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A Better Place
Production company: KOMPLIZEN SERIEN (David Keitsch, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski), STUDIOCANAL SERIES (Nicolas Loock, Kalle Friz), FILM AG (Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz), The Post Republic in co-production with WDR and ARD Degeto for ARD, CANAL+ France and CANAL+ Austria; Creators: Alexander Lindh, Laurent Mercier; Showrunner: Alexander Lindh
Directors: Anne Zohra Berrached, Konstantin Bock; Headwriters: Alexander Lindh, Karin Kaçi
Main Cast: Maria Hofstätter, Steven Sowah, Katharina Schüttler, Johannes Kienast, Aysima Ergün, Youness Aabbaz, Richard Sammel, Ulrich Brandhoff, Alev Irmak, Sandra Borgmann, Cynthia Micas
World Sales: STUDIOCANAL TV; Funding: German Motion Picture Fund (BKM), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Creative Europe Media, Fisa+, COCOI (CNC)
A BETTER PLACE – Imagine a world without prisons! This is the revolutionary goal of a new rehabilitation programme called TRUST, which is tested in Germany. Prisons will be closed and prisoners given their freedom. Will this be a fresh start for society or will it lead to complete anarchy?
KRANK
Production company: Violet Pictures, Real Film Berlin; Creators/Creative Producers: Viktor Jakovleski, Samuel Jefferson, Gilda Weller, Alexis v. Wittgenstein; Directors: Alex Schaad, Fabian Möhrke; Screenwriters: Samuel Jefferson (Head Autor), Liza van Brakel, Lisa van Brakel, Paulina Lorenz, Raquel Dukpa, Korbinian Hamberger, Julia Drache, Annika Soisson
Broadcaster: ZDFneo; World Sales: Beta Film; Main Cast: Haley Louise Jones, Slavko Popadic, Safak Sengül; Funding: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
The emergency department of Germany's toughest and most overcrowded hospital is once again under new management in the form of young Munich doctor Zanna Parker. In the catch basin for Berlin's madness and hedonism, her reform measures meet with resistance from the hospital staff - above all from the anarchist emergency doctor Ben. Underpaid, poorly equipped, chronically overtired and with an indispensable dose of black humor, the doctors on the ward have to grow together as a unit, not only to save lives together, but also to stand up to the merciless healthcare system.
Love Sucks
Creator: Marc O. Seng; Directors: Andreas Prochaska (Episode 1 - 4), Lea Becker (Episode 5 - 8)
Headwriters: Marc O. Seng, Julia Penner, Thorsten Wettcke; Main Cast: Damian Hardung, Havana Joy Josephine Braun; Production company: STUDIO ZENTRAL, U5 FILMPRODUKTION
Broadcaster: ZDFneo; Funding: Hessenfilm, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Ben and Zelda meet for the first time in the boxing ring. With a quick swing Zelda sends Ben to the floor - only for both of them to realize shortly afterwards that they are connected in a very special way: through true and absolute love. But there is also something that divides the two. A dark secret that makes families bitter enemies.
The Young Berlusconi / Il Giovane Berlusconi
Production company: BB FILMS / BEETZ BROTHERS film production GmbH; Executive Producers: Vania del Borgo, Georg Tschurtschenthaler; Producers: Raffaele Brunetti, Christian Beetz
Director: Simone Manetti; Screenwriters: Piergiorgio Curzi, Matteo Billi; Broadcaster: ZDF, ARTE, NETFLIX; World Sales: MEDIAWAN; Funding: ZDF/Arte and Netflix, ORF, Creative Europe Media, Lazio Cinema International
In this three-part series, we embark on a journey through time, delving into the early stages of Silvio Berlusconi's career. We trace his humble beginnings in the property business during the late 1970s, witness his remarkable venture into establishing a local private television channel, and explore his pivotal role in revolutionizing commercial television in Italy and across parts of Europe.
This event takes place at CinemaxX 3.
Speakers
Anne Zohra Berrached (she/her)
Director "A Better Place"
Jonas Dornbach (he/him)
Producer "A Better Place"
Komplizen Serien
Alexander Lindh (he/him)
Creator & Showrunner "A Better Place"
Nicolas Loock (he/him)
Managing Director, "A Better Place"
Studiocanal Series
Raffaele Brunetti (he/him)
Producer "The Young Berlusconi"
B&B Film
Vania del Borgo (she/her)
Producer "The Young Berlusconi"
B&B Film
Georg Tschurtschenthaler (he/him)
Producer "The Young Berlusconi"
CCO Beetz Brothers Film Production GmbH
Christian Beetz (he/him)
Producer "The Young Berlusconi"
CEO Beetz Brothers Film Production GmbH
Marc O. Seng (he/him)
Creator "Love Sucks"
Andreas Prochaska (he/him)
Director "Love Sucks"
Lea Becker (she/her)
Director "Love Sucks"
Alexis von Wittgenstein (he/him)
Executive Producer / Co-Creator "Krank"
Violet Pictures
Henning Kamm (he/him)
Managing Director / Producer "Krank"
REAL FILM Berlin, Germany
Gilda Weller (she/her)
Producer "Krank"
Violet Pictures
Samuel Jefferson (he/him)
Headwriter / Co-Creator "Krank"
Moderator
Imran Khan (he/him)
Founder & CEO
Chosen Family Media, Germany