Finnish funding for Never Alone
March 2023
Our international feature project 'Never Alone' in co-production with Finland's MRP Matila Röhr Productions OY, has been granted 800,000 € in production support by the Finnish Film Foundation.
Leberhaken is now a Paramount+ Original
February 2023
Great news for Torsten Rüther's debut feature, Leberhaken, starring Hardy Daniel Krüger and Luise Großmann that opened the 2021 Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg and that is now a Paramount+ original in Germany.
ARD shortlists "Sohail - the lost child" for their 2022 Documentary Film Competition
October 2022
"Sohail – Das verlorene Kind" (Sohail - the lost child) aka "Kabul 8/15", was shortlisted by the Consortium of German Public Broadcasters "ARD" as one of the five finalists of their 2022 Documentary Film Competition.
Josef Brandmaier at MediaTech SPRINT workshop
September 2022
As the industry evolves along with media technology, Penned Pictures' Josef Brandmaier was selected to participate in the MediaTech SPRINT workshop of this year's MediaTech Hub Conference in Babelsberg.
Success for Josef Brandmaier at the Deutscher Filmpreis/German Film Awards
June 2022
Congratulations to Penned Pictures' own Josef Brandmaier, executive producer of 'Die Schule der magischen Tiere/School of Magical Animals'.
Requiem for a Robot - Cannes Frontières Market
May 2022
"Requiem for a Robot" at the Frontières market of the 2022 Festival de Cannes.
White Spot Films - Here Comes Mavo!
May 2022
White Spot Films' Jan Bonath and Penned Pictures’ Josef Brandmaier were in Washington DC for the press announcement of 'Here Comes Mavo!'
'My Way' rated Particularly valuable
December 2021
Jakob Gatzka's award winning documentary, My Way, has just been given the highest rating of 'Prädikat besonders wertvoll' (Particularly valuable)...
October 2021
My Way wins the Best Documentary award at the Filmtage Oberschwaben in Germany, and is selected for the official competition of GZDOC, China.
Jan Bonath joins Penned Pictures
March 2021
Penned Pictures is delighted to announce that Jan Bonath is bringing his wealth of experience to the company.