Morgan Freeman will receive the Crystal Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which runs June 14-18 in Monaco.
Freeman will receive the award at the opening ceremony from Prince Albert II of Monaco, in recognition of his television career.
The festival will open with the world premiere of “The Gray House,” in the presence of executive producers Freeman, Leslie Greif and Lori McCreary, as well as actors Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, Amethyst Davis and Ben Vereen.
The Honorary Golden Nymph will be awarded to the French actor and director Olivier Marchal, for his contribution to the entertainment industry, at the closing ceremony.
Simone Ashley, best known for playing Kate Sharma in the second season of “Bridgerton,” will receive the International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent.
This year’s Fiction category includes three world premieres: “Madam”, “Alone at Sea” and “Night Therapy”.
The festival will also screen the international...
Freeman will receive the award at the opening ceremony from Prince Albert II of Monaco, in recognition of his television career.
The festival will open with the world premiere of “The Gray House,” in the presence of executive producers Freeman, Leslie Greif and Lori McCreary, as well as actors Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, Amethyst Davis and Ben Vereen.
The Honorary Golden Nymph will be awarded to the French actor and director Olivier Marchal, for his contribution to the entertainment industry, at the closing ceremony.
Simone Ashley, best known for playing Kate Sharma in the second season of “Bridgerton,” will receive the International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent.
This year’s Fiction category includes three world premieres: “Madam”, “Alone at Sea” and “Night Therapy”.
The festival will also screen the international...
- 5/6/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Media and entertainment powerhouse Banijay has launched joint venture Dynamic Ally Pictures in Germany, further expanding its scripted capacity in the country.
The Berlin-based production company, founded and led by “Helgoland 513” executive producers Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, is dedicated to developing, packaging and distributing scripted content for the German and international market.
Priefer and Kunkel started working together in 2017. The pair developed and produced multiple projects for UFA Fiction, including two seasons of the historical Rtl+ series “The King of Palma,” which they created. Kunkel also produced Netflix comedy “Betonrausch,” which made it to number one in the German Netflix charts. The duo serve as executive producers of the critically-acclaimed dystopian series, “Helgoland 513,” which premiered on Sky Deutschland this year.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder of Banijay Germany, said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud...
The Berlin-based production company, founded and led by “Helgoland 513” executive producers Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, is dedicated to developing, packaging and distributing scripted content for the German and international market.
Priefer and Kunkel started working together in 2017. The pair developed and produced multiple projects for UFA Fiction, including two seasons of the historical Rtl+ series “The King of Palma,” which they created. Kunkel also produced Netflix comedy “Betonrausch,” which made it to number one in the German Netflix charts. The duo serve as executive producers of the critically-acclaimed dystopian series, “Helgoland 513,” which premiered on Sky Deutschland this year.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder of Banijay Germany, said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud...
- 3/12/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Television production juggernaut Banijay has taken a stake in Dynamic Ally Pictures, a Berlin-based production outfit run by Helgoland 513 executive producers Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Banijay said Tuesday.
The investment will take the form of a joint venture between Dynamic Ally and Banijay Germany with the goal of developing, packaging, and distributing high-end series for the German and international marketplace. Financial terms weren’ disclosed.
Priefer and Kunkel have worked extensively with Fremantle group UFA Fiction developing and producing such series as the 1990s-set crime-in-paradise drama The King of Palma for Rtl+ and the real-estate fraud comedy Betonrausch (Rising High) for Netflix. Their most recent series is the dystopian drama Helgoland 513, which premiered on Sky Deutschland earlier this year.
“Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series,” said Banijay Germany CEO Marcus Wolter. “We’re proud to invest in the future...
The investment will take the form of a joint venture between Dynamic Ally and Banijay Germany with the goal of developing, packaging, and distributing high-end series for the German and international marketplace. Financial terms weren’ disclosed.
Priefer and Kunkel have worked extensively with Fremantle group UFA Fiction developing and producing such series as the 1990s-set crime-in-paradise drama The King of Palma for Rtl+ and the real-estate fraud comedy Betonrausch (Rising High) for Netflix. Their most recent series is the dystopian drama Helgoland 513, which premiered on Sky Deutschland earlier this year.
“Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series,” said Banijay Germany CEO Marcus Wolter. “We’re proud to invest in the future...
- 3/12/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Banijay Germany has taken another step into the scripted market by launching a joint venture with the executive producers behind Helgoland 513.
Founded and led by Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Berlin-based Dynamic Ally Pictures will look to develop, package, produce and distribute scripted content for the German and international markets.
Priefer and Kunkel are best known for Sky Deutschland’s dystopian drama series, Helgoland 513, which premiered this year. The pair first collaborated in 2017 on UFA Fiction titles such as Rtl+’s The King of Palma, while Kunkel also produced Netflix Germany comedy Betonrausch, which topped the streamer’s local chart.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder Banijay Germany said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud to invest in the future of these two creative minds who are known for their hands-on approach, and we warmly welcome them to Banijay Germany,...
Founded and led by Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Berlin-based Dynamic Ally Pictures will look to develop, package, produce and distribute scripted content for the German and international markets.
Priefer and Kunkel are best known for Sky Deutschland’s dystopian drama series, Helgoland 513, which premiered this year. The pair first collaborated in 2017 on UFA Fiction titles such as Rtl+’s The King of Palma, while Kunkel also produced Netflix Germany comedy Betonrausch, which topped the streamer’s local chart.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder Banijay Germany said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud to invest in the future of these two creative minds who are known for their hands-on approach, and we warmly welcome them to Banijay Germany,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmfest Hamburg has 17 films funded by Moin screening at the festival.
Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin will have a strong presence at this year’s Filmfest Hamburg.
17 films funded by Moin will screen at the festival, including international productions such as Nicolaj Arcel’s King’s Land and Alice Troughton’s The Lesson as well as Isabal Herguera’s animated feature Sultana’s Dream and Leiv Igor Devold’s Norwegian Dream.
Other Moin backed features include new works by German filmmakers ranging from Sven Halfar (Heaven Can Wait - Wir Leben Jetzt) through to Stephan Rick (The Roots...
Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin will have a strong presence at this year’s Filmfest Hamburg.
17 films funded by Moin will screen at the festival, including international productions such as Nicolaj Arcel’s King’s Land and Alice Troughton’s The Lesson as well as Isabal Herguera’s animated feature Sultana’s Dream and Leiv Igor Devold’s Norwegian Dream.
Other Moin backed features include new works by German filmmakers ranging from Sven Halfar (Heaven Can Wait - Wir Leben Jetzt) through to Stephan Rick (The Roots...
- 9/28/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
UFA’s long-serving CEO Nico Hofmann is stepping down from his post and becoming Chairman of Fremantle’s German powerhouse, with former Rtl and exec Sascha Schwingel replacing him.
Hofmann has been chief exec of the Deutschland 83 and Generation War maker since 2017 but has been with the company for more than a quarter of a century. In that sense, his exit from the CEO post marks the end of an era.
Hofmann had joined in 1998 to set up TeamWorx, which is now UFA Fiction, and went on to produce many of Germany’s best-travelling drama series. Notably Deutschland 83 was the first from the country to air on a U.S. network.
His replacement, Schwingel, was most recently Deputy Chief Content Officer of Rtl Deutschland, overseeing the likes of Rtl Television, Rtl+ and Vox, where he was previously CEO. He is well known to Hofman having started his career at TeamWorx.
Hofmann has been chief exec of the Deutschland 83 and Generation War maker since 2017 but has been with the company for more than a quarter of a century. In that sense, his exit from the CEO post marks the end of an era.
Hofmann had joined in 1998 to set up TeamWorx, which is now UFA Fiction, and went on to produce many of Germany’s best-travelling drama series. Notably Deutschland 83 was the first from the country to air on a U.S. network.
His replacement, Schwingel, was most recently Deputy Chief Content Officer of Rtl Deutschland, overseeing the likes of Rtl Television, Rtl+ and Vox, where he was previously CEO. He is well known to Hofman having started his career at TeamWorx.
- 9/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Email to staff talks of ’tough choices on where to spend our investment’
Sky Deutschland is stepping back from original scripted programming from next year, in a move which will see the dissolution of its drama commissioning team.
A memo sent to staff by Devesh Raj, chief executive of Sky’s Dach territories, outlined that Sky Deutschland will cease to produce any new scripted Sky original series from 2024.
Sky Deutschland will proceed with scripted titles currently in production and post-production, with those in development or pre-production placed into “turnaround”, Screen understands.
Series unaffected by the announcement include post-apocalyptic Helgoland 513,...
Sky Deutschland is stepping back from original scripted programming from next year, in a move which will see the dissolution of its drama commissioning team.
A memo sent to staff by Devesh Raj, chief executive of Sky’s Dach territories, outlined that Sky Deutschland will cease to produce any new scripted Sky original series from 2024.
Sky Deutschland will proceed with scripted titles currently in production and post-production, with those in development or pre-production placed into “turnaround”, Screen understands.
Series unaffected by the announcement include post-apocalyptic Helgoland 513,...
- 6/29/2023
- by John Elmes Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
An apocalyptic drama from the makes of Deutschland 83, a retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and an emotionally-driven series set in Alabama are European giant Sky Deutschland’s latest trio of original dramas.
Ahead of the satellite broadcaster’s launch of original drama Munich Games tonight at the Munich Film Festival, three Sky Studios shows have been unveiled: Helgoland 513, Frankenstein Untold and Huntsville Al. The latter two are in development, while the former has been greenlit.
Helgoland is set in 2034 after after a global apocalypse, where the North Sea island of Helgoland has become humanity’s last safe haven. A totalitarian society has been established that only allows 513 people on the island and as resources are scarce, an inhumane ‘social ranking’ system evaluates the lives of the inhabitants according to their ‘usefulness.’ At there same time, a dangerous force from the mainland prepares to invade.
Written and directed by Robert Schwentke, the seven-part series will begin filming later this year and comes from Deutschland 83 producer UFA Fiction in association with Sky Studios.
Frankenstein Untold is billed as “a radical reimagining of Mary Shelley’s fantasy classic.” The synopsis reveals “intense and emotionally complex drama” is “told through the eyes of eight powerful characters” and explores the philosophical and political depths of the novel, centering around themes, such as the search for love and belonging, as well as revenge.” Set in 1816, locations include dirty streets of Ingolstadt, Germany, Switzerland’s Lake Geneva, and the vast ice desert of the North Pole.
Philipp Stölzl is creator and director, with the series currently in development with Neue Schönhauser Film (Back on Track).
Huntsville Al takes inspiration by “never-before-told, true stories,” and will be an “emotionally intense drama set in the 1950s in the southern town of Huntsville, Alabama.”
It will explore how hundreds of former German Nazi engineers and their families radically transforming the segregated, sleepy little town as the American space industry neared its launch after they were recruited by the US Army for a secret missile project. They dream of reaching the Moon, but the late arrival of one family could endanger the whole endeavour.
Director Achim v. Borries (Babylon Berlin), Nadav Schirman (The Green Prince), Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen created the series, which is currently in development with Zeitsprung, Fremantle’s Italian producer Wildside and Beta Film.
Next Up Event Sets Agenda
Sky Studios CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz and EVP for Deutschland and Italia Nils Hartmann unveiled the series at Sky’s Up Next event in Munich, which came during the same period at the Munich Film Festival. Sky Deutschland is giving Munich Games, its six-part political thriller from creator and writer Michal Aviram (Fauda), director Philipp Kadelbach and writer Martin Behnke. Co-produced by Amusement Park Film, CBS Studios and Sky Studios, it is set 50 years after the Munich Massacre, when Israel’s Olympic team were attacked and taken hostage by terrorists.
At the Next Up event Elke Walthelm, EVP of Content for Sky Deutschland revealed the broadcaster will offer over 60 local and international Sky Original series to customers across the Germany, Austria and Switzerland this year, such as Souls from Geißendörfer Pictures.
Hartmann added: “The new Sky Originals revealed today showcase the breadth of storytelling and creative ambition we are targeting on our original drama slate for Sky Studios Deutschland. We want the creative community in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to bring us their best, boldest and buzziest ideas as we invest further in premium original content for our customers.”...
Ahead of the satellite broadcaster’s launch of original drama Munich Games tonight at the Munich Film Festival, three Sky Studios shows have been unveiled: Helgoland 513, Frankenstein Untold and Huntsville Al. The latter two are in development, while the former has been greenlit.
Helgoland is set in 2034 after after a global apocalypse, where the North Sea island of Helgoland has become humanity’s last safe haven. A totalitarian society has been established that only allows 513 people on the island and as resources are scarce, an inhumane ‘social ranking’ system evaluates the lives of the inhabitants according to their ‘usefulness.’ At there same time, a dangerous force from the mainland prepares to invade.
Written and directed by Robert Schwentke, the seven-part series will begin filming later this year and comes from Deutschland 83 producer UFA Fiction in association with Sky Studios.
Frankenstein Untold is billed as “a radical reimagining of Mary Shelley’s fantasy classic.” The synopsis reveals “intense and emotionally complex drama” is “told through the eyes of eight powerful characters” and explores the philosophical and political depths of the novel, centering around themes, such as the search for love and belonging, as well as revenge.” Set in 1816, locations include dirty streets of Ingolstadt, Germany, Switzerland’s Lake Geneva, and the vast ice desert of the North Pole.
Philipp Stölzl is creator and director, with the series currently in development with Neue Schönhauser Film (Back on Track).
Huntsville Al takes inspiration by “never-before-told, true stories,” and will be an “emotionally intense drama set in the 1950s in the southern town of Huntsville, Alabama.”
It will explore how hundreds of former German Nazi engineers and their families radically transforming the segregated, sleepy little town as the American space industry neared its launch after they were recruited by the US Army for a secret missile project. They dream of reaching the Moon, but the late arrival of one family could endanger the whole endeavour.
Director Achim v. Borries (Babylon Berlin), Nadav Schirman (The Green Prince), Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen created the series, which is currently in development with Zeitsprung, Fremantle’s Italian producer Wildside and Beta Film.
Next Up Event Sets Agenda
Sky Studios CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz and EVP for Deutschland and Italia Nils Hartmann unveiled the series at Sky’s Up Next event in Munich, which came during the same period at the Munich Film Festival. Sky Deutschland is giving Munich Games, its six-part political thriller from creator and writer Michal Aviram (Fauda), director Philipp Kadelbach and writer Martin Behnke. Co-produced by Amusement Park Film, CBS Studios and Sky Studios, it is set 50 years after the Munich Massacre, when Israel’s Olympic team were attacked and taken hostage by terrorists.
At the Next Up event Elke Walthelm, EVP of Content for Sky Deutschland revealed the broadcaster will offer over 60 local and international Sky Original series to customers across the Germany, Austria and Switzerland this year, such as Souls from Geißendörfer Pictures.
Hartmann added: “The new Sky Originals revealed today showcase the breadth of storytelling and creative ambition we are targeting on our original drama slate for Sky Studios Deutschland. We want the creative community in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to bring us their best, boldest and buzziest ideas as we invest further in premium original content for our customers.”...
- 6/28/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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