Exclusive: Global sales agent Palisades Park Pictures has signed an agreement with VIP Medienfonds to represent all available media rights to titles in the Media 8 film library.
The slate includes rights to 14 films released between 2002-2013. The library includes titles such as Patty Jenkins’ Monster, starring Charlize Theron; Upside of Anger, starring Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, and Evan Rachel Wood; and Barbara Kopple’s action thriller Havoc, starring Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Channing Tatum.
Palisades Park Pictures will launch sales on the library titles at the upcoming MIPCOM and AFM markets. The licensing deal was negotiated by Birkemoe with VIP Medienfond’s Christian Beutel.
“Christian and the team at VIP are wonderful partners and it’s a pleasure to be in business with them on this important library of Academy Award winners, box office hits, and iconic genre fare,” said Palisades Park Pictures CEO and Partner Tamara Birkemoe. “I...
The slate includes rights to 14 films released between 2002-2013. The library includes titles such as Patty Jenkins’ Monster, starring Charlize Theron; Upside of Anger, starring Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, and Evan Rachel Wood; and Barbara Kopple’s action thriller Havoc, starring Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Channing Tatum.
Palisades Park Pictures will launch sales on the library titles at the upcoming MIPCOM and AFM markets. The licensing deal was negotiated by Birkemoe with VIP Medienfond’s Christian Beutel.
“Christian and the team at VIP are wonderful partners and it’s a pleasure to be in business with them on this important library of Academy Award winners, box office hits, and iconic genre fare,” said Palisades Park Pictures CEO and Partner Tamara Birkemoe. “I...
- 10/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Production lot has previously housed international productions including Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Studio Babelsberg is returning to the development of in-house German-language production and co-productions with local producers.
To this end, the studios on the outskirts of Berlin have set up a joint production outfit, Traumfabrik Babelsberg GmbH (literally translated as Dream Factory Babelsberg) with producer Tom Zickler, who left Barefoot Films (which he co-founded with actor-filmmaker Til Schweiger) last summer after 12 years.
The studio’s new production arm, which will be managed by Zickler with Studio Babelsberg’s vice president and COO Christoph Fisser, begins operations on February 1, 2017.
For Zickler, this new venture will be a form of homecoming. He worked on the studio lot in the mid-1980s when it was the East German state-run Defa Studios.
In addition, the Babelsberg studio lot was also the address for his first production company before he joined forces with Schweiger and actor André Hennicke in 1996 to...
Studio Babelsberg is returning to the development of in-house German-language production and co-productions with local producers.
To this end, the studios on the outskirts of Berlin have set up a joint production outfit, Traumfabrik Babelsberg GmbH (literally translated as Dream Factory Babelsberg) with producer Tom Zickler, who left Barefoot Films (which he co-founded with actor-filmmaker Til Schweiger) last summer after 12 years.
The studio’s new production arm, which will be managed by Zickler with Studio Babelsberg’s vice president and COO Christoph Fisser, begins operations on February 1, 2017.
For Zickler, this new venture will be a form of homecoming. He worked on the studio lot in the mid-1980s when it was the East German state-run Defa Studios.
In addition, the Babelsberg studio lot was also the address for his first production company before he joined forces with Schweiger and actor André Hennicke in 1996 to...
- 1/13/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Nobody can deny that Hollywood dominates the global film industry. Though India may release a higher quantity of films each year, their appeal is largely limited to their country of origin, whilst American features dominate across the globe.
As a result of this, most domestic film industries around the world are somewhat limited in capacity, unable to produce films with budgets comparable to their American counterparts.
However, this is not to say that non-American nations cannot produce films with a level of quality comparable or even superior to American features, as the five films featured on this list, highlights of German cinema from 2000-present (which means that other excellent films such as 1981’s Das Boot, 1998’s Run Lola Run and 1927’s Metropolis are omitted), are testament to.
5. Der Tunnel (The Tunnel)
Year – 2001, Director – Roland Suso Richter, Starring – Heino Ferch, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Nicolette Krebitz.
Made for German television,...
As a result of this, most domestic film industries around the world are somewhat limited in capacity, unable to produce films with budgets comparable to their American counterparts.
However, this is not to say that non-American nations cannot produce films with a level of quality comparable or even superior to American features, as the five films featured on this list, highlights of German cinema from 2000-present (which means that other excellent films such as 1981’s Das Boot, 1998’s Run Lola Run and 1927’s Metropolis are omitted), are testament to.
5. Der Tunnel (The Tunnel)
Year – 2001, Director – Roland Suso Richter, Starring – Heino Ferch, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Nicolette Krebitz.
Made for German television,...
- 11/12/2012
- by Alex Antliff
- Obsessed with Film
Cologne, Germany -- German's federal film board (Ffa) hasn't lost its taste for big period projects, putting up coin for Roland Suso Richter's early medieval epic "The Physician" and Peter Sehr's 19th century drama "Ludwig II" in its latest round of funding.
"The Physician," based on the Noah Gordon's bestseller of the same name, picked up $844,000 from the Ffa. "Ludwig II," a biopic of the so-called "fairy-tale king" of Bavaria, received a check for $700,000.
The bulk of the Ffa's cash went to mainstream productions, including the comedies "Heute bin ich Blond" (Today, I'm Blond) from Marc Rothemund, "Jesus Liebt Mich" (Jesus Loves Me) from Florian David Fitz and "What A Man," the romcom directorial debut of acting star Matthias Schweighofer.
On the other end of the scale, production-wise, is Andreas Dresen's new low-budget production, "Halt Auf Freier Strecke," which got $140,000 in subsidy cash from the Ffa.
"The Physician," based on the Noah Gordon's bestseller of the same name, picked up $844,000 from the Ffa. "Ludwig II," a biopic of the so-called "fairy-tale king" of Bavaria, received a check for $700,000.
The bulk of the Ffa's cash went to mainstream productions, including the comedies "Heute bin ich Blond" (Today, I'm Blond) from Marc Rothemund, "Jesus Liebt Mich" (Jesus Loves Me) from Florian David Fitz and "What A Man," the romcom directorial debut of acting star Matthias Schweighofer.
On the other end of the scale, production-wise, is Andreas Dresen's new low-budget production, "Halt Auf Freier Strecke," which got $140,000 in subsidy cash from the Ffa.
- 10/15/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- History repeated itself in several ways at this year's German TV Awards, held Saturday night in Cologne. Public broadcasters ZDF and ARD once again swept the honors, taking 16 of 21 trophies, and all the main winners were historic dramas looking at Germany's recent past.
ZDF's "Die Wolfe" (The Wolves), a docu-drama set in the 1940s, won three TV awards, helping the channel to a final tally of 10, far ahead of all competitors.
But it was ARD's "Mogadischu," a "Flight 93"-style drama tracking the infamous 1977 terrorist hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, that scooped the evening's top prize as best TV movie. Produced by Berlin-based teamWorx, the movie stars Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl and Said Taghmaoui.
For a change, the top winner was also a ratings hit. Roland Suso Richter's drama scored a 21% share in its first airing last November, with 7.3 million Germans tuning in.
Along with ARD and ZDF,...
ZDF's "Die Wolfe" (The Wolves), a docu-drama set in the 1940s, won three TV awards, helping the channel to a final tally of 10, far ahead of all competitors.
But it was ARD's "Mogadischu," a "Flight 93"-style drama tracking the infamous 1977 terrorist hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, that scooped the evening's top prize as best TV movie. Produced by Berlin-based teamWorx, the movie stars Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl and Said Taghmaoui.
For a change, the top winner was also a ratings hit. Roland Suso Richter's drama scored a 21% share in its first airing last November, with 7.3 million Germans tuning in.
Along with ARD and ZDF,...
- 9/27/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- It's been 30 years since Germany was gripped by the exploits of homegrown terrorists the Baader Meinhof gang, but Germans still can't tear themselves away.
This year has seen an onslaught of dramas and documentaries on the exploits of the gang, who called themselves the Red Army Faction or Raf.
The latest volley was "Mogadischu," a two-hour telefilm that aired Sunday on public channel Ard that follows the 1977 hijacking of a planeload of German tourists by Palestinians sympathetic to the Raf.
Some 7.3 million Germans tuned in, a 21% market share, and 5.8 million stayed on for interviews with the survivors on Ard's top-rated talk show "Anne Will."
Then there's Uli Edel's "The Baader Meinhof Complex." With ticket receipts at $22 million and counting, Germany's official entry for the foreign-language Oscar is a local boxoffice hit as well.
Add to that the countless number of news reports, television documentaries and magazine...
This year has seen an onslaught of dramas and documentaries on the exploits of the gang, who called themselves the Red Army Faction or Raf.
The latest volley was "Mogadischu," a two-hour telefilm that aired Sunday on public channel Ard that follows the 1977 hijacking of a planeload of German tourists by Palestinians sympathetic to the Raf.
Some 7.3 million Germans tuned in, a 21% market share, and 5.8 million stayed on for interviews with the survivors on Ard's top-rated talk show "Anne Will."
Then there's Uli Edel's "The Baader Meinhof Complex." With ticket receipts at $22 million and counting, Germany's official entry for the foreign-language Oscar is a local boxoffice hit as well.
Add to that the countless number of news reports, television documentaries and magazine...
- 12/4/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Britain's Channel 4 has picked up Dresden, the big-budget miniseries from pubweb ZDF on the Allied firebombing of the German city in 1945. Directed by Roland Suso Richter (The Tunnel) and starring German actress Felicitas Woll and Brit actor John Light, the two-parter was a ratings smash for ZDF, drawing 12.7 million viewers for a 31% market share on its airing March 5-6. That was the best performance for a TV movie in Germany since 1992. Dresden is the first dramatic retelling of the bombing from a German perspective. The subject is controversial. Some historians describe the bombings as a war crime because they deliberately targeted civilians and there was no military purpose to the attacks. Others say the Dresden air raids were justified as punishment for the Nazi Holocaust. Dresden is the latest in a wave of high-gloss historic miniseries out of Germany that have been generating mega ratings at home and significant interest abroad. Dresden producers teamWorx also scored with Storm Flood for RTL, about the devastating floods in Hamburg in 1962 and Airlift for Sat.1 on the 1948 American-run airlift to provide supplies to the citizens of West Berlin who had been cut off from the world by the Soviet army. Dresden has already sold to Canal Plus and France 2 in France, to Telecinco in Spain and Rai Cinema for Italy. Sales agent Beta Cinema says it expects to close several more territories during MIPTV.
CANNES -- Britain's Channel 4 has picked up "Dresden", the big-budget miniseries from pubweb ZDF on the Allied firebombing of the German city in 1945. Directed by Roland Suso Richter ("The Tunnel") and starring German actress Felicitas Woll and Brit actor John Light, the two-parter was a ratings smash for ZDF, drawing 12.7 million viewers for a 31% market share on its airing March 5-6. That was the best performance for a TV movie in Germany since 1992. "Dresden" is the first dramatic retelling of the bombing from a German perspective. The subject is controversial. Some historians describe the bombings as a war crime because they deliberately targeted civilians and there was no military purpose to the attacks. Others say the Dresden air raids were justified as punishment for the Nazi Holocaust. "Dresden" is the latest in a wave of high-gloss historic miniseries out of Germany that have been generating mega ratings at home and significant interest abroad. "Dresden" producers teamWorx also scored with "Storm Flood" for RTL, about the devastating floods in Hamburg in 1962 and "Airlift" for Sat.1 on the 1948 American-run airlift to provide supplies to the citizens of West Berlin who had been cut off from the world by the Soviet army. "Dresden" has already sold to Canal Plus and France 2 in France, to Telecinco in Spain and Rai Cinema for Italy. Sales agent Beta Cinema says it expects to close several more territories during MIPTV.
COLOGNE, Germany -- Dresden: The Inferno, a $12 million miniseries from German production heavyweight teamWorx, set new standards for German-made telefilms Sunday night, grabbing a record audience of 12.7 million and a 32.6% market share for pubcaster ZDF. That represents the best-ever rating for a telefilm in Germany since local ratings agency GfK began collecting data in 1992. The second half of Dresden was to air Monday night. Directed by Roland Suso Richter, the mini recounts the devastating bombing of the city of Dresden by Allied forces in February 1945, shortly before the end of World War II. At least 35,000 people, virtually all of them civilians, were killed in the attack. Richter's miniseries breaks new ground by focusing on the suffering of ordinary Germans during the war. Dresden is the second historic success for teamWorx. Last month, The Storm Tide, the company's big-budget retelling of the catastrophic 1962 flooding of Hamburg, won an impressive 31.3% market share for commercial channel RTL, with 11.2 million viewers tuning in.
BERLIN -- Roland Suso Richter's East German escape epic The Tunnel is finally set to get a U.S. release, four years after its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award. German sales outfit Beta Cinema originally sold U.S. theatrical rights to The Tunnel to Roxie Releasing, but the film reverted back to Beta after Roxie failed to release Tunnel stateside. Beta signed a deal at Berlin's European Film Market giving U.S. video and DVD rights to The Tunnel to Home Vision Public Media Inc., which has a distribution deal for the film set up with New York independent Avatar. A platform release is set for the spring. Producer Mark Gordon has picked up the U.S. remake rights to The Tunnel, which tells the true story of a daring underground escape from East to West Berlin after the Berlin Wall was built.
- 2/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- Peter Herrmann, one of the producers behind Caroline Link's Oscar-winning "Nowhere in Africa", said Friday that he has resigned from "Nowhere" production house MTM to set up his own company -- Peter Herrmann Filmproduktion. Herrmann, together with producers Andreas Bareiss and Gloria Burkert, set up MTM in 1994 and quickly established the company as one of Germany's leading art house movie production houses. In addition to "Nowhere", which won the best foreign film Oscar in 2003, Herrmann co-produced such high-profile German titles as Romuald Karmakar's "Deathmaker", Roland Suso Richter's "A Handful of Grass" and "Fat World" from Jan Schutte.
- 3/27/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- EOS Entertainment, the TV event production group headed by former KirchMedia deputy CEO Jan Mojto, has set up its own distribution arm, EOS Distribution, to handle sales of its slate of mega-budget miniseries, the company announced at MIPTV. In an interview, Mojto said Dirk Schuerhoff, head of sales at Kirch film sales subsidiary Beta Cinema, will head the new unit. At Beta, Schuerhoff handled international sales on German-language productions such as Roland Suso Richter's The Tunnel and Michael "Bully" Herbig's hit Western spoof Manitou's Shoe. Beta's head of theatrical sales, Andreas Rothbauer, will take over Schuerhoff's responsibilities along with Gerome Vincendon, previously responsible for French-speaking territories.
- 3/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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