Schiwago Film production

Berlin-based Schiwago Film GmbH was founded in 2000 by Martin Lehwald and Michal Pokorny. In 2007 producer Marcos Kantis joined the company and became managing director along with Martin Lehwald in 2020.
From the very beginning Schiwago Film specialized in development and production of feature films for television and cinema. Over 45 feature films have been produced for cinema and TV, many of them won several awards.
With TV series such as OSTFRIESLANDKRIMIS, FLUSS DES LEBENS and TATORT, Schiwago Film has established itself in the German media landscape as an esteemed production company.
One of the greatest successes came in 2012 with the feature film OH BOY (A COFFEE IN BERLIN) by Jan-Ole Gerster, which won many prestigious awards, such as six Lolas – German Film Award, including Best Feature Film in Gold, Best Screenplay, Best Director and the European Discovery at the European Film Awards.
STYX by Wolfgang Fischer gained more than 30 wins and 20 nominations, including presentations on prestigious festivals as Berlinale, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Ljublijana, Stockholm, Toronto, Viennale etc.
LARA (directed by Jan-Ole Gerster) was nominated for the German Film Award in the category Best Film at the 37th Film Fest Munich in 2019, in addition to the Forderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino and the Fipresci Award.
As a recent success, TOUBAB (directed by Florian Dietrich) won three prizes at the 30th Filmkunstfest MV (NDR Director’s Prize, Best Acting Performance, Audience Award), the Audience Award of the 37th Warsaw International Film Festival, several
Audience Awards and the Award Best Duo (Farba Dieng and Julius Nitschkoff) at Ger-man Actors Award 2022.
AMERICA by Ofir Graizer (2022) is still a festival hit in North-America, starting international appearance at Competition in Karlovy Vary, Jerusalem and Philadelphia.
With currently produced international co-productions such as INSIDE (2023), starring Willem Dafoe, Schiwago Film continues to open the global market of film productions.
Schiwago Film is interested in supporting young directors and is constantly searching for interesting and ambitious stories. In cooperation with various partners in Germany and abroad, the company looks into a wide and bright future for up and coming feature films.

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