Bavaria Fiction


Bavaria Fiction spins off documentary unit as Icon Docs to meet rising factual demand

German production outfit Bavaria Fiction has spun off its documentary division as Icon Docs, an independent label that will continue to produce content for both the local and international markets. Bavaria Fiction’s documentary unit was launched in March 2022 and is headed up by Bavaria Fiction’s doc chief Emanuel Rotstein, who will continue to report […]

TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Marcus Ammon, MD of content, Bavaria Fiction

2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI has enlisted some of the biggest names in the business to share their thoughts on the major trends of the next 12 months and how they’re going to capitalise on them. Here, Marcus Ammon, MD of content atBavaria Fiction, talks […]

Germany’s Bavaria Fiction restructures development division under Thomas Kren

German scripted firm Bavaria Fiction is restructuring its development division under Thomas Kren amid a ramp up of its co-productions. The company said that the move was being made to focus on “internal expertise,” with development exec Kren, who reports to MD of content Marcus Ammon, expanding his remit to “accelerate and coordinate discussions with […]

Samsung TV Plus eyeing FAST originals, but “it’s still early days”

Samsung TV Plus is eyeing a move into original commissioning for its FAST channels, its country lead for France, Antoine Chotard, has said here at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival. When asked about the possibility while speaking on a FAST panel this weekend, Chotard said “soon” but “not yet.” He suggested that “It’s still early days […]

‘Dark Woods’ prodco Bavaria Fiction hires X Filme producer Maximiliane Prokop

Dark Woods producer Bavaria Fiction has landed Maximiliane Prokop as an executive producer, based out of Berlin. Prokop most recently worked as a producer at X Filme Creative Pool on ZDF series Doktor Ballouz and Furia. Before that, she was a junior producer at Constantin Film and exec produced coming-of-age short film Jenny. She reports […]

ITV Studios & UFA alum joins Bavaria Fiction for serial drama push

Bavaria Fiction has hired Jonas Baur from ITV Studios to work across the development and production of serial formats. Baur becomes executive producer at Bavaria and starts 1 October, reporting to Marcus Ammon, MD of content, having most recently produced the TV movie Die Tänzerin Und Der Gangster for ProSiebenSat.1. Prior to that, he worked at […]

Bavaria Fiction expands comedy push with Gerda Film & Peter Güde deal

Bavaria Fiction is moving further into comedy after striking a pact with fellow German outfit Gerda Film that will see the two companies developing programming together. Gerda, which is run by Chris Geletneky (Ladykracher) and Benjamin Seikel, will work with Peter Güde (Vorsicht vor Leuten) and Bavaria to create comedy TV series and movies. Overall responsibility for […]

RTL Germany lands ‘Dark Woods’ producers for true crime drama

RTL in Germany has unveiled a two-part drama from the team behind Dark Woods, which explores the work of Hamburg’s special response force.  Sonderlage (working title) is made up of 2 x 90-minute shows and is inspired by true events, exploring how the police respond to hostile attacks, kidnappings and hostage-taking. It is being shot in Hamburg and Berlin, with ConradFilm […]

Bavaria Fiction hires A+E alum to head new documentary unit

German scripted producer Bavaria Fiction is moving into documentaries with the launch of a new unit to be led by Emanuel Rotstein. Rotstein, who was appointed as head of documentaries last week, is responsible for setting up the non-fiction production unit at Bavaria Fiction and is in the process of putting together a development team. […]

Moritz Polter’s ITVS-backed Windlight hires Bavaria alum as production chief

Moritz Polter’s ITV Studios-backed Windlight Pictures has hired another alum from Bavaria Film, this time to lead its production efforts. Andreas Habermaier will join on 1 February as head of production for Munich-based Windlight, which was launched in 2021 by former Bavaria Fiction exec Polter. Habermaier was previously line producer of several Tatort TV movies […]

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