2020 will be another year starting with German cinema having a strong presence at the Berlinale. Numerous films have already been confirmed to screen at the festival. More information will be available in our special mailing which will be sent out during the second week of February.

March will see the launch of the FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS 2020 campaign at Seriés Mania, where we will also host an umbrella stand and a COMING UP NEXT FROM GERMANY series session.

More about German Films & Series in 2020...

German films and co-productions in Clermont-Ferrand, Rotterdam, Santa Barbara, Göteborg and Biarritz.

Awards for German films and co-productions in Les Arcs, Palm Springs, Sydney and Biarritz.

International releases of German films in January and February supported by the German Films Distribution Support program. More...

448 films * 88.5 million euros box office * 15.3 million admissions * 64 countries

The Top Ten includes eight majority German-produced films which took 31.7 million euros at the box office and attracted 6 million viewers to the cinemas.

This is more than a third of the total box office for all German productions and co-productions:

THE AFTERMATH (No. 1) 8.4 million euros in 29 countries
NEVER LOOK AWAY (No. 3) 4.7 million euros in 20 countries
DAS PERFEKTE GEHEIMNIS (No. 4) 4.4 million euros in Austria
MANOU THE SWIFT (No. 5) 3.4 million euros in 40 countries
MARNIE'S WORLD (No. 6) 3,2 million euros in 28 countries
HEIDI (No. 7) 2.9 million euros in China
BALLOON (No. 9) 2.5 million euros in 15 countries
HEILSTÄTTEN (No. 10) 2.3 million euros in 16 countries

A detailed analysis of the 2019 figures for international distribution is likely will be available here on our website at the end of February.