Penned Pictures

24/05/2025

More good news for Klaus Härö's Never Alone, that has been selected for the 35th edition of the Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney in Germany.

Screening in the International Film Section of the festival, Never Alone has been nominated for both the Wolfgang Petersen-Filmpreis, and the SCORE Bernhard Wicki Award.

MRP Matila Röhr Productions OY (Finland)
Samsara Film (Austria)
Taska Film (Estonia)
Penned Pictures (Germany)
Hobab (Sweden)

The Playmaker Munich

20/05/2025

Great news for Camilla Guttner's debut feature 'The Academy' that has been selected as the closing night film of the 33rd edition of the Raindance Film Festival in London on the 27th June!

It will open with the world premiere of Christopher M. Anthony's boxing drama 'Heavyweight,' starring Nicholas Pinnock, Jason Isaacs, and Jordon Bolger, and close with Camilla Guttner's 'The Academy.'

19/05/2025

Many thanks to Winston Baker for inviting Penned Pictures' Josef Brandmaier to speak at the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes panel discussion on How AI is Reshaping the Future of Sci-Fi in the Film Industry. Full house and a thought-provoking exchange!

13/05/2025

Great to see 'Never Alone' in good hands with The Playmaker Munich at Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes!

13/05/2025

As the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes begins, Variety announces that The Playmaker Munich has closed several additional distribution deals for the World War II drama “Never Alone,” directed by Klaus Härö.

“Never Alone” has now also been picked up for distribution in Bulgaria (Beta Film), India (BookMyShow), Latin America (Encripta) and Spain (Twelve Oaks).

The rights in North America were previously acquired by Menemsha Films and the film was released in Finland in January by Nordisk Film elokuvat

Never Alone was coproduced by...
MRP Matila Röhr Productions OY (Finland)
Samsara Film (Austria)
Taska Film (Estonia)
Penned Pictures (Germany)
Hobab (Sweden)

The Playmaker has closed several distribution deals for the World War II drama “Never Alone,” directed by Klaus Haro.

13/05/2025

Penned Pictures' Josef Brandmaier announced as guest speaker at Winston Baker's Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes panel on 'New Opportunities for Sci-Fi Films in the AI Era'.

09/05/2025

With Festival de Cannes approaching, it's time to unveil an exciting new project, as Variety publishes a first look at our new animated feature 'Mission Granny' that will be launched by Vuelta Group's Global Constellation at the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes.

Produced by Samsara Film (Austria) and Penned Pictures' sister company White Spot Films, Mission Granny will be directed by Toni Weiss and was written by Regine Anour, Andreas Schmied and... John Hörnschemeyer.

Mission Granny
A high-flying, laugh-out-loud family adventure packed with gadgets, sibling shenanigans, and one Granny you do NOT want to mess with!

Global Constellation has boarded international sales on upcoming CG family animation “Mission Granny.”

21/03/2025

A shout out to Camilla Guttner 's DieAkademie-Film (The Academy) that has been shortlisted for the Golden Petrel Award in the section Feature Film at the 1st Asian Art Film Awards!

28/02/2025

UPPERCUT
Out today in the USA!

27/02/2025

On the eve of the theatrical release of UPPERCUT in the USA on the 28th February, The Hollywood Reporter interviews the film's leading actors Ving Rhames and Luise Großmann ...

„This movie brought me back to why I got into making films. Even seeing the love from Luise as a young filmmaker and from Torsten really drew me into the project. I’m very proud of it.“ - Ving Rhames

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ving-rhames-uppercut-boxing-film-interview-indie-roots-1236145272/

Lionsgate

Hello Moment Productions
Torsten Rüther
Good Weird Studios
Its Just Us Productions
Penned Pictures

The 'Mission: Impossible' star plays a trainer taking on a young fighter, played by German newcomer Luise Großmann, in Torsten Ruether's drama: "This movie brought me back to why I got into making films."

26/02/2025

Klaus Härö's NEVER ALONE breaks the 151 000 admissions mark in Finnish cinemas, making it the biggest box office film of the first two months of 2025 in Finland! 🎉✨

MRP Matila Röhr Productions OY (Finland)
Taska Film (Estonia)
Samsara Film (Austria)
Penned Pictures (Germany)
Hobab (Sweden)

Nordisk Film elokuvat
The Playmaker Munich

10/02/2025

On the back of its festival successes and strong opening in Finnish cinemas, The Playmaker Munich is screening Never Alone on the 13th February at the European Film Market - EFM 2025.