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01 With a lot of creative energy: our interview at THE SPOT Barbara Schuster asked us a few questions for THE SPOT media & film. About founding the company in February 2025, about campaigns that begin before the first day of shooting, and about what is taking shape right now. Industry July 30, 2026
02 50 Years of the Leica Galerie: An Evening in Wetzlar Leica invited us to Wetzlar for the anniversary of the Leica Galerie. An immersive exhibition with fifty works, speeches, singing and the new SL3-P, which we took along twice for our event in Munich. Exhibition July 24, 2026
03 The Produktionsallianz Summer Party at the Tipi am Kanzleramt We were at the Produktionsallianz summer party at the Tipi am Kanzleramt. Two speeches, a short downpour and an evening full of faces you usually only know from emails. Industry July 22, 2026
04 Creators Conference 2026: Framing the Future of Filmmaking New markets, storytelling in the age of AI, financing and producing as a creative stance. A day at the Amerikahaus in Munich that came down to two sentences. Industry July 16, 2026
05 CineHamburg 2026: What Audiences Actually Want From Us For the first time, HDF KINO and AllScreens brought the entire exhibition industry to one table. What we took away from four days of CineHamburg, on windows, target groups and the sentence we cannot shake. Industry July 13, 2026
06 International Emmy Awards: Semi-Final Judging in Berlin At this year's Cocktail Prolongé in Berlin, we were invited by Ziegler Film to the Semi-Final Round of Judging for the International Emmy Awards. An evening of jury work, good conversation and familiar faces. Industry July 13, 2026
07 [k]ein podcast: A Week That Had It All A week between Wetzlar and Munich, with the Creators Conference, the festival opening, Weißwurst with Regina Ziegler and the Servus München party at the Bavaria Studios. The special episode on the 43rd Filmfest München. Podcast July 13, 2026
08 [k]ein podcast: The Month Before Munich Just before Filmfest München we look back on the last month. A rocky week, a bit of cinema, Seriencamp in Cologne and the Wenders exhibition in Wetzlar. Podcast July 7, 2026
09 Servus München: Our Campaign for the Biggest Filmfest Party As official partner of the „Servus München“ party at Filmfest München, we developed the social media and blue carpet concept and delivered the campaign on site at the Bavaria Studios. Campaign July 7, 2026
10 MOIN Midsummer at Kampnagel Yesterday we celebrated the MOIN Midsummer at Kampnagel. An evening about good conversations, northern German humour and what happens when the right people come together. Industry June 24, 2026
11 Meet the Makers: Visiting the ARD Campus in Cologne We attended the ARD Mediathek campus “Meet the Makers” in Cologne. Almost half of all Mediathek viewing is fiction, and distribution is supposed to be part of the thinking from the very first idea. Which is exactly where we come in. Industry June 12, 2026
12 Two Pairs of Eyes: An Evening at Leica Welt We were at the opening of “Zwei Augenpaare” at the Ernst Leitz Museum in Wetzlar, where the photographs of Donata and Wim Wenders enter into a real conversation. Why the trip is worth it, and what moved us most that evening. Exhibition June 12, 2026
13 A Site That Is Ours We are a film production company, not a tech shop, and we still built our website ourselves. Why we wanted an address of our own instead of a template, and what the site is meant to say about us. Editorial June 8, 2026
14 Story Vision and Seriencamp: This Week in Cologne The Produktionsallianz invited us to the first edition of Story Vision in Cologne, alongside Seriencamp. A few days about series, European storytelling and the craft of telling a good story. Who is there for us and what to expect. Festival June 8, 2026
15 "Till I Collapse" at Leica in Hamburg At Leica Camera Hamburg we saw "Till I Collapse" by Tino Pohlmann, photographs from the world of the Ironman around Jan Frodeno. Exhaustion and willpower, caught with a closeness you rarely get to see. Exhibition June 5, 2026
16 Behind every image stands a person Behind the Scenes is part of the production from day one for us. Why the real work around the film becomes the strongest proof in the age of AI, in pictures from our sets. Behind the Scenes June 3, 2026
17 20 Years of Sebastian Fitzek: A Day at the Cinema Twenty years of Fitzek adaptations, celebrated by Ziegler Film in a Berlin cinema of a kind you hardly find any more. All the films in one day, readings, Q&As and then three episodes of "Therapie". Industry June 1, 2026
18 [k]ein podcast Our podcast about building a production company: honest about money, doubt and the part of the film industry nobody else talks about. Podcast June 1, 2026
19 Cannes 2026: Our first time inside the Palais Our first Cannes. On Regina Ziegler's invitation we attended the premiere of Volker Schlöndorff's „Heimsuchung“ and experienced cinema culture inside the Palais in a completely new way. One of the strongest moments in our festival history. Festival May 23, 2026
20 Berlinale 2026: Undercover agents and a moment to take stock Nine days of Berlinale, approached differently than the year before. How we earned attention with stickers, posters and chalk, what our first accreditation made possible, and why this festival was above all a moment to take stock. Festival February 22, 2026
21 Heimathafen: a homage to Karl Lagerfeld A homage to Karl Lagerfeld, created in his old Hamburg home, shot and filmed entirely on analogue. The story behind „Heimathafen“. Editorial September 15, 2025

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