FILMLAND MV gGmbH was founded in 2006 as a non-profit consulting company for the film and TV industry in the German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (in German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, or MV) and is organising the annual FILMKUNSTFEST MV (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Film Festival) taking place in the state's capital city of Schwerin in early May) as well as co-ordinating the SCHULKINOWOCHE MV (Cinema Week for Schoold in MV), taking place each year in November, and the "Kinokulturpreis MV", a local award for cinemas in MV.