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Bavarian Film Award for Maja Bons / Die Akademie

January 2025

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Maja Bons won the Bavarian 'Pierrot' Film Award as Best Young Actress for her starring role as Jojo in Camilla Guttner's debut feature film Die Akademie / The Academy.

 

 

Never Alone wins Audience Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival

January 2025

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Klaus Härö's 'Never Alone' wins a Best of Fest Top Films audience award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival​

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Uppercut's European Premiere takes place in Berlin

January 2025

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The 'Sparkling' version of Torsten Rüther's 'Uppercut' had its European premiere at CineStar's KulturBrauerei Cinema in Berlin on the 17th January in the presence of cast members Luise Großmann, Ving Rhames, Joanna CassidyScott Monahan and Andrew Ibach​​

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Never Alone screens at the Palm Springs International Film Festival

January 2025

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Klaus Härö's 'Never Alone' had its US premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on the 4th January 2025 as one of the six films selected for the prestigious MODERN MASTERS section of the festival.

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Never Alone sells at the American Film Market

November 2024

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Klaus Härö's 'Never Alone' sells big on the first day of the American Film Market! Variety reports that The Playmaker Munich has closed a North American distribution deal with Menemsha Films!

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Never Alone selected for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

October 2024

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Klaus Härö's 'Never Alone' will celebrate its World Premiere on the 13th November 2024 as the opening night film of the Baltic Competition at this year's PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn Estonia.

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The Academy / Die Akademie selected for the Munich Fim Festival

May 2024

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Camilla Guttner's 'The Academy / Die Akademie' has been selected for the New German Cinema section of the Festival (28. June - 7th July).

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Never Alone wraps shooting

November 2023

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Klaus Härö's 'Never Alone' wraps shooting.

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Never Alone begins shooting

September 2023

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Production of Klaus Härö's 'Never Alone' has begun in Estonia.

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Uppercut closes the 30th Oldenburg International Film Festival

September 2023

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Torsten Rüther’s ‘Uppercut’, starring Mission Impossible’s Ving Rhames opposite Leberhaken’s Luise Großmann, closed the 30th Oldenburg International Film Festival!

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Die Akademie / The Academy wraps shooting

August 2023

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And… it’s a WRAP for Camilla Guttner's debut feature film Die Akademie / The Academy, produced by Schiwago Film, Penned Pictures and SuperCine.

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Finnish funding for Never Alone

March 2023

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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.

 

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Leberhaken is now a Paramount+ Original

February 2023

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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.

 

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