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Animation
   made in
 Germany
      2015
             A guide to
   animation production
             companies
ANIMATION MADE IN GERMANY 2015 - A GUIDE TO ANIMATION PRODUCTION COMPANIES - GERMAN FILMS
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                                                   Introduction

The booklet “Animation made in Germany 2015” is published by the
German Producers Alliance – Film & Television and supported by several
regional film funds in Germany with the aim to showcase animation com-
panies that work out of Germany along with their products. It is being
published as a practical handbook at the occasion of the Cartoon Forum
2015 and the workshop on “German-European Alliances in Animation”
organized in connection with this event. At this workshop German repre-
sentatives from the industry and their international counterparts will dis-
cuss perspectives, trends and opportunities in animation focusing on Poland
and the Baltic States. This booklet “Animation made in Germany 2015”
expands on a prior initiative of seven German regional film funds and
again this year is supported by such funds (as listed on page 002).
Each company represented in this booklet has been suggested to be included
by one or more of the regional film funds or other market participants –
without claiming to cover the entire industry. We trust, however, that it does
reflect the great variety of the industry’s potential in content, technique,
creativity and style. Additionally it tries to show how the various target
groups of the audience are addressed and how the network of producers,
film funds and TV partners works in Germany. As such it delivers a good
idea of the German industry and of the portfolio a German business part-
ner has to offer.
We hope that you will find this compendium useful to find suitable partners
for your projects in Germany. We encourage you to use the booklet either
as a first step to contact a German producer or to find a new German busi-
ness partner to work with to create colorful new ideas and properties.
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      Acknowledgement                                                                     German film and media funds
                                                                                                                supporting this booklet

      This booklet (and the workshop on “German – European Alliances in Ani-                         FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF)
      mation” organised at the occasion of the Cartoon Forum 2015 in Toulouse)                       Sonnenstrasse 21
      would not have been made possible without the financial support and                            80331 München
      other input generously provided by various regional German film and                            www.fff-bayern.de
      media funds.
      We like to thank them particulary for their support.                                           Filmförderung Hamburg
                                                                                                     Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH)
      • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF)                                                                Friedensallee 14-16
      • Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH)                                             22765 Hamburg
      • Film­- und Medienstiftung NRW (FMS)                                                          www.ffhsh.de
      • Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
      • Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)                                                         Film­- und Medienstiftung NRW
      • nordmedia Film- und Medien­gesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen                                 (FMS)
                                                                                                     Kai­stra­sse 14
      Furthermore we want to thank everybody involved in bringing this booklet                       40221 Düs­sel­dorf
      to life by being spontaneously supportive and helpful.                                         www.filmstiftung.de

                                                                                                     Medien- und Filmgesellschaft
                                                                                                     Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
                                                                                                     Breitscheidstrasse 4
                                                                                                     70174 Stuttgart
                                                                                                     www.mfg.de

                                                                                                     Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
                                                                                                     (MDM)
                                                                                                     Hainstrasse 17-19
      A publication by the German Producers Alliance – Film & Television                             04109 Leipzig
      supported by FFF, FFHSH, FMS, MFG, MDM, nordmedia.
                                                                                                     www.mdm-online.de
      Concept and organization: Tania Reichert-Facilides and Andrea Schiefer
      (both Freebird Pictures, www.freebirdpictures.de)
      Cover illustration:                                                                            nordmedia Film- und Medien­
      Maya The Bee – Movie:                                                                          gesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen
      Based on Waldemar Bonsels’ “Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer”
                                                                                                     Expo Plaza 1
      and “Himmelsvolk”
      © Studio 100 Media, Buzz Studios, Screen Australia und Screen NSW                              30539 Hannover
      The Little Dragon Coconut:                                                                     www.nordmedia.de
      © Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH / cbj Verlag 2015
      The 7th Dwarf:
      © 2014 7 Dwarves Animation Company / Cinemendo GmbH / Erfttal Film- & Fern-
      sehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG / CC Medienproduktions und Verwaltungs GmbH /
      TransWaal Film GmbH & Co. KG / VIP Medienfonds 2 GmbH & Co. KG / VIP Medien-
      fonds 4B GmbH & Co. KG / Rialto Film GmbH / MMC Independent GmbH / Universal
      Pictures Productions GmbH; all rights reserved
      Oops! Noah is gone:
      © 2015 Ulysses, Fabrique d’Images, Skyline and Moetion Films; all rights reserved
      The Little Medic:
      © WunderWerk / DKM / Zeitsprung Pictures / Prof. Dietrich Grönemeyer
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      Table of contents

      001   Introduction           008   7 DWARVES ANIMATION      050   GLÜCKLICHER MONTAG     094   SCOPAS MEDIEN

      002   Acknowledgement        010   AKKORD Film              052   HAHN FILM              096   SOUL PIX

                                   012	ALEXANDRA SCHATZ          054   HD ENTERTAINMENT       098   STARGATE
      003   Funding Companies
                                         FILMPRODUKTION
                                                                  056   JEP ANIMATION          100   STUDIO 100 MEDIA
      006   Production Companies   014   AMBIENT ENTERTAINMENT
            & Studios                                             058	LAVALABS MOVING IMAGES   102   STUDIO 88
                                   016   ANIMATIONSFABRIK
                                                                  060	LIGA 01 COMPUTERFILM     104   STUDIO FILM BILDER
                                   018   BALANCE FILM
                                                                  062	LUXX FILM                106   STUDIO FIZBIN
                                   020   BASTEI MEDIA
                                                                  064	LUXX STUDIOS             108   STUDIO RAKETE
                                   022   BIGHUGFX
                                                                  066	M4E                      110	THE SOULCAGE DEPARTMENT
                                   024   BLUE EYES FICTION
                                                                  068	MACKEVISION              112	TRADEWIND PICTURES
                                   026   B-WATER STUDIOS
                                                                  070	M.A.R.K. 13              114	TRAFFIX ENTERTAINMENT
                                   028   CALIGARI FILM
                                                                  072	MORRO IMAGES             116	TRICKSTUDIO LUTTERBECK
                                   030   CELLULOID VFX
                                                                  074	MOTIONWORKS              118	TRIKK17
                                   032   CHIMNEY
                                                                  076	MovieBrats Studios      120	TRIXTER
                                   034   CONSTANTIN FILM
                                                                  078	NFP ANIMATION FILM       122   ULYSSES
                                   036   DAYWALKER STUDIOS
                                                                  080   PIXABLE STUDIOS        124   UNIVERSUM FILM
                                   038   DIGI TRICK, GERD WANIE
                                                                  082   PIXOMONDO              126   VIRGIN LANDS
                                   040	EXOZET
                                                                  084	RAINER LUDWIGS          128   VISUAL DISTRACTIONS
                                   042   FABIAN&FRED                    IMAGE BUILDING
                                                                                               130   WUNDERWERk
                                   044   FFL FILM- UND            086	REKLAME FX
                                         FERNSEH-LABOR
                                                                  088	ROTHKIRCH CARTOON-FILM
                                   046   FISH BLOWING BUBBLES
                                                                  090   SCANLINE
                                   048	FREEBIRD PICTURES
                                                                  092   SCHESCH FILMKREATION
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      Production
       Companies
        & Studios
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      7 Dwarves Animation

      The 7 Dwarves Animation Company (formerly Zipfel­
                                                                The 7 th Dwarf
      mützen-Film or ZMF) was founded in 2002 by Otto
      Waalkes, Bernd Eilert, Douglas Welbat and Juergen         Production: released  2014
                                                                Format: animation   feature film, 3D,
      Draabe.
                                                                87 min.
      In 2003 ZMF produced the live action movie 7 Dwarves      Funding: FFA, FFHSH, FFF, nordmedia,
      – Men Alone In The Wood which premiered in 2004.          Land Hessen – HessenInvestFilm,
      The Dwarves exceeded all expectations: With almost        DFFF
      7 million admissions it became one of the most success-
      ful German movies ever.
      The sequel 7 Dwarves – The Wood Is Not Enough was
      released in 2006 and reached the top of German box
      office after the fourth weekend. It finally made over
      4.5 million admissions in the German speaking
      territories.
      Since March 2013, the 7 Dwarves Animation Company
      has produced the 3D animated film The 7th Dwarf in
      English for the international market. The movie is sold
      all over the world (including USA and Canada). The
      company is currently developing a sequel 7 Dwarves
      and the Giant’s Baby and an animated TV series also
      in English.

                                                 7 Dwarves Animation Company
                                                 Hofweg 9
                                                 22085 Hamburg (Germany)
                                                 Contact: Douglas Welbat
                                                 Phone: +49_40_32 90 81-0
                                                 E-mail: moviecompany@moviecompany.de
                                                 Web:     www.zipfelmuetzenfilm.de
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      Akkord Film

      Akkord develops and produces TV series and Euro-
                                                                Raven The Little Rascal
      pean feature films with a special focus on animated
                                                                1
      family entertainment. Founded in 2001 and based in
                                                                Production: released  2012
      Berlin, with subsidiaries in Hamburg and Stuttgart,       Format: feature film, 75 min.
      the company’s expertise is in story development and       BroadcastER: SWR, HR
      international co-productions.                             Funding: MFG, Land Hessen – Hessen­

      Akkord benefits from 25 years of international produc-    InvestFilm, DFFF, FFA, MEDIA
                                                                Production structure: Studio 88
      ing experience of its owner and CEO, Dirk Beinhold,
                                                                Werbe- und Trickfilm GmbH, SWR,       1
      who worked on Hollywood films as Creative Executive
                                                                HR
      at New Regency, as Co-Head for German Fiction Pro-
      duction at Pro7 and Head of Creative Production of
                                                                Raven The Little Rascal –             RAVEN THE LITTLE RASCAL –
      Studio Babelsberg.                                        The Big Race                          THE SERIES
      After producing international art-house co-productions    2                                     4
      such as Dear Enemy (2004), L’avion (2005) and After­      Production: release 2015              Production: release 2016
      wards (2007), as well as the international event mini-    Format: feature film, 73 min.         Format: TV series, 52 x 12 min.
      series Ben Hur (2010), Akkord completed its first ani-    Broadcaster: SWR, NDR, HR             Broadcaster: SWR, NDR

      mated feature film, Raven The Little Rascal, in 2012.     Funding: MFG, Land Hessen – Hessen­   Funding: MEDIA, MFG, nordmedia,
                                                                InvestFilm, DFFF, FFA, FFHSH,         FFHSH
      Raven The Little Rascal – The Big Race will be released
                                                                BKM, MEDIA, Medienboard Berlin-       Production Structure: SWR, NDR
      in German-speaking territories (August 2015), in France   ­Brandenburg
      (October 2015, La Course Du Siècle). Further territo-     Production Structure: SWR, NDR, HR,
      ries to come include Turkey, Poland and South Korea.      Universum Film                                                          2
      Additionally, Akkord is currently producing a 52 x 12
      min. TV series of Raven’s adventures.                     Rabbit School
      While the Raven films and series target mostly a pre-     3
      school audience, Akkord is currently enlarging its        Production: release 2017
      scope to encompass family entertainment as a whole.       Format: feature film
      This includes the upcoming animation feature Rabbit       Broadcaster: NDR, SWR
                                                                Funding: FFF, MFG, FFHSH, Film-
      School (Die Häschenschule), set for an Easter-release
                                                                stiftung NWR, MBB, FFA, DFFF,
      in 2017 by Universum Film in Germany and Gebeka           nordmedia, MEDIA
      Films in France. Further animated feature films and       Production Structure: Virgin Lands
      TV series are currently in development.                   GmbH, NDR, SWR

                                                                Akkord Film Produktion GmbH                                                 4

                                                                Arndtstrasse 34
                                                                10965 Berlin (Germany)
                                                                Contact: Dirk Beinhold
                                                                Phone: 	 +49_ 30_609 89 80 30
                                                                E-mail: 	 info@akkordfilm.com
                                                                Web:      www.akkordfilm.com

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      Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion

      Since 1986 Alexandra Schatz has developed, directed
                                                                  MOLLY MONSTER – THE MOVIE
      and produced over 150 animated short films and sev-
                                                                  1
      eral TV series for children.
                                                                  Production: release
                                                                                    2016
      She has co-operated with a wide range of international      Format: feature
                                                                                film, 70 min.
      children’s book authors and illustrators such as Rotraut    Funding: nordmedia, Film- und
      Susanne Berner, Axel Scheffler, Tomi Ungerer, Tony          Medienstiftung NRW, Kuratorium
      Ross, Satoshi Kitamura, Jeanne Willis and Ole Könnecke.     junger deutscher Film, BKM,
      Many of her productions were awarded the “Friedrich-        DFFF, SRG SSR, BAK, Berner Film-
                                                                  förderung, Züricher Filmstiftung,
      Wilhelm-Kurzfilmpreis”, “Der Goldene Spatz”, First
                                                                  MEDIA, Eurimages, Swedish Film
      Prize at Tokyo Children’s Filmfestival, “Magnolia           Institute
      Award” at the International Shanghai TV Festival.
      Among her productions are the television programme
                                                                  Karlchen
      for pre-school children Marvellous Milly (26 x 5 min.),     2
      What The Little Bear Says (4 x 4 min.), the TV special      Production: in
                                                                               development
      The Fourth King (26 min.).                                  Format: pre-schoolseries,
      In 2007 Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion has set up          52 x 5 min. and feature film,
      the International co-production between Little Monster      70 min.
                                                                  Funding: nordmedia
      GmbH, Switzerland, Slugger Film AB, Sweden and                                                     1
      Trickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH, Germany to develop
      and produce the pre-school series Ted Sieger’s Molly        FERDINAND UND PAULA
      Monster (52 x 5 min.) as well as a TV special Molly         3

      And The Christmasmonster (26 min.). The pre-school          Production: inproduction
                                                                  FORMAT: TV series, 13 x 3,5 min.
      animation feature Molly Monster – The Movie is cur-
                                                                  BROADCASTER: RBB, MDR, KiKA
      rently in production with Senator Film GmbH, Little         Production structure: RBB, Digitrick
      Monster GmbH, Peacock Film GmbH, Sluggerfilm AB
      and TrickStudio Lutterbeck GmbH.
      The pre-school series Karlchen based on the bestseller
      children’s books by R.S. Berner as well as the pre-school
      feature Karlchen are currently in development.

                                                                                                             3

                                                                  Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion UG
                                                                  (haftungsbeschränkt)
                                                                  Am Klagesmarkt 9 (Hinterhaus)
                                                                  30159 Hannover (Germany)
                                                                  Contact: Alexandra Schatz
                                                                  Phone: +49_511_39 33 15
                                                                  E-mail: Alexandra.Schatz@t-online.de

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      Ambient Entertainment

      Founded 1998 Ambient Entertainment, at the time
                                                                  Impy’s Island
      comprised of a small team of two handful of dedicated
                                                                  1
      people, set out on the adventure of producing Back To
                                                                  Production: released  2008
      Gaya – one of the first CGI movies not made by a US         Format: CGI   animation feature film,
      Major Studio. Today Ambient Entertainment has a fully       87 min.
      equipped production pipeline for CGI movies, starting
      with character and set development, all the way to ren-     HAPPY FAMILY
      dering the final image. Our supervisors and team mem-       2
      bers have international experience and credits on a         Production: in   production
      variety of major animated and VFX films. Ambient            Format: animation    feature film,
      Entertainment has been specializing in CGI-animated         90 min.
      film production, and has produced, either as its own        Funding: nordmedia, FFA, DFFF

      in-house productions, or as commissioned work for and
      with Warner Bros., Constantin Film or Bavaria Enter-                                                1
      tainment, five full-length CGI animation features,
      (Back to Gaya, Impy’s Island, Impy’s Wonderland,
      Animals United, Tarzan) all of which were released
      world-wide, covering the entire value chain from cine­ma
      to Free TV. The look and feel of Ambient Entertainment’s
      oeuvre covers the full spectrum from a cartoon approach
      to photorealistic, and our carefully grown and constantly
      updated production pipeline has allowed us to deliver
      high quality animation to the market for more than
      15 years – with no end in sight.
      Now Ambient Entertainment has a core team of 75 em­­
      ployees, which can be increased to over 100, depending
      on the production needs and project status. It combines
      all elements of CGI animation, such as character set-up
      and rigging, set-building and construction, muscle-based
      rigs and set-up, cloth-simulation, VFX of all types,
      lighting, compositing, camera, editing and rendering.

                                                  Ambient Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG
                                                  Wilhelmstrasse 4
                                                  30171 Hannover (Germany)
                                                  Contact: Sebastian Riemen
                                                  Phone: +49_511_844 89 90
                                                  E-mail: info@ambient-entertainment.de
                                                  Web:     www.ambient-entertainment.de

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      Animationsfabrik

      Animationsfabrik is an animation production company,
                                                                   MICK – THE KOBOLD CHEF
      specialized in 3D animation, cartoon movies and
                                                                   1
      visual effects.
                                                                   Production: in development
      Founded in May 2000, the company provides concept            FORMAT: TV   series, 26 x 21 min.
      planning and realization of animated movie productions
      in 2D, 3D and digital visual effects for advertisements,
                                                                   THE 7 th DWARF
      cinema and television. With offices located in Hamburg       2
      and Cologne, Animationsfabrik has been involved in
                                                                   Production: released   2014
      the production of twelve theatrical motion pictures,         FORMAT: animation    feature film, 3D,
      several series and a large number of commercials.            87 min.
      As a one-stop production house, the company can also
      offer several individual production steps, such as com-      ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE
      positing, 3D modeling, motion capturing or HD edit-          3
      ing. Furthermore, the company supports its customers         Production: in   production
      in story and project development, offering creative and      FORMAT: animation    feature film,
      logistic services as well as consultation for planning       80 min.
      and managing large-scale movie projects.                     PRODUCTION STRUCTURE: Wüste Film,
                                                                   Kanaki Films (Spain), Platige
      Due to its long experience in the business and its con-
                                                                   Image (Poland), Walking The Dog
      tribution to so many animated films, series and com-         (Belgium)
      mercials, Animationsfabrik can draw on a large pool
      of creative, technological and logistical know-how,
      which enables us to cover all aspects of cartoon pro-
      ductions at a very high artistic level – from storyboards
      and designs in 2D animation through to the whole dig-                                                 1
      ital finalization – all within a calculable and reasonable
      time frame.
      Since 2012 Animationsfabrik has begun developing its
      own portfolio of animated features and TV series, one
      of which is due to go into production in 2014. We are
      also reliable co-production partners for international
      feature film projects.

                                                                   Animationsfabrik GmbH
                                                                   Donnerstrasse 20
                                                                   22763 Hamburg (Germany)
                                                                                                                3
                                                                   Contact: Sunita Struck
                                                                   Phone: +49_ 40_398 41 50
                                                                   E-mail: mail@animationsfabrik.de
                                                                   Web:     www.animationsfabrik.de

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018                                                                                                                                                                       019

      Balance Film

      Balance Film is a German production company that                                                      Currently Balance is working in the new exciting field
                                                                   The Sandpixies
      produces films in a wide array of animation techniques                                                of AnimaDoc-Film which combines elements of docu-
                                                                   1
      and whose excellent reputation is based on stylistic                                                  mentary and animated film. This collaboration with
                                                                   Production: season  1 released 2009,
      diversity. The company develops and produces short           season 2 released 2012                   several European documentary companies enables
      films, series and movies in drawn animation, cut-out         Format: TV series, 26 x 5 min.           Balance Film to acquire new technical know-how.
      and 2D computer animation. Besides, Balance Film             Funding: MDM                             Last but not least, promoting new artistic talent is an
      recently provided services in animation (rotoscoping)        Production structure: RBB, MDR,          important mainstay in the company’s overall work.
      for the Czech/German/Slovak co-production Alois              NDR, Zabelle inc. (Canada)
      Nebel, and is proud to be a part of this film which
      has won the European Film Award in the Animated              Pretty Anna Lena                                                                                   1

      Feature Film category.                                       2

      Both of the company’s joint managing directors, Grit         Production: released
                                                                                      2013
                                                                   Format: pilotfilm,
                                                                                   4 min.
      Wißkirchen and Ralf Kukula, have over 25 years of
                                                                   Funding: BKM, MDM, Hessische
      experience in the business and are linked with the for-      Filmförderung
      mer’s DEFA-Studio of Animation Films.
      The technique that has become Balance Film’s trade-
                                                                   Alois Nebel
      mark is sand animation. It involves creating figures         3
      and shapes using coal dust, sand or other particulate
                                                                   Production: released  2012
      substances, which get sprinkled onto a glass panel, lit      Format: feature film, 84 min.
      from below, and animated. Balance Film has enhanced          Funding: Czech Film Fund, Czech TV,
      this technique and created the world’s first sand anima-     MDM, Eurimages
      tion series for children: The Sandpixies – a German/
      Canadian production – for ARD and KiKA’s Sandmann.           Half The Town                            2                                                         3
      Apart from TV, Balance has completed multiple projects       4
      in all sorts of different styles and animation techniques,   Production: released
                                                                                      2014
      such as Pretty Anna Lena which was awarded the “Kurz­        Format: AnimaDoc-Film,  80 min.
      filmpreis” of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.         Funding: MEDIA, Bayerisches
                                                                   Staatsministerium für Wissen-
                                                                   schaft, Forschung und Kunst ,
                                                                   FFF, MDM, Medienboard Berlin-
                                                                   Brandenburg, DFFF, Kuratorium
                                                                   junger deutscher Film

                                                                   Balance Film GmbH
                                                                   Friedrichstrasse 14
                                                                   01067 Dresden (Germany)
                                                                   Phone: +49_351_490 37 80
                                                                   Contact:	Grit Wißkirchen, Ralf Kukula
                                                                   E-Mail: info@balancefilm.de
                                                                   Web:      www.balancefilm.de

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020                                                                                                            021

      Bastei Media

      Bastei Media GmbH is a Film & TV production com-
                                                                  ENE MENE BU
      pany, which was founded 2005 in Erfurt, Germany.            (AND IT’S UP TO YOU)
      The company produces high-quality program from the          1
      conceptual idea to professional realization for young       Production: released  2011
      and older children. Design and composition are more         Format: interactive pre-school
      than accessory parts, they are essential components of      TV series, 496 x 10 min.
      our productions.                                            Broadcaster: KiKA
                                                                  Production Structure: KiKA
      Bastei Media GmbH conceptualizes and produces pro-
      jects for the KiKA (Kinderkanal, “Childrens channel”),                                           1
      MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk), Turner Broadcast-           SLUMBERS
                                                                  2
      ing System (Cartoon network, Boomerang) and Nickel-
      odeon. An important part of our business is digital media   Production: in   development
                                                                  Format: crossmedia     TV series,
      and crossmedia productions, which were integrated in
                                                                  52 x 11 min.
      our business segments in 2012.                              Funding: MDM
      One of our unique features is our close co-operation        Production Structure: Experimental
      with the publishing house Bastei Lübbe, especially          Game GmbH
      with Baumhaus and Boje, both publishers of books for
      children and teenagers. Our aim is to develop content       THE LITTLE DREAMMIXER
      as potential crossmedia projects and to tell our stories    3
      on more than one media platform. Whether it is a tele-      Production: indevelopment
      vision programme, a feature film, a game or eBook,          Format: TV series, 52 x 11 min.
      Bastei Media is a professional and experienced partner      Funding: MDM
                                                                  Production Structure: Animations­
      with a passion for entertainment!
                                                                  fabrik GmbH
                                                                                                       2   3

                                                                  LIGHTS ON (SANDY MAN)
                                                                  4

                                                                  Production: indevelopment
                                                                  Format: TV series, 13 x 4 min.
                                                                  Broadcaster: RBB
                                                                  Production Structure: RBB

                                                                  Bastei Media GmbH
                                                                  Erich Kästner Strasse 1a
                                                                  99094 Erfurt (Germany)
                                                                  Contact:	Michael Luda
                                                                  Phone: +49_361_511 43 800
                                                                  E-mail: info@bastei-media.de
                                                                  Web:      www.bastei-media.de

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      BigHugfx

      BigHugFX GmbH is a dynamic visual effects studio
                                                                  Mara und der Feuerbringer
      based in Munich, Germany. The team consists of ex­-
                                                                  1
      perienced filmmakers, animators and visual effects
                                                                  Production: released  2013-2014
      professionals. We proud ourselves with a hands-on-          Format: feature film, 90 min.
      approach and our teams abilitiy to think in efficient       Production Structure: Ratpack
      solutions. We pride ourselves to think out-of-the-box       Produktions GmbH
      and not only in digital realms, to come up with the
      best and efficient ways to get the best image possible.     Jurrassic Park Kampagne
      Our creative ans technical pipelines propell projects       SciFi Channel
      forward, without ever loosing it’s spirit. Specialized in   2

      high end visual effects for films, we also work on TV       Production: released 2015
      series and commercials, as well as event-presentations      Format: TVtrailers, 3 x 30 sec.
                                                                  Broadcaster: NBC-SCiFi Channel     1
      or stereoscopic installations. And most important: We
      love what we do. And it shows.
                                                                  Hot Pursuit
                                                                  3

                                                                  Production: released  2014
                                                                  Format: feature film, 90 min.
                                                                  Production Structure: MGM (Metro
                                                                  Goldwin Meyer)

                                                                  Creed
                                                                  Production: inproduction
                                                                  Format: feature film, 90 min.
                                                                  Production Structure: MGM

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                                                                  BighugFX GmbH
                                                                  Menterschwaigstrasse 4
                                                                  81545 München (Germany)
                                                                  Contact: Benedikt Laubenthal
                                                                           Tommy Krappweis
                                                                  Phone: +49_89_693861151
                                                                  E-mail: b.laubenthal@bighugfx.de
                                                                  Web:     www.bighugfx.de
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      blue eyes Fiction

      Founded in 2003, Blue Eyes Fiction is a company that
                                                                   LILLY THE WITCH –                    YOKO
      develops and produces feature films for theatrical and       THE DRAGON AND THE MAGIC             3
      DVD release and TV films. Corinna Mehner is the              BOOK / THE JOURNEY TO
                                                                                                        Production:released 2012
      managing director, creative motor and head of devel-         MANDOLAN
                                                                                                        Format: feature film, 102 min.
      opment and production of Blue Eyes Fiction.                  1
                                                                                                        Funding: DFFF, FFF, FFA, MFG,
      Ms. Mehner has been in the film industry since 1992          Production: released  2009/2011      Land Hessen – HessenInvestFilm,
                                                                   Format: feature film, 89/86 min.     Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,
      and has gained extensive experience in production and
                                                                   Funding: DFFF, FFF, Österrei­c hi­   Bayerischer Bankenfonds, Öster-
      financing with the most widely acknowledged creative
                                                                   sches Filminstitut, Eurimages,       reichisches Filminstitut, Filmfonds
      and financial partners in Germany before founding her        Council of Europe, FFA, Film-        Wien, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkom-         1
      own company.                                                 fonds Wien, Medienboard              men, Swedish Film Institute, MEDIA
      Blue Eyes Fiction aims to produce high quality products      Berlin-Brandenburg, Bayerischer
      for an international audience, putting an emphasis on        Bankenfonds, ORF Film/Fernseh-
                                                                   Abkommen, Instituto de la            HELP, I SHRUNK MY TEACHER
      large-budget mainstream feature films which can travel
                                                                   Cinematografía y de las Artes        4
      outside of Germany as well as on bringing the originality    Audiovisuales, Audiovisual           Production:released 2015
      and cutting-edge ideas of a generation of young film-        S.G.R., Institut Català de les       Format: feature film, 90 min.
      makers onto the screen by supporting arthouse films.         Indústries Culturals, MEDIA          Funding: DFFF, Film- und Medien-
      Blue Eyes established its position as producer of fami-                                           Stiftung NRW, FFF, FFA, Land
      lytainment movies with realizing the book series Lilly                                            Hessen – HessenInvestFilm,
                                                                   TRENK, THE LITTLE KNIGHT –
                                                                   MOVIE                                Österreichisches Filminstitut,
      The Witch as two films for Disney and the story of the
                                                                                                        Filmfonds Wien, ORF Film/
      little Yeti YOKO for Sony. For these liveaction films with   2
                                                                                                        Fernseh-Abkommen
      CGI characters, Blue Eyes set up a strong EU co-produc­-     Production: inproduction
                                                                   Format: featurefilm, 75 min.
      tion network, to create Familytainment with interna-
                                                                   Broadcaster: ZDF
      tional potential.
                                                                   Funding: FFHSH, DFFF, FFA,
      During this time Blue Eyes ventured into the 2D market       Österreichisches Filminstitut,
      with the TV Series Trenk, The Little Knight (based on        ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen,
      the well-known book series by Kirsten Boie), broad-          Filmfonds Wien, FFF
      casted by ZDF with great success and the theatrical                                                                                     2
      film of Trenk, which is currently in production and
      will be released in 2015. Further animated TV series
      and feature films are already in development.

                                                                   Blue Eyes Fiction GmbH & Co. KG
                                                                   Müllerstrasse 1
                                                                   80469 Munich (Germany)
                                                                   Contact:	Corinna Mehner
                                                                   Phone: +49_89_32 49 07-500
                                                                   E-mail: fiction@blueeyes.de
                                                                   Web:      www.blueeyes.de

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      B-Water Studios

      We love animation!
                                                                   Four and a half Friends
      B-Water Studios was founded in summer 2012 by very
                                                                   1
      experienced animation producers and creatives.
                                                                   Production: in production
      We love animation, whether it is 2D or 3D, traditional       Format: TV   series, 26 x 26 min.
      or edgy styles. It is our pleasure to create TV series and
      feature film productions.
                                                                   Pinocchio
      Based on our intensive experiences over the past 20 years
                                                                   2
      we are constantly improving our workflows and our
                                                                   Production: released   2013
      technical set up in order to always be able to produce       Format: animation    feature film,
      highest screen value for the budgets. We can offer very      2 x 90 min.
      competitive prices and deliver on time, even on tight        Broadcaster: WDR                     1
      schedules. We can also offer co-financing possibilities.     Production Structure: FFP

      Located in Europe, we see ourselves as an attractive
      alternative to production facilities in Asia, since those    Leo & Pisa Gang
      would always mean traveling far, engaging overseas           3

      supervisors and the possibility of encountering cultural     Production: indevelopment
      differences in perception of creativity and business.        Format: TV series, 52 x 11 min.
                                                                   Production Structure: FFP
      Our studio on the other hand is close to our European
      clients so that our partners and customers can always
      join the production.                                         YingYang Dragons
                                                                   4
      We are currently producing two TV series and in
                                                                   Production: in   development
      develpment of two TV series and one feature film.
                                                                   Format: animation    feature film,
                                                                   90 min.

                                                                                                        2   3

                                                                   B-Water Studios GmbH
                                                                   Schaafenstrasse 25
                                                                   50676 Köln (Germany)
                                                                   Contact: Dirk Hampel
                                                                   Phone: +49_172_43 25 381
                                                                   E-mail: info@b-waterstudios.com
                                                                   Web:     www.b-waterstudios.com

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      Caligari Film

      In recent years Caligari Film has become one of the
                                                                   COCONUT THE LITTLE DRAGON
      leading German independent producers in the field of
                                                                    1
      animated feature films and series. Some of the company’s
                                                                   Production: release 2015
      most successful productions include famous brands            Format: TV series, 52 x 12 min.
      such as Coconut The Little Dragon, Knight Rusty,             Broadcaster: ZDF, KiKA
      Princess Lillifee, Moonbeam Bear and Felix.                  Funding: FFF, MFG

      Since its foundation in 1986 Caligari is also developing
      and producing live action series and movies for both         COCONUT THE LITTLE DRAGON
      theatrical and TV release as well as factual entertain-      – TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS FIREPROOF
      ment formats and various scientific documentaries.           Production: released  2014
      Numerous productions of Caligari Film were nominated         Format: feature film in 3D, 85 min.
      for all prestigious TV and movie awards. Among others        Funding: FFF, FFA, MFG, DFFF, BKM

      the company won the “Deutsche Filmpreis” and the
      “Deutsche Comedypreis”, the Kid’s Jury Award of the
      Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and
      twice the Kinder-Medien-Preis “Der weiße Elefant”.
      Caligari Film has a solid track record of creating and
      developing popular brands for both TV and cinema
      platforms. All cinema releases have had an average
      audience of 800,000 viewers in German-speaking
      territories and the last feature films Knight Rusty and
      Coconut The Little Dragon have been sold into more
      than 60 countries world-wide.
      Currently Caligari Film is producing the TV series Coco­
      nut The Little Dragon which has its TV premiere in
      November 2015 broadcasted by ZDF and KiKA. Addi-
      tionally further animated feature films are in production
      for releases in 2016 and 2017 such as Knight Rusty 2,
      Capt’n Sharky and Coconut The Little Dragon 2.

                                                  Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH
                                                  Reisingerstrasse 5
                                                  80333 München (Germany)
                                                  Contact:	Gabriele M. Walther, Sophie Werdin
                                                  Phone: +49_ 89_548 09 50
                                                  E-mail: info@caligari-film.de
                                                  Web:      www.caligari-film.de

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      Celluloid VFX

      Since its beginnings in 2008, Celluloid VFX has                                                     For all their compositing needs, they equally rely on
                                                                Underworld: Awakening
      prided itself on technical expertise as well as a pro-                                              the latest software and hardware. In-house programs
                                                                1
      found understanding of the aesthetics of a well-com-                                                are routinely designed for most projects, helping them
                                                                Production: released    2012
      posed VFX shot. With credits including the Under­         Format: feature   film, stereoscopic 3D   achieve a close interlocking of 3D/CG and compositing.
      world franchise, Crank 2 and The Lincoln Lawyer,                                                    This means clients wishes and last minute changes can
      Celluloid VFX has a proven pipeline for handling                                                    be implemented in the compositing phase thereby avoid­-
                                                                MAD ABOUT THE SEA
      large amounts of complex VFX shots, in 2D or stereo       2
                                                                                                          ing lenghty CG renders.                                   1
      3D. With a client base ranging from household brands
                                                                Production: released
                                                                                 2013
      to cult genre directors and established production        Format: TV
                                                                        and cinema commercial
      companies, Celluloid VFX and its international team       for SWATCH, 60 sec.
      of artists thrive on an eclectic mix of projects and
      their challenging diversity.                              Metamorphosis
      Celluloid VFX were the proud recipients of the 2013       3
      animago Award for “Best Advertising Production” for       Production: released
                                                                                   2014
      their work on the Swatch – Mad About The Sea TVC.         Format: TVand cinema commercial
      Celluloid VFX has handled set supervision for many        for BZgA, 2 x 40 sec.
      German and US projects, such as Gamer, Underworld
      – Rise Of The Lycans and Underworld: Awakening 3D.
      On the latter, the Celluloid crew carried out the LiDAR
      scanning, creating several hundred scans of all major
      sets and props. With the help of proprietary tools,
      they then imported the acquired data to various 3D
      applications. An in-house developed HDR robot which
      shoots a 150-MP-360° panorama at 18 F-stops under
      a minute also belongs to the company’s set equipment.
      Photo-real backgrounds, animated characters, blood,
      avalanches, exploding window panes, bee swarms –                                                    2
      challenging creations are actually the kind of work
      Celluloid VFX is most often awarded for. If a shot is
      technically and artistically demanding, they welcome
      it with open arms!

                                                                Celluloid VFX GmbH
                                                                Paul-Lincke-Ufer 39/40
                                                                10999 Berlin (Germany)
                                                                Contact:	Holger Hummel,
                                                                          Michael Landgrebe
                                                                Phone: +49_30_547 352-20
                                                                E-mail: mail@celluloid-vfx.com
                                                                Web:      www.celluloid-vfx.com
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      chimney

      Chimney Germany is a full-service provider for moving
                                                                  Raven the Little Rascal –
      images on all screens: cinema, TV, business events and      The Big Race
      new media, including mobile, social media and apps.         1
      Our approach is unique and covers every step of the         Production: release 2015
      creative process. We provide all necessary key compe-       Format: feature film, 73 min.
      tencies under one umbrella: from creation and concep-       Funding: MFG, Land Hessen –

      tualisation to production and post-production. Among        HessenInvestFilm, FFA, FFHSH,
      our team are award winning directors, producer and spe-     Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,
                                                                  BKM, MEDIA, DFFF
      cialists for 3D, animation, visual effects and colour       Production Structure: Akkord Film,
      grading.                                                    SWR, NDR, HR
      Chimney Group, founded in Stockholm 1995, operates
      ten offices woldwide: Berlin, Frankfurt, Basel, Stock-      PETTSON AND FINDUS –
      holm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Warsaw,                THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER
      Sydney, Singapore.                                          2
      Chimney’s Art & Entertainment unit also serves as co-       Production: release 2016
      production partner on feature film & animation projects.    Format: feature film, 79 min.
      Latest productions include: Binny & The Ghost (TV           Broadcaster: ZDF
                                                                  Funding: Film- und Medienstiftung
      series), Get Santa, Raven The Little Rascal – The Big
                                                                  NRW, Land Hessen – HessenInvest­
      Race, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The              Film, MDM, MFG, Medienboard
      Window And Disappeared, Men & Chicken. We are               Berlin-Branden­burg, FFA, DFFF
      currently working on the feature animation mix: Pett­       Production Structure: Tradewind       1
      sson & Findus II – The Best Christmas Ever, a live          Pictures, Senator Film, ZDF
      action film including many animated characters.

                                 Chimney Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
                                 Grosse Hamburger Strasse 17                Hanauer Landstrasse 196
                                 10115 Berlin (Germany)                     60314 Frankfurt (Germany)
                                 Contact:	Sebastian Leutner
                                 Phone: +49_30_27 90 708 0                  +49_69_90 43 66 80
                                 E-mail: sebastian.leutner@chimneygroup.com
                                 Web:      www.chimneygroup.com

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      Constantin Film

      Constantin Film has been synonymous with quality and
                                                                   Tarzan 3D
      success for over 30 years. It has played a crucial role in
                                                                   1
      establishing German cinema both nationally and inter-
                                                                   Production: released 2014
      nationally. Between 1977, when Bernd Eichinger estab-        Format: stereoscopic  3D animation
      lished the company, and 2009, when it was integrated         Funding: DFFF, FFA, FFF, BKM,
      into the media conglomerate Constantin Medien AG,            nordmedia
      Constantin Film emerged as the most successful inde-
      pendent production and distribution company in the           Animals United
      German media industry. Constantin Film’s operations          2
      include German and English language feature films,           Production: released 2010
      theatrical distribution, home entertainment distribu-        Format: stereoscopic  3D animation    1
      tion, licensing and television production.                   Funding: DFFF, FFA, FFF, nordmedia

      Constantin Film’s diverse slate includes box office hits
      and award-winning films alike, ranging from comic            Impy’s Wonderland
      book to literary adaptations, historical dramas, action      3

      and genre films, among them The Neverending Story,           Production: released 2008
      The Fantastic Four film franchise, The Name Of The           Format: 3D animation
                                                                   Funding: DFFF, FFA, FFF, nordmedia
      Rose, Wickie The Mighty Viking, Nowhere In Africa,
      Downfall, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Pope Joan,
      The House Of Spirits, the Resident Evil film franchise,
      and the highly successful comedy Fack Ju Göhte.
      The latest animated and internationally successful CGI
      feature films include Impy’s Wonderland, Animals
      United and Tarzan 3D.

                                                                                                         2

                                                                   Constantin Film Produktion GmbH
                                                                   Feilitzschstrasse 6
                                                                   80802 München (Germany)
                                                                   Phone: +49_89_444 46 00
                                                                   E-mail: zentrale@constantin-film.de
                                                                   Web:      www.constantin-film.de

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      Daywalker Studios

      Since 2005 Daywalker Studios, located in Cologne,
                                                                   Jojo Und Der FuSSballgott
      have developed and produced animated movies for cin-
      ema, TV and commercials: In particular 3D-character          Production: in   development
                                                                   Format: teaser
      animation, visual effects (VFX), stereography as well
                                                                   Funding: Film-und Medienstiftung
      as the development of content, formats and crossmedia        NRW, nordmedia
      applications. Moreover, Daywalker Studios offer sup-         Production structure: Coin Film
      port in project development, strategy and management.
      If required, a very good network of internationally
      working experts support the Daywalker-staff. Further-
      more, these co-operations enable us to continuously
      exchange knowledge, resulting in a high standard of
      production. Through consolidated companies and
      close collaboration with selected associate companies,
      Daywalker Studios are able to react quickly and flexibly
      to the different challenges during the production process.
      The managing director Bolle Bollmann established the
      company and continues to develop it. For that purpose,
      the limits between animated movies, games and the
      development of technology are increasingly abolished
      in order to enable interdisciplinary, crossmedia think-
      ing and working. Daywalker Studios are open to this
      reasonable enhancement and stand for high-quali­­ty
      productions for every media platform.

                                                                   Daywalker Studios GmbH
                                                                   Schaafenstrasse 25
                                                                   50676 Köln (Germany)
                                                                   Contact: Bolle Bollmann
                                                                   Phone: +49_221_801 47 90
                                                                   E-mail: bolle@daywalker-studios.de
                                                                   Web:     www.daywalker-studios.de
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      Digitrick, Gerd Wanie

      Digitrick celebrated its 20th anniversary in December                                              The 3rd Moffels season (26 x 5 min.) is in development.
                                                                  LENNART IN GRUMBLE VALLEY
      2013. As the main provider of script, concept, design,                                             These productions give us reliable production pipelines
                                                                  1
      storyboard, animatics and previz (incl. lighting, came­-                                           in the 2D and 3D area which enable an efficient and
                                                                  Production: released2014
      ra), we create animated films using practically all tech-   Format: TVseries, 26 x 5 min.          timely delivery of any production. Our goal has always
      niques, for all imaginable purposes. Our work includes      Broadcaster: RBB, KiKA                 been to set up dependable and at the same time flexible
      cell animation, cut-out animation and computer ani-                                                structures to exploit all possibilities of the medium.
      mation in a huge spectrum of styles.                        THE MOFFELS                            We combine traditional animation craft with advanced
      All productions, whether commissioned or our own,           2                                      techniques. Continuously, we are using new digital
      have won international awards, nominations and re­          Production: season  1 released 2012,   possibilities and rise to the new challenges of produc-
      ceived great interest. The TV series Moffels has been                                              tion and post-production.                                 1
                                                                  season 3 in development
      awarded the “Goldener Spatz” 2008 (Erfurt), won for         Format: TV series, 26 x 5 min.

      “Best Foreign Animation” at the International Family        Broadcaster: RBB, KiKA
                                                                  Production Structure: RBB
      Film Festival (USA) in 2008, and received the “Golden
      Monkey” award in China (Hangzhou) in 2009. In
      addition, it was nominated at festivals such as the 2008    THE MOFFELS STORY SONGS
                                                                  3
      International Festival of Animated Images Animadrid
      in Spain, at the Chicago International Children’s Film      Production: release 2015
                                                                  Format: TV mini series, 7 x 5 min.
      Festival in 2009, the 2008 “Prix Jeunesse International”,
                                                                  Broadcaster: RBB, KiKA
      at the 8th Tel Aviv Animation Festival and the Annecy       Production Structure: RBB
      International Animated Film Festival in 2007.
      Our short film Hope, SOS Kinderdörfer won the awards
      in San Francisco und India in 2012. A year later, we
      produced the 2D animation series Lennart Im Grum­
      meltal (RBB, 26 x 5 min.). Currently, we are also pro-                                             2
      ducing Moffel-Story-Songs (7 x 5 min.) and the 2D
      animation project Ferdinand & Paula together with
      Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion (RBB, 13 x 5 min.).

                                                                  Digitrick, Gerd Wanie
                                                                  Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 4d
                                                                  14482 Potsdam (Germany)
                                                                  Contact:	Sabrina Wanie
                                                                  Phone: +49_ 331_74 000 603
                                                                  E-mail: info@digitrick.de
                                                                  Web:      www.digitrick.de

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      Exozet

      We love the digital world and we have played our part
                                                                   Vom Fischer und seiner Frau
      in shaping it since 1996. Within an interplay of creati­
                                                                   1
      vity and technology, our strategy is to blend our digital
                                                                   Production: released 2013
      DNA with well-founded strategies, creative designs, and      Format: featurefilm, 60 min.
      a spirit for the technological frontier. Our 140 employees   Broadcaster: ARD
      help to make Exozet the leading digital agency in the
      media and entertainment segment. Many companies              Cloud Atlas
      have trusted our experience – in addition to media con-      2
      glomerates such as the BBC or Axel Springer, big-name        Production: released    2012
      brands and organisations such as Red Bull, Audi,             Format: feature   film, 166 min.
      Deutsche Telekom, Wooga, and Universal rely on our                                              1
      services and products. Our founder, Frank Zahn, is           Tierisch verknallt
      still heading Exozet as a CEO.                               3
      Our Visual Effects department produces for both Holly­       Production: released  2012
      wood studios and local clients. We accompany our             Format: feature film, 89 min.
      clients through the entire filmmaking process from pre-      Broadcaster: Sat.1

      production to working side by side on set during film-
      ing through to the end of post-production while keep-        Elly Beinhorn – Alleinflug
      ing the best quality and budget in mind. We advise you       4
      on cost-effective solutions and help to manage the pro-      Production: released 2014
      duction schedule. Our artists are experienced visual         Format: featurefilm, 105 min.
                                                                   Broadcaster: ZDF
      effects specialists on blockbuster films such as Cloud
      Atlas, Beauty And The Beast and Hannah as well as
      television films and commercials. We design awe-in-                                             2   3
      spiring moving images, bring to life 3D characters and
      animation as well as motion graphics and titles. Our
      production studios are located in the centre of Studio
      Babelsberg and at our head office in the historic Berlin-
      Tempelhof airport.

                                                                   Exozet Potsdam GmbH
                                                                   fx.Center Babelsberg
                                                                   August-Bebel-Strasse 26-53
                                                                   14482 Potsdam (Germany)
                                                                   Contact:	Olaf Skrzipczyk
                                                                   Phone: +49_30_24 65 60-123
                                                                   E-mail: effects@exozet.com
                                                                   Web:      exozet.com
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      Fabian&Fred

      Fabian&Fred is a Düsseldorf and Hamburg based film
                                                                   Dan and the Wolf Brothers
      studio, specialized in short, feature and commercial
                                                                   1
      production, founded in 2011 by Fabian Driehorst and
                                                                   Production: indevelopment
      Frédéric Schuld.                                             Format: 2D feature film, 85 min.
      In 2014 they started the script development of their first   Funding: Wim Wenders Foundation,
      animated feature film Brothers Wolf with support of          Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
      the Wim Wenders Foundation. The story is based on
      true events: A boy from San Francisco discovers the          Daewit
      story of his grandfather through an adventures journey       2
      to Hamburg, where his ancestors once were famous             Production: released  2015          1
      and have hidden a secret treasure. Preproduction is          Format: 2D  short film, 15 min.
      supposed to start in 2016.                                   Funding: Film- und Medienstiftung

      After several mixed-media projects they finished the         NRW
      award-winning 2D short film Daewit which premiered
      at 65th Berlinale and was shown in several “Oscar®”          The Coup –
      quali­f ying festivals.                                      A Small Cleptomanicx
                                                                   Adventure
      In 2015 their branded short film The Coup – A Small          3
      Cleptomanicx Adventure was shortlisted in Cannes for         Production: released2015
      the YoungDirectorAward and received gold at Creativity       Format: 2D/3D/VFX  short film,
      International Film Festival, USA. Fabian&Fred are            100 sec., for Cleptomanicx
      currently working on their next short film The New
      Chimney together with the Hamburg based illustrator          The New Chimney
      Ole Utikal. The project is supported by FFHSH and            4
                                                                                                       2   3
      FFA film funds.                                              Production: in
                                                                                production
      Besides conception and storytelling Fabian&Fred have         Format: 2D short film, 10 min.

      a strong focus on animation/VFX and welcome inter-           Funding: FFHSH, FFA

      national partners for collaboration.

                                                                   Fabian&Fred GmbH
                                                                   Simon-von-Utrecht-Strasse 85a
                                                                   20359 Hamburg (Germany)
                                                                   Contact: Fabian Driehorst
                                                                   Phone: +49_40_33 44 27 40
                                                                   E-mail: hello@fabianfred.com
                                                                   Web:     www.fabianfred.com

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      FFL Film- und Fernseh-Labor

      Founded in 2009 and based in Ludwigsburg, Film- und
                                                                  THE JOURNEY OF THE ELEPHANT
      Fernseh-Labor has specialized in the development of         SOLIMAN
      entertaining stories with rich characters and big emo-      1
      tions. FFL also produces fictional feature films and        Production: inpre-production
      series. Our team is comprised of five passionate film       Format: cinema  3D stereoscopic
      makers, merging their professional experience and talent,   adventure comedy
      and a large network of freelancers.                         Funding: Creative Media Europe,

      FFL has produced a literature adaptation of E.T.A.          MFG
      Hoffmann’s The Sandman (2012, ZDF Kultur, 45 min.),
      a drama, Shifting the Blame (2012, SWR, 93 min.) and        THE INNER WORLD
                                                                  2                                    1
      a comedy, Schmidt’s Nine Lives (2015, SWR, 90 min.).
      The Sandman and Shifting the Blame have received many       Production: in
                                                                               development
                                                                  FORMAT: TV series based on corres­
      national and international nominations and awards.
                                                                  ponding game, 13 x 26 min.
      Schmidt’s Nine Lives will hit German cinemas in             Funding: MFG
      September 2015.
      Next to live action, FFL has developed Animation
                                                                  SUPER AGENTS
      projects, including a trailer and concept for a series      3
      idea to the corresponding 2D Point-and-Click adven-
                                                                  Production: in development
      ture game The Inner World. Our most ambitious pro-          Format: TV   series, 26 x 11 min.
      ject so far is The Journey of the Elephant Soliman, an
      adventure co­medy aimed at children and families. We
      have teamed up as creators of the story with the well-
      established Studio88, who will take over the design
      and animation part.

                                                                                                       2

                                                                  FFL Film- und Fernseh-Labor
                                                                  Ludwigsburg GmbH & Co. KG
                                                                  Hoferstrasse 20
                                                                  71636 Ludwigsburg (Germany)
                                                                  Contact: Matthias Drescher
                                                                  Phone: +49_7141_488 84 33
                                                                  E-mail: info@ffl.de
                                                                  Web:      www.ffl.de
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      Fish Blowing Bubbles

      For nearly 14 years, Fish Blowing Bubbles has played a                                       Soon to be released films like Ghosthunters, Legend
                                                                  Maya the bee – movie
      vital role in the production of countless feature films,                                     Of Longwood, Maya The Bee, Get Santa, Honky
                                                                  1
      animations, TV series, commercials and TV movies                                             Tonk Pirates and others, all include the animation,
                                                                  Art Direction –
      both as a service company with creative input and as        Character & Set Design           CGI, VFX, set designs, character design and art direc-
      an independent producer. With support from the out-         Production: released 2014        tion-talent of FBB studios.
      standing funding instruments of the FilmFernsehFond         Format: animation feature film   Come to produce in the most beautiful region of
      Bayern, FBB has been catapulted to become a well-re-                                         Germany with the Bavarian film studio Fish Blowing
      spected studio in the competitive production market of      FEATURE FILM                     Bubbles. Email us to say ... hello@fishblowing.com.
      Munich, Germany.                                            2
      As a film production company harbouring in-depth,           Concept Art
      state-of-the-art digital animation and interactive media    Production: in development

      know-how, FBB has partnered with numerous interna-          Format: feature film

      tional companies on various media productions, and
      looks to expand their international collaborations for
      innovative, fresh brands for both television and film.
      The interdisciplinary FBB team has worked co-opera-
                                                                                                                                                            1
      tively with artists and studios from around the world.
      High-end technologies and FBB-proprietary high-speed
      rendering systems allow the studio to support directors
      and artists in rapid visualizations of 3D worlds for fea-
      ture films and other media formats. The boutique stu-
      dio also has defined expertise in various production
      fields including the combination of live action and CGI.
      Production companies and directors should contact us
      for expertise in screenplays, project development, movie
      production, TV film production, as well as first films
      and student films.
      The “Bavaria Effect” funding arm requests that FBB
      spends a minimum of 1.5 times the granted loan
      within Bavaria.

                                                                  Fish Blowing Bubbles Gmbh
                                                                  Ridlerstrasse 31 B
                                                                  80339 München (Germany)
                                                                  Contact: Artur Kubiczek
                                                                  Phone: +49_89_90 77 88 88
                                                                  E-mail: hello@fishblowing.com
                                                                  Web:      www.fishblowing.com

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      Freebird Pictures

      Freebird Pictures was founded by Tania Reichert-Faci-
                                                                   Luis and his Friends from             Cricket & Antoinette
      lides in 2013 and is an independent company based in         Outer Space                           4
      Munich, Germany. It focuses on the production and            1
                                                                                                         Production: in
                                                                                                                      development
      distribution of kid’s and family movies and series that      Production: in
                                                                                financing                Format: feature
                                                                                                                       film, 3D
      appeal to an audience ranging from pre-school to ap­-        Format: animated feature film,        Funding: MEDIA, Croatia Film Fund
      proximately 12 years of age. Freebird Pictures is involved   stereoscopic 3D, 85 min.
      in all stages of a project – from creative production        Funding: FFHSH, FFA, MEDIA, DFI,

      over financing to management of the theatrical release       Telepool                                                                  1
      and joint licensing activities, as well as consultancy
      services in distribution.                                    Ooops! Noah is gone …
                                                                   2
      Currently we are accompanying the project Richard
                                                                   Production: released2015
      The Stork, which will be released in 2016.
                                                                   Format: animated feature film,
                                                                   stereoscopic 3D, 85 min.
                                                                   Funding: FFHSH, FFA, DFFF, Filmfund
                                                                   Luxembourg, Irish Filmboard,
                                                                   Screen Flanders, MEDIA, i2i
                                                                   Audiovisual

                                                                   Molly Monster – The Movie
                                                                   3

                                                                   Production: release 2016
                                                                   Format: feature film, 70 min.
                                                                   Funding: Film- und Medienstiftung
                                                                   NRW, nordmedia, Kuratorium
                                                                   junger deutscher Film/ BKM,
                                                                   DFFF, SRG SSR, BAK, Berner Film-
                                                                   förderung, Züricher Filmstiftung,     2
                                                                   MEDIA, Eurimages, Swedish Film
                                                                   Institute

                                                                   Freebird Pictures GmbH
                                                                   Balanstrasse 73
                                                                   81541 München (Germany)
                                                                   Contact: Tania Reichert-Facilides
                                                                   Phone: +49_89_990 18 50 30
                                                                   E-mail: lp@freebirdpictures.de
                                                                   Web:     www.freebirdpictures.de

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      Glücklicher Montag

      Glücklicher Montag is the Leipzig studio for classic 2D
                                                                   1813 – God with us                  Leipzig from above
      cartoon animation of art director and director Schwarwel
                                                                   1                                   4
      and producer Sandra Strauß.
                                                                   Production: released  2013          Production: release  2015
      Equally familiar is Glücklicher Montag with digital          Format: short film, 13 min.         Format: short film, 13 min.
      animation, flash, live action and post production of         Broadcaster: MDR                    Broadcaster: MDR
      motion pictures.                                             Funding: Sächsische Landesanstalt   Funding: MDM, Kulturstiftung des

      The range of activities extends from the complete pro-       für privaten Rundfunk und neue      Freistaates Sachsen
      duction to individual areas in current, modern formats       Medien
      and in diverse styles: Idea and concept, script, character
      design, storyboard, production, direction, animation,        Richard – in Walkürenritt
      graphics, art direction, dubbing, music, sound fx, spe-      through the life of Wagner                                             1
                                                                   2
      cial effects, editing and compositing as well as product
                                                                   Production: released  2013
      films, teaching- and school-videos, corporate and event
                                                                   Format: short film, 7 min.
      presentation, corporate video, web presence, music and       Broadcaster: MDR
      comedy video, commercials, sequences in TV, animated         Funding: MDM, Kulturstiftung des
      logo, live action with animation sequences, children,        Freistaates Sachsen, Sächsische
      film and television ...                                      Landesanstalt für privaten Rund-
      In recent years, Glücklicher Montag and Schwarwel            funk und neue Medien
      have been involved in over 40 films: MDR, SOKO
      Leipzig / UFA television production, Good Times Bad          1989 – Unsere Heimat, das
      Times, hagebau, Fairrank Germany, Constanze Krehl,           sind nicht nur die Städte
                                                                   und Dörfer
      DT Medien Hamburg, Motor Music, Sony BMG, die                3
      ärzte, Rosenstolz, Sido, Bela B., Sebastian Krumbiegel,      Production: released  2014
      as well as many house productions.                           Format: short film, 12 min.
      Films produced by Glücklicher Montag are broadcast           Broadcaster: MDR

      on TV programmes like ARTE, MDR, 3sat, einsfesti-            Funding: MDM, Kulturstiftung des

      val, 13th street.                                            Freistaates Sachsen, Sächsische
                                                                   Landesanstalt für privaten Rund-
      In addition, Glücklicher Montag is also responsible for
                                                                   funk und neue Medien
      graphic design, logo design and DVD covers, posters,
      merchandise, advertising, press, promotion and events.
                                                                                                       2                                      3

                                                   Glücklicher Montag AGM Leipzig GmbH
                                                   Kochstrasse 132
                                                   04277 Leipzig (Germany)
                                                   Contact:	Sandra Strauß
                                                   Phone: +49_341_91 85 96 00
                                                   E-mail: s.strauss@gluecklicher-montag.de
                                                   Web:      www.gluecklicher-montag.de
                                                             www.schwarwel.de
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052                                                                                                            053

      Hahn Film

      Hahn Film, one of the leading animation studios in
                                                                 Mia And Me
      Europe, was founded by Gerhard Hahn in 1980. Since
                                                                 1
      1986 the company has been located in Berlin. Working
                                                                 Production: season  1 released
      in both classical 2D animation as well as CGI, Hahn        2010-2012, season 2 released 2013
      Film productions always aims for high quality.             Format: TV series, live action and
      Under the direction of Gerhard Hahn films like Werner      CGI animation, 52 x 23 min.
      – Beinhart, Werner – Full Rooäää !!!, Asterix In Ame-      Broadcaster: ZDF, KiKA, TV Puls,

      rica and the internationally popular TV series Mia And     Nickelodeon, Rai Fiction, Televisa,
                                                                 Canal+, Ultra, 2, Minimax, KBS N,
      Me, Bibi Blocksberg, Benjamin Blümchen, Urmel,
                                                                 TVI, MTV3
      Renaade, Wildlife, Simsalagrimm and Gnarf enjoyed          Funding: Northern Ontario Heritage
      great success. In addition, Hahn Film animates com-        Fund Corporation
      mercials, music videos and computer games.
      Hahn Film works both as a co-producer and as a pro-        Sorgenfresser
      ducer on contract. From day one project development        2
      aims at the widest possible international usability.       Production: in development
      Hahn Film has a first-class national and international     Format: TV   series, 52 x 7 min.
      reputation for training young talents in animation,
                                                                                                       1
      profit­ing from Gerhard Hahn’s experience, which he        School for Vampires
      gained through his years as a director, scriptwriter and   3
      producer.                                                  Production: released 2006-2010
      Hahn Film controls the entire value chain of production:   Format: TV series, 104 x 11 min.
      subject selection and development issues through inter-    Broadcaster: ARD, RBB, Rai Fiction,

      nal development, design, key layouts, key BGs and post-    Canal+, and many more
                                                                 Funding: MEDIA, Medienboard
      production in Berlin.                                      Berlin-Brandenburg
      The company works with various world renowned con­-
      tractors. Hahn Film is currently enjoying great success
                                                                 1001 Nights –
      with Mia And Me and there is a big interest in Sorgen­     THE UNTOLD STORIES
      fresser, the uniquely designed ‘fear eating’ dolls.        4

                                                                 Production: indevelopment
                                                                                                           3
                                                                 Format: TVseries, 26 x 24 min.
                                                                 Broadcaster: ARD, RBB

                                                                 Hahn Film AG
                                                                 Schwedter Strasse 36b
                                                                 10435 Berlin (Germany)
                                                                 Contact: Gerhard Hahn
                                                                 Phone: +49_30_443 54 90
                                                                 E-mail: g.hahn@hahnfilm.de
                                                                 Web:     www.hahnfilm.de

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054                                                                                                      055

      HD Entertainment

      HD Entertainment develops and produces entertaining
                                                                 FRÜHSTÜCK BEI STEFANIE
      audiovisual content – for digital media, feature films,
                                                                 1
      and television. Our main focus is comedic animated
                                                                 Production: released
                                                                                    2010-2013
      content for the young adult demographic.                   Format: animated TV series,
      HD Entertainment represents a new generation of anima­     626 × 3 min. + DVD bonus material
      tion production: digital, fast, efficient, top-grade. We   Broadcaster: NDR

      use numerous modern technologies for digital anima-
      tion production. Using a platform-agnostic approach,       DIE SPIELTAGSVORHERSAGE
      we always choose the software that’s best suited for the   MIT RUDOLF S. FRITZEN
                                                                                                     1
      project and our customers’ requirements. Our modern        2

      method of production allows for way shorter produc-        Production: released2012-2014
      tion times than conventional animation production.         Format: animated TV series,
                                                                 24 × 2 min.
      Even daily production is possible, allowing for example
                                                                 Broadcaster: Sky Deutschland
      for daily topical animated comedy. At the same time,
      HD Entertainment’s long-time experience and broad
      network of animation talent ensure high-end results.       SV BÜDELSBÜTTEL 00
                                                                 3

                                                                 Production: released 2010
                                                                 Format: animated   TV series,
                                                                 17 × 2 min.
                                                                 Broadcaster: NDR

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                                                                 HD Entertainment GbR
                                                                 Robertstrasse 12
                                                                 30161 Hannover (Germany)
                                                                 Contact: Steffen Heisterberg,
                                                                          Tobias Dickmeis
                                                                 Phone: +49_511_39 70 900
                                                                 E-mail: info@hdentertainment.de
                                                                 Web:     www.hdentertainment.de
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      JEP Animation

      JEP Animation produces animated films for pre-school
                                                                    Lenny & Tweek
      children as well as for children from 6 to 9. In the last
                                                                    1
      years the range of target audiences was extended to
                                                                    Production: released2008
      young adults and family programs. For example Rudolf          Format: TVseries, 26 x 5 min.
      is a TV series of 52 fast, funny and furious shorts created   Broadcaster: YLE, NRK, DR, SVT,
      and directed by Rudi Mertens that pleases children of         Minimax, TV Escola, TPS, Al
      all ages. Other productions include the pre-school series     Jazeera, Estonian TV, RTV Slovenia,
      Lenny & Tweek, based on a book by Klaus Baumgart,             TV SEDEM, SOMOS TV, Sun TV
      and Strange Encounters Of A Friendly Kind, based on
      a book by Nadia Budde. Presently JEP is producing a           Inui
      second season Bobo based on the books by Markus               2                                       1

      Osterwalder. Inui (26 x 7 min.) is in production and will     Production: release 2014-2016
                                                                    Format: TV series, 52 x 7 min.
      have a second season as well. In development is a series
                                                                    Production structure: ZDF, ZDF
      called City Farm Hotel aimed at teens and young adults.       Enterprises , Les Films de la Perrine
                                                                    (France)

                                                                    Bobo
                                                                    3

                                                                    Production: release 2014-2016
                                                                    Format: TV series, 52 x 7 min.
                                                                    PRODUCTION STRUCTURE: WDR,
                                                                    WDR mediagroup

                                                                    Rudolf
                                                                    4

                                                                    Production: released  2010
                                                                    Format: TV series, 52 x 3 min.          2

                                                                    Broadcaster: Canal J, Gulli TV, DR,
                                                                    UPC Netherland BV, Trevano,
                                                                    Orlando Kids, Canal+, Galapagos Sp
                                                                    FundING: MEDIA, VAF
                                                                    Production structure: Les Films de la
                                                                    Perrine (France), Vivi Film (Belgium)

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                                                                    JEP Animation
                                                                    Schillerstrasse 6
                                                                    50968 Köln (Germany)
                                                                    Contact: Jürgen Egenolf,
                                                                              Dorothee Mersmann
                                                                    Phone: +49_221_93 47 45 25
                                                                    E-mail: ege@jep-animation.de
                                                                    Web:      www.jep-animation.de
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