A feeling for fascinating stories – whether creating orginal content and formats or joining in creative coproduction: This is 42film. We are a European production company focussing on feature films, series, and documentaries. Our productions have already brought us to Georgia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Romania, Israel, Hungary, Poland, Burkina Faso, and even to Russia and Vietnam. We invite young directors and authors from Germany and abroad to combine their talents with our experience so as to generate new ideas, develop them together, and bring them to life for a national and international audience.
Facts & Figures
Company: 42film GmbH
Founded: 2004
Managing Directors: Christoph Kukula, Eike Goreczka
Profile: Feature Films, Documentary, TV
Location: Halle (Saale), Region Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Member of the:: Mitteldeutschen Film- und Fernsehproduzentenverband
The 42film team
Christoph Kukula
Production, production management, managing partner
Before joining 42film, Christoph Kukula was involved in the production of numerous feature films, such as “Good bye, Lenin”, “Kriegerin” and “Die Fremde”. Born in Dresden, he studied production and media management at the University of Television and Film Munich, where he graduated. He has been working for 42film as a producer, production manager and production manager since 2010 and has been a Green Consultant Film & TV (IHK) since 2022. He has also been a managing partner of the production company since 2014.
Eike Goreczka
Production, production management, managing partner
As an author, Eike Goreczka wrote the screenplay for Mika Kaurismäki's “Honey Baby” and, as a producer and co-producer, realized feature films such as “The Corn Island”, a production that was shortlisted for the 2015 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as “Lemonade” and “Nanouk”, which celebrated their world premiere at the 68th Berlinale. Born in Magdeburg, he worked as a camera and sound assistant before joining 42film. At the same time, he worked on his own screenplays and short films. From 2003 to 2005, he was assistant producer at SchmidtsKatze Filmkollektiv. He has been a producer at 42film since 2005 and a managing partner since 2014.
Rebekka Schreiter
Project Coordination
Rebekka Schreiter coordinates all national and international productions as well as film exploitation and distribution at 42film. She studied Media Management at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). She then took on various positions in television and advertising production.
Application
Information about your application
Are you studying and your compulsory internship is coming up? Are you a student and want to see how a movie is made in the first place? You are creative, like writing texts, can work graphically and are looking for a position as a working student? >> Then send us an application email with your CV and cover letter to org(at)42film.de. We ask for your understanding that we are unfortunately unable to offer apprenticeships or traineeships.
Arne Kohlweyer
Freelance author, director, dramaturge, associate producer
Arne Kohlweyer completed his postgraduate studies in film directing at the FAMU in Prague in 2008. He previously studied photography in Graz, literature in Frankfurt (Oder) and film theory at the University of Gothenburg. Arne was a Berlinale Talent and graduated from the Academy for Children's Media in Erfurt (2011), the Summer Academy of the Locarno Film Festival (2012) and the Torino Film Lab (2014), among others. Arne Kohlweyer has realized several short films, directed commissioned productions for German television and was nominated for the Grimme Award as author and director in 2017. He was also head of the Script Station at Berlinale Talents from 2011 to 2018.
Mario Schneider
Freelance author, director, film composer, founder of 42film
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