ABOUT US

NiKo Film was founded in Berlin in 2006, by Nicole GERHARDS. We focus on international art-house feature projects for cinema and television. Exceptional films are our passion: stories that take us away to a different world and make us happy, if only for a moment; films bearing a distinctive signature and a unique identity.

Our films are personal and socially relevant; they represent particular attitudes while never forcing the issue.

Over a period of six years we have produced ten films, most of them as international co-productions where we have acted both as majority and minority partner. We consider ourselves accomplices of our writers and directors and help them realise their vision. Since its launch NiKo Film has worked with a large number of German broadcasters and film funds. NiKo Film has co-produced films with partners in various countries, including France, Switzerland, Hungary, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lebanon and Mexico. We have produced such films as LUMBER KINGS, THE STRANGER IN ME and KILL ME and have co-produced THE PRIZE, EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY and DOUBLE TAKE.

The films produced by NiKo Film have successfully taken part in Cannes, Toronto, the Berlinale and numerous other prestigious festivals where they have won numerous awards. We are currently developing further projects with production companies in France, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Chile, Argentina and Lebanon.




FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAPHIE (selection)

(2024) DEMBA
Feature Film (SN/ DE)
Script, Director: Mamadou Dia
Prod : Joyedidi, NiKo Film
/// Production

(2023) DISCO AFRIKA / Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story
Drama (FR/DE/MU/MD/SA/QA)
Director, Script: Luck Razanajaona
Prod : We Film, NiKo Film, Caméléon Production, Free Women Films, Africamadavibe

(2023) WHERE ZEBUS SPEAK FRENCH
Documentary (FR/DE/MG/BF)
Director, Script: Nantenaina Lova
Prod : PAPANG Films, Endemika Films, NiKo Film, Diam Production

(2023) LA GRANDE MAGIE / La grande magie
Drama (FR/GER)
Director, Script: Noémie Lvovsky
Production: Atelier De Production, Niko Film, Magie Rouge Productions, Les Films Du Poisson, Arte France Cinema & Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte

(2023) DESERTS / Déserts
Drama, Modern Western (FR/GER/BE/MAR)
Script & Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi
Prod : Barney Production, NiKo Film, Mont Fleuri Production, Entre Chien et Loup

(2022) AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Le pion du général
Drama (IDN/FR/SGP/PL/PH/DE/QA)
Script, Director: Makbul Mubarak
Prod : Kawan Kawan Media, In Vivo Films, Potocol, Staron Film, Cinematografica, NiKo Film.

(2022) MORE THAN EVER - Plus que jamais
FR/DE/LUX/NOR
Director: Emily Atef
Script: Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich
Prod : Eaux Vives Productions, NiKo Film, Samsa Fim, Mer Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk & ARTE France Cinema in Zusammenarbeit mit Arte & Arte France, Ciné+

(2021) A TUG OF WAR / Vuta N'Kuvute
(ZAF/TZA/DE)
Script and Director: Amil Shivji
Prod : Big World Cinema, Kijiweni Productions, NiKo Film

(2019) SUNBURNED / À Coeur Perdu
Drama, 1h 32min (DE/NL/PL)
Script, Director: Carolina Hellsgård
Prod : NiKo Film, FLICKFILM, The Film Kitchen, Staron Film, WDR, SWR

(2019) YALDA - A Night for Forgiveness / Yalda
(FR/GER/CHE/LUX/IRN/LBN)
Script, Director: Massoud Bakhshi
Prod : JBA Production, NiKo Film, Close Up Films, Amour Fou, Tita B, Ali Mosaffa Productions, Shortcut Films, ZDF, ARTE

(2019) ELECTRIC GIRL / À contre-courant
Titre original : Electric Girl
Drama, 1h 29min
Feature Film (DE/BE)
Director : Ziska Riemann
Original Script: Dagmar Gabler, Angela Christlieb
Script: Ziska Riemann, Luci van Org
Prod : NiKo Film, A Private View, Wüste Film WDR, ARTE

(2017) UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN / En attendant les hirondelles
FR/ALG/GER
Script: Karim Moussaoui, Maud Ameline
Director: Katim Moussaoui
Prod: Les Films Pelléas, Taj Intaj, NiKo Film, Arte France

(2017) PLOT 35 / CARRÉ 35
(FR/GER)
Director: Eric Caravaca
Script: Eric Caravaca, Arnaud Cathrine
Prod : Les Filmes du Poisson, NiKo Film

(2016) CLASH / Clash
Drama / Long Métrage Fiction (EGY/FR/UAE/GER)
Director: Mohamed Diab
Script: Mohamed Diab & Khaleb Diab
Genre: Political Thriller/ Drama
Production: Film Clinic (EGY), Sampek (FR), EMC Pictures (UAE), ARTE France Cinema (FR, NiKo Film (GER)

(2015) Anyám és más futóbolondok a családból / MOM AND THE OTHER LOONIES IN THE FAMILY / Mom and other Loonies in the Family
Genre: Drama (HU/GER/BUL)
Written and directed by: Ibolya Fekete
Production: Cinema Film Kft. (HU), NiKo Film (GER), Kabol Pictures (BUL)
Funded by: Hungarian National Fund, Mitteldeutsche Filmförderung, Bulgaria National Film Center

(2015) La Memoria del Agua / THE MEMORY OF WATER
Drama, 1h 28min, CHL/ES/ARG/GER
Director: Matías Bize
Script: Julio Rojas, Matías Bize
Production: Ceneca Producciones, Potenza Producciones, Sudestada Cine, NiKo Film

(2015) Babai / Babai, mon père
DE/KOS/MKD/FR
Script & Direction: Visar Morina
Production: NiKo Film (D), Produksioni Krusha (KOS), Skopje Film Studio (MK), Eaux Vives Productions (F)

(2015) Dora ou les névroses sexuelles de nos parents / THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS / Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern
Drama, 1h 28min, CH/GER
Script: Stina Werenfels, Boris Treyer Kardash
Director: Stina Werenfels
Prod : Dschoint Ventschr Film, NiKo Film

(2015) JESUS CRIES / Jesus Cries
Drama, 1h 11min
Regie / Réalisation : Brigitte Maria Mayer
Drehbuch / Scénario : Brigitte Maria Mayer & Andrea Hanna Hünninger
Genre: Drama
Produktion: Anatomie Titus Productions, NiKo Film

(2014) Three Windows and a Hanging
Feature, KOS/DE
Director: Isa Qosja
Script: Zymber Kelmendi
Prod: CMB, NiKo Film

(2012) Die Besucher / Visitors
Feature, 1h 28min
Dir / Réalisation : Constanze Knoche
Script / Scénario : Leis Bagdach, Constanze Knoche

(2012) Kill Me / Tue-moi / Töte Mich
Feature, GER/FR/CH
Director: Emily Atef
Script: Emily Atef, Esther Bernstorff
Production: NiKo Film (GER), Wüste Film West (GER), Cine-Sud Promotins, Vandertastic (F), Hugo Film Productions (CH)
Supported by Filmstiftung NRW, FFA, Filmstiftung Zürich, Alpes Maritimes, MEDIA, WDR, Arte Grand Accord

(2012) Heimat / Homeland, Sex and Further Inconveniences
GER/HU
Director: Réka Kincses
Script: Réka Kincses, Erzsebet Racz
Prod: NiKo Film & Vandertastic (GER), Inforg Studio (HU), ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel, dffb Supported by MFG Baden-Württemberg, MBB Berlin, MMK (HU)

(2011) The Prize / El premio
Feature, PL/MEX/FR/GER 2011
Script, Director: Paula Markovitch
Staron Films (POL), Kung Film (MEX), Mille et une productions (FR), Production: NiKo Film (GER) Supported by World Cinema Fund

(2009) Everyday is a Holiday / Chaque jour est une fête
Feature, FR/DE/LIB
Director: Dima el-Horr
Script: Dima El-Horr, Rabih Mroueh
Production: Ciné-Sud Promotion (FR), Nikovantastic Film (GER) Orjouane Productions Beirut (LB)

(2009) Last Cowboy Standing / Skavabölen pojat
Drama, 119 min, 35mm, Colour, FIN/GER, 2h03
Dir / Réalisation.: Zaida Bergroth
Script / Scénario: Antti Raivio, Jan Forsström, Zaida Bergroth
Production: Juonilmi (FI), Nikovantastic Film (GER), ZDF in cooperation with Arte

(2009) Double Take
Documentary, BE/GER/NL
Script, Director: Johan Grimonprez
Production: Zapomatik - ZAP-O-MATIK (BE), Nikovantastic FIlm (GER), ARTE

(2008) The Stranger in Me / L'étranger en moi / Das fremde in mir
Feature (GER)
Director: Emily Atef
Script: Emily Atef, Esther Bernstorff
Production: NiKo Film (GER), DFFB, ZDF in cooperation with Arte, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE

(2008) Hand im Himmel / Hand in Heaven
Short Feature, GER
directed by Erik Lange
Script, Director: Steffen Münster
Production: NiKo Film (GER)

(2006) Lumber Kings / Die Könige Der Nutzholzgewinnung / En avant les bûcherons
Titre original : Die Könige der Nutzholzgewinnung
Feature (Social Comedy) (GER), 1h 34min
Director: Matthias Keilich
Script: Matthias Keilich, Khyana el Bitar
Production: NiKo Film (GER), ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE

(2006) By 6 AM
Short Drama / Court Métrage Fiction (GER)
Script, Director: Erik Lange
Production: NiKo Film (GER)

(2003) John Lee and Me
Short Drama / Court-métrage, 14min
Dir / Réalisation : Maximilian Erlenwein
Script / Scénario : Maximilian Erlenwein


Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.nikofilm.de/en/movies/completed/
- www.imdb.com/name/nm0314287/
- www.nikofilm.de/en/about-us/team/nicole-gerhards/
- www.torinofilmlab.it/people/1827167/Nicole-Gerhards
Updated by Thierno DIA, 29 March 2024

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ÜBER UNS

NiKo Film wurde 2006 in Berlin gegründet und produziert Arthaus-Kinofilme für den internationalen Markt. Unsere Filme sind persönlich, gesellschaftlich relevant und politisch, sie vertreten eine Haltung, ohne diese aufzudrängen. In den letzten sechs Jahren haben wir zehn Filme fertiggestellt, davon sechs internationale Koproduktionen. DAS FREMDE IN MIR, TÖTE MICH und HEIMAT, SEX UND ANDERE UNZULÄNGLICHKEITEN hat NiKo Film majoritär produziert.

NiKo Film hat u. a. mit Frankreich, der Schweiz, Ungarn, Finnland, Holland, Belgien, Polen, dem Libanon und Mexiko koproduziert. Derzeit befinden sich Projekte in der Entwicklung, die in Koproduktion mit der Schweiz, Frankreich, Italien, Israel, Chile, Argentinien und Libanon entstehen werden.

Unsere Filme liefen erfolgreich in Cannes, auf der Berlinale, in Toronto und auf zahlreichen anderen renommierten Festivals, auf denen sie vielfach ausgezeichnet wurden.

Sie wurden von Weltvertrieben Bavaria Film International, Urban Media International und Les Films du Losange nach Frankreich, Schweiz, Österreich, Polen, Großbritannien, Singapur, Japan, Taiwan, Arabische Emirate, Jordanien, Brasilien, Australien, USA und andere Länder verkauft.


Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.nikofilm.de/en/movies/completed/
- www.imdb.com/name/nm0314287/
- www.nikofilm.de/en/about-us/team/nicole-gerhards/
- www.torinofilmlab.it/people/1827167/Nicole-Gerhards
Updated by Thierno DIA, 29 March 2024