German cinema structural reform proposed to boost audience reach (faz.net)

• Distributors currently claim 35–50% of net box office after cinema share.
• Only a handful of ~150 annual German films exceed 1 million admissions.
• Reform needs legislative change, EU approval, and broadcaster renegotiation.

"Producer Martin Moszkowicz argues the current German film financing system, inherited from the 1950s, leaves producers with no revenue and films under-marketed. He proposes reducing output to 100 films yearly, embedding release costs into production budgets, and making the producer the central economic entity with full rights, while distributors become service providers."