international co-productions. This is our credo. We want to be present on more than one market. As a distributor, Pandora brought world cinema to Germany. Now as film producers we want to make exactly these types of films. This is part of our philosophy.
