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Film is our passion.

We develop, produce and distribute national and international formats for cinema, television and VOD.
 

IN PRODUCTION

ARTIFICIAL  PARANOIA (2024)

Dystopian Dramedy

Anne knows it’s not her day when she needs to prove to Frank that she is a carbon-based life form and not a cyber-ghost.

 

  • Starring: FRANÇOIS GOESKE,
    ANNA-MARIA OKOT
     
  • Director: MICHAEL HAGEMEYER
     
  • Writers: MICHAEL HAGEMEYER
     
  • DOP: CHRIS HIRSCHHÄUSER
     
  • Producers: MICHAEL S. SAUERTEIG, MICHAEL HAGEMEYER, FRANÇOIS GOESKE
     
  • Production: WOODEN CROWN PICTURES
     

  • Status: Post-Production

IN DEVELOPMENT

DIE FOR ME – A REVENANT SERIES

Supernatural Romance, Literature adaptation

In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity.

 

Serial adaptation of the international bestseller collection by author Amy Plum

 

  • Author: AMY PLUM
     
  • Producers: MICHAEL HAGEMEYER, MICHAEL S. SAUERTEIG, FRANÇOIS GOESKE
     
  • Status: packaging

CROSSING THE RUBICON

Prime Time Adventure TV Series

Thrilling story about seven friends,

thrown back 275 years in time on a cave tour in the Rocky Mountains.
Their struggle for survival begins.

 

  • Starring: SCARLET GRUBER, FRANÇOIS GOESKE, CHANTAL THUY
     
  • Writers: RICHARD C. RICHTER, RILEY ADAMS, EDGAR LYALL, LORENZO OZARI
     
  • Showrunner: RICHARD C. RICHTER
     
  • Director: RANDY BRADSHAW
     
  • Producers: RICHARD C. RICHTER, RANDY BRADSHAW, MARLON QUINTERO, MICHAEL HAGEMEYER, MICHAEL S. SAUERTEIG
     
  • Status: financing

PARASOMNIA

Paranormal Thriller

Sarah, a young american scientist plagued by recurring nightmares, is desperately looking for the source of her suffering. She is convinced to find the truth in Berlin, her birthplace. There, she uncovers a horrible secret from the darkest days of a city torn apart by the cold war.
 

  • Writers: THOMAS GLÖCKNER, SEBASTIAN STORM
     
  • Status: packaging

FRENCH DISTRACTION

Film Comedy

French-style comedy in the tradition of Jean Paul Belmondo and Pierre Richard.
 

  • Status: concept
     

BUNGALOW

Cerebral Road Movie

"In it the human being is nothing but his design, he exists only to the extent, in which he actualizes himself."

[Jean-Paul Sartre]
 

Jo on his way to Lina. She lives in a bungalow in the mountains. Secluded.

 

A trip into one's own self – and no return.

 

  • Starring: FRANÇOIS GOESKE
     
  • Writer: ULI BUCHNER
     
  • Director: MICHAEL BRENT ADAM
     
  • Status: development

RELEASED

KARMA IS A HITCH (2023)

Tragicomedy

On the last day of his life, Björn receives a surprise visit from his soul. The good news: it wasn't the last round. But to ensure Björn doesn't screw things up with his soulmate Vicky again in his next life, he has little time to untie the karmic knot with her.

 

  • Starring: CHRISTINA HECKE, SEBASTIAN GEROLD, RONY HERMANN, FRANÇOIS GOESKE
    and others

     
  • Writer / Director: OLIVER KAHL
     
  • Producers: BEN BLASKOVIC, CLAUDE KÖNIG, FRANÇOIS GOESKE, MICHAEL HAGEMEYER, MICHAEL S. SAUERTEIG
     
  • Production: VICTUS FILMS 
    in collaboration with 
    ​WOODEN CROWN PICTURES

     

  • Co-production: BR
     

  • Fund: FFF Bayern
     
  • Status: released
     
  • Website: Link

WHO IS WHO

François Goeske

Co-CEO

  • Soloist in the children's choir of the
    Bavarian State Opera
     
  • German singing voice of Mowgli in Disney's JUNGLE BOOK 2
     
  • since 2001 starring in over 40 feature films and tv series, among others THE FLYING CLASSROOM, ROCK CRYSTAL, FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS, TARRAGONA, TREASURE ISLAND, THE BRIDGE, SUMMERTIME BLUES, SLEEPING BEAUTY, LOST PLACE, BETTER THAN NOTHING, ARMAN'S SECRET, TATORT, CRO'S DREAM, BLUTIGE ANFÄNGER
     
  • various radio plays, audio books and dubbing
     
  • several awards, among others CHILDREN'S MEDIA AWARD "DER WEISSE ELEPHANT", 3 nominations for the INTERNATIONAL UNDINE AWARD, multiple winner of the CELEBRITY MAGAZINE AWARD 

Michael S. Sauerteig

Co-CEO

  • Trainee at BAVARIA FILM (production, post-production, film lab)
     
  • PM Assistant at SILENCE LIKE GLASS, THE SAHARA PROJECT, MIT DEN CLOWNS KAMEN DIE TRÄNEN and many more
     
  • Casting Director extras/supporting roles for GO TRABI GO, SCHTONK!, BROTHER OF SLEEP and many more
     
  • 1st AD / production manager at COMEDIAN HARMONISTS, THE FLYING CLASSROOM, ANNA AND LOUIS, LEO AND CLAIRE, MARLENE, NO MORE SCHOOL, ROCK CRYSTAL
    TATORT, DAS FAMILIENGEHEIMNIS
    and many more
     
  • Executive Producer for SPIDES
     
  • since 2004 talent manager at 
    united actors | agency
     
  • CEO at syscard graphics

Michael Hagemeyer

CFO

  • licensed bank officer
    (Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf)
     
  • Production internships at Bayerischer Rundfunk and RTL, among others
     
  • Production assistant for films such as PIZZA COLONIA and SCHTONK!
     
  • Studies at UCLA Extension,
    Los Angeles
     
  • Head of Acquisitions
    Jugendfilm Verleih GmbH, Berlin and Los Angeles
     
  • Head of Fiction Production H5B5 AG (WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD)
     
  • Freelance sales consultant and later producer for the Apollo Media fund group (among others LIBRARIAN, TRUMP UNAUTHORIZED,
    A CHRISTMAS WEDDING)

     
  • Financial advisor for international film productions (including TWO LIVES)

CONTACT

 

 

 

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Germany

 

Phone: +49 89 1227 2930+49 89 1227 2930

Fax: +49 89 1235 9974
 

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