Same Procedure As Every Year
The six-part series reveals the untold story behind the legendary New Year's Eve sketch “Dinner For One.” Jacob Matschenz plays the American multi-billionaire and adventurer “Sir Toby” in “Miss Sophie,” and Tom Beck has taken on a guest role as “Pablo Picasso.” The series is now available on Prime Video. Production: UFA Fiction GmbH, Casting: Die Besetzer.

Nominierung
On January 23, 2026, the 47th Bavarian Film Awards will take place in Munich. In the “Best Film” category, ‘Amrum’ with Laura Tonke and Lars Jessen and “22 Bahnen” with Laura Tonke are among the nominees. Fingers crossed!

Lea's (14) family falls prey to a cosmic cult that promises salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. Benjamin Pfohl's film is now available in the ZDF media library. Laura Tonke plays the role of “Barbara.”

Meine Reise mit Robert Habeck
Lars Jessen's highly personal documentary is currently showing in cinemas. The film takes a look behind the scenes of Robert Habeck's 2025 election campaign – a campaign that began with high expectations and ended with significant losses for the Green Party. Habeck then retired from politics. Few German politicians have stirred up more emotion in recent years: for some, he is a beacon of hope, for others, a projection of everything they reject about the present.

After 60 days of filming in Vienna and Upper Austria, production has wrapped on the six-part crime thriller series. Regula Grauwiller plays the role of “Anni Wittmann.” Casting: Nicole Schmied, Odeon Fiction, and Mona Film are producing the series in co-production with ARD Degeto Film for ARD and ORF.

Man ist ja Nachbar
Ralf Prange has lived his entire life in the same red-brick apartment in Hamburg-Barmbek. According to his own account, he is the “poor bastard” who always accepts packages for everyone from the carefree parcel delivery man Micki. But Prange's solitary life is turned upside down by the arrival of the stunningly pragmatic parcel delivery woman Dörte. The film is now available to watch in the ARD media library and will be shown on December 10, 2025, at 8:15 p.m. on Das Erste. It was directed by Lars Jessen.

Lea's family falls into the clutches of a cosmic cult that promises salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. In flashbacks that lead deeper and deeper into the past, the family's struggle to hold on to life is gradually revealed, while the girl must decide whether to follow her parents Barbara and Thomas or go her own way on Earth. “Jupiter” starring Laura Tonke will be available to watch in the ZDF media library from December 19 and on free-to-air TV on December 22 at 12:15 a.m.

Using clever tricks, virologist Kim and her half-sisters Lesley and Olivia rob a bank's safe deposit box room. Kim wants to expose her ex-colleague Christian Heisinger as a fraud who stole her research on an HIV vaccine and passed it off as his own. But the heist fails. The comedy starring Jacob Matschenz will be available in the ZDF media library from November 29, 2025, and will be broadcast on ZDF on December 8, 2025, at 8:15 p.m.

The six-part instant fiction series premiered at the Cologne Film Festival on October 11. Chryssanthi Kavazi and Tom Beck play the leading roles. The series will be available on ZDF from November 7 and can be seen on ZDFneo on November 23 at 8:15 p.m. Director: Welf Reinhart, Production: Veam Studios and Drive Beta Casting: Michael Ludwig