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16/07/2024

EIN KLEINES STÜCK VOM KUCHEN ist ein Film über Frauen, Einsamkeit, Alter und die Absurdität des Lebens.

Das filmische Juwel aus dem Iran ist JETZT in den Kinos zu sehen. 🍰 ❤️



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11/07/2024

Es ist ein Wunder, dass der Film vom iranischen Regieduo Maryam Moghaddam und Behtash Sanaeeha überhaupt gegen alle Widerstände entstehen konnte. Er erzählt ...

10/07/2024

400 Cassettes by Thelyia Petraki, a short film, which we had the honour of co-producing, is premiering in Locarno Film Festival
Congratulations to Thelyia, Kostas and to the whole team! 🤩

09/07/2024

⚡️⚡️⚡️In German theatres from Thursday July 11! Berlinale favourite MY FAVOURITE CAKE by writers/directors Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha is distributed by Alamode Film. Funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg World Cinema Fund in collaboration with ZDF ARTE, co-produced by FILMSAZAN JAVAN (Iran), CARACTERES PRODUCTIONS (France), HOBAB (Sweden) and WATCHMEN PRODUCTIONS (Germany).⚡️⚡️⚡️

EIN KLEINES STÜCK VOM KUCHEN: Ein Film von Maryam Moghaddam und Behtash Sanaeeha. Ab Juli im Kino! Alle Infos: https://einkleinesstueckvomkuchen-film.deDie 7...

07/05/2024

⚡️ Maysoon, currently in the final stages of post production, is featured in the new edition of German Films Quarterly https://germanfilmsquarterly.de/index.html


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03/04/2024

We are wowed by 3 mio views in 3 weeks and so many sweet comments. Albion Online players seem to approve…

Albion Europe launches April 29!For more info, and to get Albion Europe Founder Packs, visit https://albiononline.com/europe

12/03/2024

First two episodes now on Netflix! Huge thanks to all the crew involved in the German shooting and special thanks to our film family at Keystone Films

The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis —until love miraculously begins to bloom again.Queen of Tears | March ...

24/02/2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/berlin2024-independent-jury-awards-german-film-dying-norwegian-film-sex-iran-film-my-favourite-cake-1235834562/

Matthias Glasner's German family epic 'Sterben' (Dying), Iranian feature 'My Favourite Cake,' and Dag Johan Haugerud's Norwegian drama 'S*x' picked up multiple awards from the independent juries at the 74th Berlinale.

23/02/2024

Happy and honored that My Favourite Cake has won the fipresci award at the 74th Berlinale

„A disarming love story between two lonely elderly people, set in a melancholic atmosphere in today’s Iranian society, told in a beautiful and touching way with humor and empathy“.

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19/02/2024

Quelle joie de pouvoir enfin vous annoncer la sortie en salles de ce sublime documentaire, immense coup de cœur !

Le talentueux cinéaste Karim Aïnouz (La Vie invisible d'Euridice Gusmão, Le Jeu de la reine) nous livre ici son film le plus intime, à la recherche de ces origines, de son identité, en entreprenant son tout premier voyage en Algérie, terre natale de son père.

MARIN DES MONTAGNES | En salles le 17 avril

En partenariat avec France Culture Mediapart @[100066717296223:2048:http://xn--tnk-jma.fr/] La Cinémathèque du documentaire à la Bpi Documentaire sur grand écran Accilr Cinephilae Les Ecrans Big Sister Thierry Videau Festival Cinemed PCMMO - Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse

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16/02/2024

Heroine Mahin (Lily Farhadpour) is fiercely determined to revitalise her mundane existence and taste a better life

02/02/2024

Interview mit einem unserer Lieblingsregisseure, Karim Aïnouz im Tagesspiegel. Vier seiner Filme, davon zwei unserer Ko-Produktionen von 2014 und 2021 werden im Februar in Berlin gezeigt: jeweils um 15 Uhr zeigt das Fsk-Kino (Segitzdamm 2)
Das Filmprogramm:

4.2.: I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009)
11.2.: Zentralflughafen THF (2018)
18.2.: Mariner of the Mountains (2021)
25.2.: Praia do Futuro (2014)

In der Kreuzberger Daad-Galerie ist ab Freitag die Ausstellung „Blast!“ von Karim Aïnouz zu sehen. Ein intimer Einblick in das Leben und die Arbeit des Berliner Regisseurs, Drehbuchautors und Künstlers.

30/01/2024

22/01/2024

We are excited and beyond happy, that our film MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Writers/Directors, Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha will premiere in Competition at Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival. MY FAVOURITE CAKE is produced by FILMSAZAN JAVAN (Iran), CARACTERES PRODUCTIONS (France), HOBAB (Sweden) and WATCHMEN PRODUCTIONS (Germany). Not possible without our partners and funders: the Swedish Film Institute, Sveriges Television, New Dawn, ZDF/ARTE, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, World Cinema Fund, CNC Aide aux cinemas du monde, Institut Français, Région Ile de France, Eurimages and the Berlinale Co-Production Market

02/10/2023

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It’s a wrap!! Thank you for six absolutely amazing weeks to the most wonderful cast and crew! Now the journey continues with editing and post production in Greece.




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02/10/2023

End of last week, we finished shooting our co-production MAYSOON in Frankfurt. For six weeks, our team around director and screenwriter Nancy Biniadaki was on the road in Berlin and Brandenburg a well as in Frankfurt to tell the story of the young Egyptian Maysoon. Huge thanks to the tireless team, the amazing cast, and to Nancy Biniadaki, for her vision, creativity and perseverance!

Our wrap photocall in Frankfurt/Main, left to right: Patrick Horn (Grandfilm), actors Susanne Bormann, Florian Stetter, Sabrina Amali, director Nancy Biniadaki, Elena Lindenzweig (Hessen Film), Christiane Leonhardt (Hessen Film), producer Christopher Zitterbart and DOP Jean-Marc Junge.



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29/08/2023

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In Berlin haben die Dreharbeiten zu der internationalen Kino-Koproduktion „Maysoon“ (AT) begonnen. (PR-Veröffentlichung)

11/07/2023

And so we begin…

12/05/2023

Latest Production-Service Work for Poiret, featuring Jun Ji-hyun. Huge thanks to everybody who contributed to the shooting in Switzerland - wonderful teamwork! Big thanks to Keystone Films for the trust!

우리가 찾아야 할 본연의 아름다움을 위한 뽀아레(POIRET)의 여정. 1903년 설립 후, 코르셋 프리를 통해 여성의 자유와 해방이라는 새로운 시작점을 이루어 낸 전설적인 디자이너 폴 뽀아레(PAUL POIRET). 아름다움에 대한 남다른 시각....

11/05/2023

Nighttrain to Switzerland. Screengrabs from our latest service collaboration with our friends at for Poiret. More to see on our website!

28/04/2023

2023 showreel edit!

27/04/2023

Our new website is live!
Head over to find out what we’ve been up to lately! www.watchmen.de

16/02/2023

Vielen herzlichen Dank für die Unterstützung HessenFilm und Medien!

In den ersten Förderrunden des Jahres haben wir 2,8 Millionen Euro vergeben:

Die Jurys beschlossen u.a. Förderung für Film- und Serienprojekte, die sich in der Entwicklungs-, Produktions- und Vertriebsphase befinden und
die hessischen Produktionsunternehmen und erhalten zudem jeweils 100.000 Euro Talent-Paketförderung. Erstmalig vergab die Jury auch eine Paketförderung für bereits bestehende Unternehmen und hat einen Film mit dem neuen Setzkasten-System gezielt in der unterstützt. Beide Förderinstrumente wurden im Jahr 2022 eingeführt.

Die höchste Fördersumme der Jurysitzungen geht mit 500.000 Euro an die Produktion des Genrefilms "Runner" von Štěpán Altrichter 🎬

23/01/2023

We put a lot of work and love into this one!

Albion Online - Coming to Asia

Big thanks to all cast and crew involved!

Client: Sandbox Interactive Albion Online
Creative & Production: watchmen productions
Director: Christopher Zitterbart
Executive Producer: Eddie Chebbi
DOP: Jean-Marc Junge
Focus Puller: Christoph Liening

Production Service: The Tankers
Exec. Producer: Carson Ng
Line Producer: Elle Chang
Production Manager: Oscar Lee
Production Coordinator: Kaori Tamura & Akane Miyazaki
Production Assistant: Stephanie Tan
Art Director: Terrence Buoy

1st Ad: Yap Wai Yin
Wardrobe: David Chang
Makeup: Annie Chew
Key Grip: Visva Nathan
Gaffer: Kin Wing
Sound: Mohd Zulhafis
Casting Manager: Danny Sashideran
Location Manager: Deric Lee

Editor: Timo Fridge
Colourist : Jan Schoeningh

VFX: Storz & Escherich
Exec. VFX Producer: Matthias Storz
VFX Producer : Leonie Naporra

Music, Sound Design, Sound Post: Philipp Nespital

31/12/2022

It’s a wrap for 2022! Big thanks to all our partners, friends, clients, agencies, directors, crew, cast, festivals and audiences who shared memorable moments with us! We look forward to the adventures of 2023 with all of you!

13/12/2022

We had the great pleasure to take a small part in this, doing post production for the short film "What if Women Ruled the World?" with Judy Chicago and Nadya Tolokonnikova of P***y Riot. Directed by Giulia Magno for Shifting Vision. Thanks to Phi Lou, Jan Hartman and Timo Fridge. This is from the live stream at ICA Miami, the film starts at 9min20.

Judy Chicago and P***y Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova will discuss the launch of their historic participatory project, “What if Women Ruled the World”, a blockch...

21/10/2022

Shoot day 2

26/08/2022

On our latest shoot we let trucks fly... thank you The Mill Berlin!

Eine einfache Lösung, den Earth Overshoot Day zu verschieben: Lkw auf die Schiene bringen und damit bis zu 80 % der CO2-Emissionen einsparen. Güter gehören a...

09/06/2022

Check out the Kemps production guide with facts and highlights about filming in Germany https://www.kftv.com/country/germany/guide/production-guide