X Filme Creative Pool
X Filme Creative Pool is a German television and film production company based in Berlin.[1]
History
[edit]X Filme was founded in 1994 in Berlin by the directors Tom Tykwer , Dani Levy and Wolfgang Becker and the producer Stefan Arndt. The inspiration for X Filme Creative Pool were the founders of United Artist, with the idea that artistic and, above all, economic independence should enable more creative work. In 2000, however, 50.1% of the shares were sold to Berlin-based Senator Film.
In 2000, the company founded its own film distribution company X Verleih, which works closely with the German branch of Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, using its distribution structure. X Filme has also been working with Warner Home Video in the home entertainment sector since the end of 2001, supplying content that WHV Germany and WHV Switzerland distribute through their traditional channels.
After Senator Film went broke in 2004, the partners tried to buy the company back from the bankruptcy estate. However, this was unsuccessful, so Becker, Tykwer and Levy founded Y Filme in February 2006.[2] In February 2008, Senator Film announced its separation from X Filme while maintaining distribution arrangements.[3] Stefan Arndt, Dani Levy and Tom Tykwer continued to manage the company. In May 2024, Tykwer took over the managing director position from Arndt, with Uwe Schott, a producer who had joined X Filme in 2009, joining Tykwer to head the company.[1]
Films
[edit]The first film that X Filme produced was Dani Levy's Silent Night in 1995. In 1998, the company became synonymous with a new, young German cinema thanks to the international success of Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run. This was followed by other films that were successful at the box office and in some cases also with film critics, such as Tykwer's Heaven, Becker's Good Bye, Lenin! and Levy's Alles auf Zucker!.
X Filme productions
[edit]Feature films, television films and short films produced by X Filme, including co-productions and films distributed through its distribution arm X Verleih:
| Year | Title | English Language Distribution Title | Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Stille Nacht | Silent Night | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 1997 | Das Leben ist eine Baustelle | Life Is All You Get | Wolfgang Becker | Feature |
| 1997 | Winterschläfer | Winter Sleepers | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 1998 | Lola rennt | Run Lola Run | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 1998 | Meschugge | The Giraffe | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 1999 | Absolute Giganten | - | Sebastian Schipper | Feature |
| 2000 | Paul Is Dead | - | Henk Handloegten | Feature |
| 2000 | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin | The Princess and the Warrior | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 2001 | Heidi M. | - | Michael Klier | Feature |
| 2001 | Wie Feuer und Flamme | - | Connie Walther | Feature |
| 2001 | Herz | Heart | Horst Johann Sczerba | Feature |
| 2002 | Heaven | - | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 2002 | Väter | I'm the Father | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2003 | Good Bye, Lenin! | - | Wolfgang Becker | Feature |
| 2003 | Der alte Affe Angst | Angst | Oskar Roehler | Feature |
| 2003 | liegen lernen | Learning to Lie | Henk Handloegten | Feature |
| 2004 | Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken | Love in Thoughts | Achim von Borries | Feature |
| 2004 | True | - | Tom Tykwer | Short |
| 2004 | Jargo | - | María Solrun | Feature |
| 2004 | Lautlos | Soundless | Mennan Yapo | Feature |
| 2004 | Edelweißpiraten | Edelweiss Pirates | Niko von Glasow | Feature |
| 2004 | En Garde | - | Ayse Polat | Feature |
| 2004 | Agnes und seine Brüder | Agnes and His Brothers | Oskar Roehler | Feature |
| 2004 | Alles auf Zucker! | Go for Zucker | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2004 | Der Rote Kakadu | The Red Cockatoo | Dominick Graf | Feature |
| 2005 | Underexposure | - | Oday Rasheed | Feature |
| 2005 | Ich Dich auch | Love Me Do | Christiane Voss | Documentary |
| 2006 | Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt | - | Franka Potente | Short |
| 2006 | Ein Freund von mir | A Friend of Mine | Sebastian Schipper | Feature |
| 2007 | Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler | My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2007 | Goodbye Bafana | Goodbye Bafana/The Color of Freedom (US) | Bille August | Feature |
| 2007 | Max Minsky und ich | Max Minsky and Me | Anna Justice | Feature |
| 2007 | Die drei Räuber | The Three Robbers | Hayo Freitag | Feature |
| 2007 | Liebesleben | Love Life | Maria Schrader | Feature |
| 2007 | Meine schöne Bescherung | Messy Christmas | Vanessa Jopp | Feature |
| 2008 | Märzmelodie | Melodies of Spring | Martin Walz | Feature |
| 2008 | Funny Games U.S. | Funny Games | Michael Haneke | Feature |
| 2008 | Der Mongole | Mongol | Sergei Bodrov | Feature |
| 2008 | Alter und Schönheit | - | Michael Klier | Feature |
See also
[edit]Links
[edit]- Official website
- The X-Movie Story in Pictures and Quotes
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (8 May 2024). "Tom Tykwer Replaces Stefan Arndt as Head of Production Company X Filme". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Star-Regisseure verlassen X Filme". Netzeitung (in German). 6 February 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Senator und X Filme beenden gemeinsame Produktionsaktivitäten" (Press release) (in German). Senator Entertainment AG. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2024.