Producer and screenwriter Gabriele M. Walther is honoured with the Carl Laemmle Producer Award 2025. The jury recognises her great versatility, her entrepreneurial courage and her formative influence on the......
The film industry is on the brink of change: cinema attendance is falling, streaming services are struggling with subscriber losses. Studios are responding with flexible release strategies that optimise not only the timing but also the type of film exploitation. So......
Disney+ has appointed Angela Jain as the new Head of Content for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. In her new role, she will lead the content strategy for local in-house productions......
Shooting starts for "Superbuhei" in Hanover - With Oliver Korittke and Scorpions singer Klaus Meine Shooting has begun in Hanover for the new "Nordlichter" cinema film "Superbuhei". In the leading role: Oliver Korittke, supported by......
Paramount Global has announced further job cuts - this time affecting around 3.5 % of the workforce in the USA. This means that several hundred employees will be made redundant. The Group,......
The Karlovy Vary Film Festival has fundamentally revised and extended its industry programme, the so-called Industry Days. From 6 to 9 July, industry professionals will have more time and new opportunities to......
10 June 2025 - More than twenty film associations have sent an open letter to Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer. They are calling for the swift implementation of the investment commitment announced in the coalition agreement and a tax-based......
Berlin, 10 June 2025 - The German film and television industry is strengthening the social security of its employees: from 1 July 2025, a new collective agreement on company pension schemes (bAV) will enter into......
After more than two years of negotiations, Disney has now officially finalised the deal with Comcast to acquire NBCUniversal's (NBCU) stake in the streaming platform Hulu. Disney......
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to split into two separate, listed companies by mid-2026: Streaming & Studios and Global Networks. The aim is to achieve a clearer strategic direction, more flexibility and a......