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Die Prime-Video-Serie ist heute Abend beim Blauer Panther – TV & Streaming Award als beste Serie ausgezeichnet worden. Ebenfalls einen Blauen Panther erhielt Headwriterin Daphne Ferraro.

„Maxton Hall“-Headwriterin Daphne Ferraro mit dem Blauen Panther (Credit: MedienBayern/Jens Hartmann)

In der BMW Welt in München ist heute zum dritten Mal der Blauer Panther – TV & Streaming Award vergeben worden.

In der Kategorie Fiktion zweifach ausgezeichnet wurde die von UFA Fiction produzierte Prime-Video-Serie „Maxton Hall – Die Welt zwischen uns“, die den Blauen Panther als beste Serie gewann. Darüber hinaus wurde Headwriterin Daphne Ferraro ausgezeichnet.

Über die Serie sagt die Jury: „Einerseits eine klassische ‚Enemies to Lovers‘- Geschichte, andererseits mit so viel Liebe zum Detail und unverstellter Spielfreude umgesetzt, dass es der Serie gelingt, den Nerv der Zeit zu treffen.“ Gleichzeitig würdigte die Jury Ferraros Konzept zur Serie: „Daphne Ferraros Konzept, Lachen und Weinen, Hoffen und Leiden im Handlungsverlauf ganz dicht aneinander zu rücken,...

European distributor Global Screen has unveiled its lineup of drama series that will be launched to buyers at TV market Mipcom next week.

Crime thriller “Murder on the Inca Trail” revolves around a murder on the remote Inca Trail, but there are no witnesses, no weapon and no evidence. How can chief inspector Rita Berg identify the murderer of Ursula Glück, who is killed during an alleged robbery? Her husband, Jona Kepler, claims innocence, but suspicion lingers. Despite a lack of motive, Berg keeps digging.

The show, which is produced by Westside for Ard Degeto/Br, stars Nina Gummich and Thomas Prenn. It is available as four 45 minute episodes or two 90 minute episodes.

Also new for Mipcom is Season 2 of period anthology drama “The Palace,” produced by Moovie, Constantin Film and Zdf. Once again set at the legendary Palace theater in Berlin, the new season takes us to 1990, the year...

Sechs Jahre operiert Gaumont erst am deutschen Markt. In dieser kurzen Zeit hat Sabine de Mardt die Kölner Produktionsfirma als echtes Powerhouse etabliert. Im Rahmen unseres Nrw-Schwerpunkts rund um das Film Festival Cologne haben wir sie befragt, was bereits erreicht wurde und was als Nächstes kommen wird.

Gaumont-Geschäftsführerin Sabine de Mardt (Credit: Gaumont)

Wie sehr sehen Sie Gaumont in Deutschland als Produktionshaus mit internationaler Ausrichtung? Gibt es internationale Partner, mit denen Sie besonders gerne arbeiten, die womöglich auch Ihre Philosophie teilen?

Sabine de Mardt: In erster Linie sind wir eine deutsche Produktionsfirma, die vorrangig für den deutschen Markt produziert. Das ist unser Hauptfokus im Rahmen unserer internationalen Familie. Im kommenden Jahr wird unser Mutterhaus 130 Jahre alt, die älteste Filmproduktionsfirma der Welt. Das finde ich immer wieder beeindruckend, da wir auf eine so lange und innovative Filmgeschichte blicken. Seit den Anfängen bis heute ist Gaumont ein unabhängiges und inhabergeführtes Unternehmen mit einer großen Filmtradition,...

Netflix has unveiled upcoming movie about real-life German Ngo Jugend Rettet and its ship, the Iuventa, which rescued thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 before it was impounded by Italian authorities.

In-demand actor Louis Hofmann – whose credits include Dark, Ripley, Masters of the Air, All The Light We Cannot See, and is soon to be seen in Monstrous Beauty opposite Bella Ramsay – leads the cast.

Netflix have unveiled a first image of the film which is currently shooting in Malta, after kicking off production in Berlin. The film follows in the wake of a number of successful German productions for Netflix including the Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front and Emmy-winning series The Empress.

The movie tells the true story of the creation in 2015 of Jugend Rettet by a group of young Berliners who felt compelled to do something about the thousands of people who were dying...

Das Zdf hat am ersten der beiden Abende des Deutschen Fernsehpreises die meisten Auszeichnungen erhalten. Der große fiktionale Favorit „Die Zweiflers“ von der Ard gewann auch einen Preis, ging aber auch ein paar Mal leer aus. Es regierte das Prinzip Gießkanne.

Esther Sedlaczek hat „Die Nacht der Kreativen“ beim Deutschen Fernsehpreis moderiert (Credit: Wdr/Ben Knabe)

Zuletzt waren die ausgelagerten Auszeichnungen für die Kreativen hinter der Kamera beim Deutschen Fernsehpreis zumindest noch bei 3sat im Fernsehen zu sehen. Am heutigen Dienstag blieb aber die „Nacht der Kreativen“ in Köln mit Moderatorin Esther Sedlaczek, einen Tag vor der Ard-Gala mit den Nominierten vor der Kamera, unter sich. Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner in den ersten elf Kategorien drangen trotzdem an die Öffentlichkeit.

Nach dem Prinzip Gießkanne verteilten sich die Auszeichnungen der Jury traditionell nicht auf einige wenige, sondern so viele unterschiedliche Formate wie möglich. Im Fiction-Bereich gewann zum Beispiel Annette Hess für...

Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas To Receive Int’l Emmy Directorate Award

Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas is set to be honored with the 2024 International Emmy Directorate Award, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced. Dumas has been head of the 129-year-old French film and TV company since 2010. The French exec has been credited with moving with the times to expand the company into TV. Early series coming to fruition under her watch included Netflix hits Narcos and Lupin, while more recent high profile productions span Karl Lagerfeld biographic series Becoming Karl; German historical drama The Interpreter of Silence for Disney and the recently announced series about the Gucci family saga. “Sidonie Dumas has strategically and successfully pivoted Gaumont’s main business from theatrical to television with major international expansion and key deals from Europe and Latin America to Hollywood,” said Iatas President CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “We look forward...

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that Sidonie Dumas, CEO of Gaumont, will be honored with this year’s International Emmy Directorate Award.

Dumas will receive the honor at the 52nd International Emmy Awards gala in New York on Nov. 25.

Paris-based television and film production Gaumont is the world’s oldest continuously operating film studio — it celebrates its 130th anniversary next year — with a library that includes such iconic titles as Jean-Luc Godard’s Bande à Part and Louis Malle’s Au Revoir les Enfants, as well as more recent blockbusters, from Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element to Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s Untouchable.

Dumas, who has been head of Gaumont since 2010, was a major force in shifting the company’s focus to the small screen, helping deliver global hits including Netflix’s Lupin — featuring Untouchable star Omar Sy — and Narcos.

Other series greenlit under...

Am 24. und 25. September wird in Köln zum 25. Mal der Deutsche Fernsehpreis verliehen. Heute wurden die Nominierungen bekannt gegeben.

Sechsmal für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis nominiert: „Die Zweiflers“ (Credit: Ard Degeto/Hr/Turbokultur/Elliott Kreyenberg)

Die Ard-Serie „Die Zweiflers“ (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung) hat sechs Nominierungen für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis erhalten und hat damit die meisten Chancen, am 24. und 25. September ausgezeichnet zu werden. Viermal nominiert wurde die Disney+-Serie „Deutsches Haus“, je drei Nominierungen gingen an die ZDFneo-Serie „Push“ und die Rtl+-Serie „Legend of Wacken“.

Über die meisten nominierten Produktionen in den Werk- und Programmkategorien – 30 an der Zahl – freut sich das Zdf; Prime Video vermeldet eine Rekordzahl von neun nominierten Produktionen.

Der Juryvorsitzende beim Deutschen Fernsehpreis, Wolf Bauer, erklärte anlässlich der Nominierungsbekanntgabe: „In diesem Jahr haben wir einen programmlichen Gipfel gesehen. Der verstärkte Wettbewerb der Anbieter – von den linearen klassischen Sendern bis hin zu Aggregatoren und Streaming-Plattformen – hat zu einer...

Seit diesem Jahr gibt es den TV Disruptor Award, den zuerst die deutsche Drehbuchautorin Annette Hess erhielt. Jetzt wird in Le Havre einer der vielversprechendsten französischen Kreativen ausgezeichnet, der hier sein neues Werk „Zorro“ mit Jean Dujardin zeigt.

Noé Debré (Credit: Unifrance)

Das US-Branchenblatt Deadline vergab auf dem Seriencamp Festival in Köln in diesem Jahr zum ersten Mal den sogenannten TV Disruptor Award, der an Kreative geht, die eine starke eigene Meinung und Haltung in der Branche zeigen, an die Drehbuchautorin Annette Hess („Deutsches Haus“). Während des Branchenevents Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre wird jetzt am 4. September der französischen Showrunner, Drehbuchautor und Regisseur Noé Debré als Zweites mit diesem Preis als herausragendes internationales TV- und Streaming-Talent geehrt.

Mit großer Spannung wird Noé Debrés neuestes Serienwerk „Zorro“ mit Jean Dujardin in der Hauptrolle hier in Le Havre als Premiere erwartet. „Zorro“ läuft demnächst in Deutschland bei Paramount+ und in Frankreich bei France Télévisions.

Für den Blauen Panther – TV & Streaming Award sind die Nominierungen in den Kategorien Beste Schauspielerin und Bester Schauspieler bekannt gegeben worden. Die Preisverleihung ist im Oktober.

V.l.: Sira-Anna Faal, Aaron Altaras und Anna Schudt

Der Blaue Panther – TV & Streaming Award hat seine Schauspiel-Nominierungen für die große Preisverleihung am 23. Oktober bekannt gegeben. Drei Serien-Formate kommen dabei von der Ard, zwei von Disney+ und eines vom Zdf. Unter dem Juryvorsitz von Klaus Schaefer fielen folgende Nominierungs-Entscheidungen:

Nominiert als Beste Schauspielerin:

• Sira-Anna Faal für ihre Rolle als Pauline in der sechsteiligen Serie „Pauline“ (bildundtonfabrik für Disney+)

• Anna Schudt für ihre Rolle als Anna Koch in der sechsteiligen Serie „Push“ (Bantry Bay Productions für ZDFneo in Zusammenarbeit mit „New8“)

• Katharina Stark für ihre Rolle als Eva Bruhns in der fünfteiligen Serie „Deutsches Haus“ (Gaumont GmbH für Disney+)

Nominiert als Bester Schauspieler sind:

• Aaron Altaras für seine Rolle als Samuel Zweifler in der...

When Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland cancelled its usual drama event at the Munich Film Festival at short notice last summer, it came as a surprise. That surprise quickly turned to shock and bitter disappointment when the pay-tv giant revealed it wasn’t simply nixing a networking bash, it was exiting the original drama business full stop.

More bad news followed as the local impact of Paramount Global reining in spend on original international drama kicked in – German shows were yanked off the streamer and projects in the works canned. This wasn’t that long after HBO Max had pulled out and Starz Play closing simply added to a stream of bad news. Apple, Disney+ and Prime Video remain in the German drama business, but commission in such low volume that it is the thinnest of silver linings for the vast majority of local scripted prodcos. The strategy at Netflix, easily...

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‘Peaky’s Blind Ambition

By order of the Netflix executives: There have been trickles of information about a Peaky Blinders movie ever since the BBC series came to a dramatic end after eight years and six seasons in 2022. Now, the news is official. The show that launched a thousand undercuts and laid the foundations for Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer Oscar win is easily one of the most popular dramas of the past decade, and it’s no surprise the entertainment world went crazy after Nancy broke the story Tuesday that a Peaky feature film is indeed coming. Netflix has greenlit a script from creator Steven Knight with Tom Harper, who helmed half of the show’s first season,...

Exclusive: Annette Hess accepted Deadline’s first ever German TV Disruptor Award at Seriencamp in Cologne today. The powerhouse writer lived up to her award billing when speaking with Deadline, with a no-holds-barred take on the industry’s gender pay gap. She also dished details on Ku’damm 77, the latest instalment in the German drama franchise and which is hugely anticipated by fans.

Hess has created several iconic German series, including Ku’damm ‘56 and follow-up Ku’dammm ‘59, Christiane F story We Children From Bahnhoff Zoo, and Disney+ project The Interpreter of Silence, which was adapted from her novel Deutsches Haus. She has also been central to German screenwriters’ efforts for better recognition.

Hess revealed that three-part series Ku’damm ’77 will likely go into production in January. It will follow the series’ key characters in 1970s Berlin as they are filmed by a documentary team. Hess had framed the whole series through through a mockumentary lens,...

Drehbuchautorin Annette Hess ist eine der starken Stimmen in der deutschen Film- und Serienbranche. Dafür erhielt sie jetzt auf dem Seriencamp einen neu geschaffenen Preis überreicht und sprach über Ungerechtigkeiten in der Branche und „Ku’damm 77“.

Annette Hess beim Seriencamp (Credit: Spot)

Der internationale Medienpartner des Seriencamp, das US-Branchenblatt Deadline, hat zum ersten Mal den German TV Disruptor Award am heutigen Donnerstag verliehen. Der Preis ging an die Drehbuchautorin Annette Hess, die für Serien wie „Deutsches Haus“ oder die „Ku’damm“-Reihe und eine starke Rolle für die Drehbuchschreibenden in der Produktion steht. „Wir wollten jemanden auszeichnen, der eine Meinung und Haltung zur Branche hat“, sagte Stewart Clarke von Deadline.

Annette Hess sprach auf der Bühne klar und mutig über heutige Missstände in der Branche und ihren eigenen Werdegang. „Den Pay Gap gibt es bis heute. Drehbuchautorinnen verdienen 20 Prozent weniger als ihre Kollegen.“ Ihrer Meinung nach verschlechtere sich sogar wieder die...

Annette Hess will receive the first-ever Deadline German TV Disruptor Award at Seriencamp next month. Hess has created some of the most memorable German drama series of recent years with work including Weisensee and the Ku’damm series, to Disney+ show The Interpreter of Silence, based on Hess’ novel Deutsches Haus. Ku’damm fans are currently waiting on a new series, Ku’damm 77, which Hess is in the process of writing with production set for early 2026.

As well as being a creative powerhouse, Hess is an outspoken advocate for change at an industry level. Living up to the Disruptor moniker, she has championed efforts to strengthen the role of writers and screenwriters in film and TV, and continues to fight for better representation for women in the business.

Hess will collect the inaugural German TV Disruptor Award at Seriencamp in Cologne, and take part in a fireside chat about her work and career.

Since its establishment in 2018, Gaumont Germany has produced a wide range of series and TV movies, among them such timely shows as the critically acclaimed “Deutsches Haus” (“The Interpreter of Silence”), which was nominated for the Critics Choice Awards, and the Ukrainian series “In Her Car.”

A subsidiary of the French entertainment powerhouse, the Cologne and Berlin-based company also created such ambitious shows as Netflix’s historical epic “Barbarians” – the first season of which was one of the streamer’s most successful non-English-language series worldwide – and the award-winning Sky Original comedy “The Wasp,” about a professional dart player seeking to return to his former glory.

Discussing the company’s latest productions, Gaumont Germany President Sabine de Mardt says it’s important to combine broader entertainment with relevance, something both “The Interpreter of Silence” and “In Her Car” offer.

“’The Interpreter of Silence,’ in particular, even though it’s a period story,...

As some former European Shooting Stars celebrate Oscar noms for their latest films, the Europe-wide initiative to draw attention to up-and-coming performers coordinated by European Film Promotion introduces another 10 talents during the Berlinale. From Feb. 16-19, the selected actors will participate in workshops, as well as meetings with producers and casting directors.

Asta Kamma August

Sweden

The older daughter of Danish helmer Bille and Swedish actor Pernilla, August is fluent in Swedish, Danish and English, and performs for theater, film and TV in Denmark and Sweden. Her latest credits include Mikael Marcimain’s “Blackwater” for Swedish TV and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Families Like Ours” for Danish TV.

Valentina Bellè

Italy

The actor’s upcoming film projects include Marco Tullio Giordana’s “The Life Apart” and Simone Godano’s “Sei Fratelli,” as well as the series “A.C.A.B.” on tap. The Verona-born star, who is fluent in English, participates...

Apparently, there is a Santa Claus. At least for Katharina Stark. For the German actress, picked as one of this year’s European Shooting Stars set to be honored at the 2024 Berlinale as among the continent’s 10 best up-and-coming actors, being in the movies was her Christmas wish.

“I always, always wanted to act, to be in the movies. From as far back as I can remember, I would watch movies, and I wanted to be in them, to live inside them,” says Stark. “So when I was eight years old, that’s what I wished for: to be an actress. My parents gave me a gift certificate, where they wrote they would do everything they could to support my dream and that they would always support me.”

Stark’s folks came through, chauffeuring little Katharina from their town of Illertissen (population 16,000) in rural Bavaria, 90 minutes into Munich, the nearest media hub,...

It’s a story — the attempted genocide of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis and their willing executioners — that has been told many times before. But, say the creators of the new German TV drama The Interpreter of Silence, it’s a story that needs to be told again and again.

The five-part limited series, which bowed on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ worldwide Nov. 15, is up for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the best foreign-language TV series category. The period drama will go up against the South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the French crime series Lupin, and the Italian mafia drama The Good Mothers.

Set in Frankfurt in 1963, The Interpreter of Silence follows the events of Eva Bruhns, a 24-year-old German woman, played by Katharina Stark, who gets a job as a Polish-to-German interpreter in the Auschwitz trials, the...

It all started about a year ago. The Good Mothers, the Anglo-Italian series based on the eponymous book by journalist Alex Perry, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the inaugural, and thanks to budget cuts one and only, prize for best new series at the festival’s TV sidebar, the Berlinale Series.

Roughly twelve months later, the show, produced by House Productions and Fremantle-owned Wildside, which is currently airing on Hulu, and on Disney+ outside the U.S., is in the running for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the Best Foreign Language TV Series category. The Good Mothers will go up against South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the German period drama The Interpreter of Silence, and the hit French crime series Lupin.

Based on true events, The Good Mothers was adapted for television by Stephen Butchard (Baghdad Central) and directed by...

For those who’ve had their fill of Hallmark movies and more traditional seasonal fare, The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual list of the best in international TV offers some binge alternatives for the lazy days between Christmas and New Year’s. There’re nary a Santa or sleighbells to be found among our picks of foreign series fare, but fans of global TV will find plenty to chew on over the holidays, whether it’s a political thriller set in Senegal, a Korean drama about mental health, or a bizarre Danish comedy-soap from an old arthouse master.

Colin from Accounts (Watch on: Paramount+) Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer in ‘Colin From Accounts.’

This charming and disarmingly cringe Aussie rom-com kicks off with one of the most original meet-cutes in the genre: Gordon (Patrick Brammall) stops his car to let Ashley (Harriet Dyer) cross the street. In a cheeky thank you,...

European Film Promotion has revealed the 10 emerging actors who will take part in the 27th edition of European Shooting Stars program, which promotes European acting talent. Past Shooting Stars have included Carey Mulligan, Alicia Vikander, Maisie Williams and Riz Ahmed.

From Feb. 16-19, the actors will be presented to the international press and industry, and the German public at the Berlin Film Festival. One of the highlights will be the Shooting Stars Awards Ceremony on Feb. 19 at the Berlinale Palast.

The Shooting Stars for 2024 are Belgium’s Thibaud Dooms, Bulgaria’s Margarita Stoykova, France’s Suzy Bemba, Georgia’s Salome Demuria, Germany’s Katharina Stark, Ireland’s Éanna Hardwicke, Italy’s Valentina Bellè, Lithuania’s Džiugas Grinys, Poland’s Kamila Urzędowska and Sweden’s Asta Kamma August.

The jury that selected the actors comprised of Austrian director, screenwriter and producer Barbara Albert, Lithuanian producer Živilė Gallego, Irish actor Moe Dunford,...

We’re once again proud to be a partner in the European Film Promotion’s celebration of the very best of European talent with the announcement of the 2024 Efp European Shooting Stars.

It has been a pleasure to highlight and get to know some of the brightest new stars in the sky. As before, we will look to catch up with the entire cohort to get to know them better at the 74th Berlinale next year, so check back for those interviews.

Until then, here’s a closer look at the ten Shooting Stars for 2024.

© Wil Coban Éanna Hardwicke / Ireland

Éanna Hardwicke’s first professional credit was as a child actor in Conor McPherson’s 2009 horror film The Eclipse. Before graduating from The Lír Academy in 2018 he was cast in Vivarium, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week 2019. In 2023, a busy year for Hardwicke, he was named a Screen International Rising...

European Film Promotion has announced the 10 up-and-coming European acting talents for its 2024 European Shooting Stars list.

The actors, which include performers from this year’s award-season contenders Poor Things, Ferrari, and The Peasants, among others, will be lauded at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, next year.

The Shooting Stars class of 2024 includes:

Suzy Bemba (France) Suzy Bemba in ‘Homecoming’

French actress Suzy Bemba, who plays a Parisian sex worker who befriends Emma Stone’s character in Poor Things, and whose credits include standout roles in Anthony Chen’s Sundance film Drift and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming.

Valentina Bellè (Italy) Valentina Bellè in ‘The Good Mothers’

Valentina Bellè from Italy, who plays Cecilia Manzini in Michael Mann’s Ferarri, won Italy’s Nastro D’Argento award for best supporting actress for her turn in Disney+ mafia drama The Good Mothers and has appeared in Disney+ series Genius: Picasso with...

The Critics Choice Association announced the TV nominees for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Tuesday — and Season 3 of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show leads the pack with a whopping six nominations.

The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.

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